Ron Hamilton

That is a good looking conversion, isn't it. I did the same, but somehow I like yours better.

Personally, I would like to see a '55 Buick Century or Olds 88 2-Door Sedan (Highway Patrol) or Roadmaster, a '57 Roadmaster 2-Door Hardtop, '53 or '55 Cadillac Coupe de Ville or Eldorado Convertible, '53 or '54 Buick Skylark Convertible.

Wow! I am so sorry to hear about this Bill. I pray that everything will work out for you.

Cool!!!!!

I agree with you that MCW's resins are of a high standard, as I have several of Dave's trans-kits, and I am quite satisfied with them. If you notice in the brochure, a heavilly retouched photo-illustration is used to represent the '69 Biscayne sedan, which is not true to the actual car, not an actual photograph of the car. When I research a car for a build, I rely on actual photographs of the car, or the real thing, as well as photos from a brochure. I cannot wait to see your build Jim.

Charlie, Bill Geary posted a picture of the model as moulded from MCW's site. The mods I made were not too difficult, but it took a lot of planning, and was not for the faint of heart. As received, this was not too terrible a kit, I just had to modify it.

Sure it's a sleeper. There are no "ZL-1" emblems on the car. There were several levels of 427 engines from Chevrolet in 1969. Most were 390 HP engine. Of course you cannot hide the tap-a-tap of the solid lifters. If the hood isn't opened, who knows.

Thanks Bill.

Roger, I appreciate your rescuing me.

Here is my photobucket link to my pictures. For some unexplained reason, I cannot download them here. http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg59/RonHamilton/69%20Biscayne/

I attempted to insert pictures, but I was not able to.

A couple of years ago, I purchased a Model Car World Resin 1969 Chevy Biscayne 2 Door Sedan Transkit. There is a local car I was quite interested in doing a similar model of, which was a 1969 Chevy Biscayne Sedan, equipped with a 427/390 HP V8, a 4-speed transmission, and little else. When MCW announced it was going to market a '69 Biscayne, I couldn't wait fotr it, as I had their '65 and '66. I finally received their '69, but I was a little disapointed in it, as the rear side windows and the angle of the back window was the wrong angle. That did not stop me from building it, as I made a few modifications in the side windows and the roof by pie cutting the rear window and slanting the rear window, as well as re-shaping the side windows, and replacing the drip mouldings. The transkit was designed to be combined with the AMT '70 Impala kit, which I used with very little modification I wanted a sleeper look to the car, so I painted it a non descript aqua, with a black vinyl interior, featuring a tilt column, a " Sport Steering Wheel in Rosewood", and a AM/FM radio. The running stock are chevy rally wheels, with "police" caps, and no trim rings, mounted on red lines. Under the hood is a ZL-1 Aluminum 427/430 V8with a 4-speed, and a 4:11 posi. Yes, this car could have come from the factory as a C.O.P.O. , like what came from a performance oriented dealership like Berger, Yenko, Nickey, or Baldwin (Motion Performance). Everything I put on the car as available in 1969 from the factory, even though its not shown in the brochure. I have a fertile imagination, and would love to have such a beast as a one -to- one car. It would be a blast to drive.

Am I going blind?, Or did Revell put the standard upholstery patterned rear seat with the bucket seats. If I am not mistaken, the upholstery pattern on the rear seat is wrong for a car with the bucket seat option. It looks like the pattern for the standard bench seat. OOOPS!!!

Very nice!!!!

Raoul!!! That is absolutely beautiful. I love '65 T-Birds. The before picture looks like what I built in 1965. I was a little miffed with the '64 hood, as my uncle had a '65. I built one a few years ago out of a glue bomb too.

David, I remember building this thing as a kid (Renwall Tool), and I have one unbuilt in my stash, but I may not fool with it, after seeing what you have to go through to make it even half way right. Your workmanship is top notch.

I may have to get one of these, since it has a complete interior. I would like to backdate the body to a '70 and fill in the hood opening.

Very nice. I would love to see what you did with the trunk, and tail lamps. I have an old derelict (original issue) JoHan 1969 Road Runner, that I would like to do as a Satellite Hardtop.

Chuck, I think it would be cool as a 2-door hardtop wagon with those lovely fins. Just an opinion. Ron

Bill, Looking good so far. In 1964, the "442" package was an option on any F85 model, so the Cutlass script would be correct. Model Car Garage has a set of "442" emblems in their 1966 and 1967 Olds sets (That's the way I'm going to go on mine), or you can do a foil casting off of the AMT 1966, or the Lindberg 1967. By the way, I bought an Optivisor years ago when I got old!!!!

It's the same basic kit, with a lowering suspension and custom wheels and tires.

I built the convertible, and had to make wholesale changes, and had to virtually scratchbuild a correct interior. I built this as a tribute to my Dad. Right now I am restoring an old AMT hardtop.It fit very well with the other GM 1960 Convertibles I built.

Beautiful!!

Bill, Before you go any further on this one, I suggest that you address the rear window shape. For some reason, AMT missed the shape of the rear window on the '64 Cutlass and GTO, with the lower corners being rounded, where on the real car, it was a hard corner, like what is on the Revell '65 Chevelle.