TheBEAUMONTGURU

Thank you everyone! i really enjoyed this project. stay tuned for more Beaumont conversions in the future!

Finished!

here is the L-79 327 installed. still lots of details left, but is getting there. I used the 66 nova engine and transmission, a parts box intake that i modded lots and lots! built the thermostat housing, fireball carb, made all my own fan spacers, alt brackets, hoses, throttle linkage and brackets, built my own coil and bracket. modded the rad spacer and craddle to accept my new grill, etc, etc. The 65 Z-16 engine compartment fit in really well to the AMT crappy wagon body. i even made a pretty convincing cowl tag from a piece of foil. i used the dual master cyl from a 67 chevelle kit, as my real car has the dual cyl upgrade.

getting back on this project. Its almost finished. here i am mocking up the stance. wheels are fireball 15x7 and 15x6 just like the real car. fabricated the proper looking tailpipes and added a sway bar and raised the rear end a bit, built my own shocks from scratch.

Got the interior finished. Lots of added details, photoshop decals for the gauges, and a 4 speed shift pattern. Bumpstops for the back seat, seatbelts, door lock knobs. Some scratch built armrests, radio delete plate, 4 speed steering column and some added pedals from the parts bins. I got all the foil work done on the body, and detailed out my scratch built tail lights TECH TIP: the front windshield from the revell 65 Z16 chevelle works way better and is way thinner. it fits like a glove with NO trimming needed and has molded in sunvisors that work perfect. I used clear Acetate sheet for the rest of the glass. the kit stuff is WAY too thick and looks terrible.

wow! im very impressed with the realistic weathering. very nice. Im a huge fan of these era trucks, and you nailed it. very accurate representation of a real world truck. But if its this rough and rusty, it should be missing all its wheel trim rings by now! ha ha!

very cool project. i always find it fun to replicate a real car, then you can add all the exacting details of that specific car. Always makes for a more realistic model in the end. Keep it up!

A little more progress. lots of upgrades to the original, made some door panel lines, decals for the embossing pattern. a GTO grill from another kit. had to fabricate the latch for the spare tire as well as the rear gate handle. scribed all the panel lines better, and made some trim strips for the tops of the doors, still need to chrome them tho. also made some decals for the waffle patterned metal panels on the rear seat and tailgate, the effect worked well. still lots to do, handles, armrests, belts, etc. the paint is the SEM vinyl dye from my real car. My car also has a black carpet front and rear, not correct for the purists, but its how my real car looks.

Jerry, thanks. i just used various strips and thicknesses of evergreen strip to build up the grill bars. usually .010- .030 thicknesses

Starting in the interior, cut out the seat and sanded all the patterns off the seats and doors, making all my own patterns. Used 2 packages of .040 1/2 round to make all the pleats. Also scribed the rear cargo panels more correctly, added the spare tire cover latch. also complete redo of AMT's epic failure of the tailgate inside panel. Not even one thing correct about the model part! And of course the Dashboard swap to the Beaumont "Lemans/gto" one. Photoshopped up a set of door panel decals that will replicate the embossed pattern unique to a "beaumont custom"

Thanks Everyone! T.Rogers, thats a great looking original impala, glad to see it retains the 6 cyl!

Very nice! i love these builds that are based on a real car. Its a great way to get all the details correct when you own the real thing!

Super cool! im following!

Some more of the kitbashing components involved. A parts bin 327 SBC with a resin cast Powerglide. I scratch built all the A/C compressor and brackets and front drive pulleys and belts along with a PS pump and belts. Qjet for the 327. You will also see a tilt steering column with woodgrain wheel option. and a scratch built AC condencer and a parts bin AC style fan shroud and heater box

I built a factory correct front seat called a "Strato-bench" available on sport sedans and caprice models. i used 2 bucket seats from the SS427 HT kit and built a center section and a folding armrest. I own a real seat like this so i got the details as close as possible. Im also wanting to build a complete factory AirConditioning system. I had to scratchbuild the 3 vents in the dash with evergreen