exnyman

Not the best build? I beg to differ, it looks great! Its nice to see a plain Jane Fairlane.

It's gorgeous, Love it! I love green so I think you picked the perfect color combination!

The other difference between an Impala/Caprice in 66 and a Bel Air/Biscayne involves the rear back up lights. On the Impala and Caprice, they are in cutouts in the rear bumper. The Bel Air and Biscayne have them mounted next to the taillights, so no holes in the rear bumper .

Looks great! Came together really well. I do have to disagree with the statement that four doors are better proportioned. As the former owner of a 65 Impala Sport Coupe and an Impala SS convertible, I would have to say that the Sport Coupe has it all over anything else in the 65 lineup. That sleek semi fastback roof sits perfectly on that body and the doors do not interfere with the very 63-67 Corvette-like side sculpting. Of course that is only my opinion, and everyone has an entitlement to their opinion.

I'll be watching this one closely! I have a real soft spot for 65 Impala wagons as my Dad's best friend had one new, so I grew up around that car. Many rides in the third rear facing seat! It still looks unusual to me to see a Right hand drive full sizer from the 60s….not only from the dashboard being flipped the reverse of U.S>. versions, but also the lack of parallel wipers. Those on RHD cars faced each other, as they had on Chevys up thru 1960.

Looks great! If it were white, it would be a dead ringer for the Scooter my father had back in the 90's...whitewalls and all! I owned an 83 CS 2 door at the time in white also. Might not have been a powerhouse but, it was very reliable and was a virtual snowplow with the 5 speed manual. I never got stuck!

Steve, that is the Canadian variant. That rear end is quite wild looking, but I like it! In the US, there were two Meteors, the 600, and the 800. The 800 looks like Porscheman's model. The 600 had oval taillight units. Here is a link to a Meteor 600 showing the different taillights: http://www.examiner.com/article/bridging-the-gap-the-1961-mercury-meteor-600

looking forward to this build. I used to have an 83 CS 2 door. I bought it as a commuter scooter since at the time I drove through two states and five counties to get to work. It did everything I asked of it, never broke down, never refused to get me where I was going, and with the 5 speed manual, was a virtual snow plow, I never got stuck! I finally sold it with just shy of 200,000 miles on it as the floors were starting to rust through. Oddly, the body exterior was showing no signs of rust, and it still looked great inside and out. At the time, my Dad had just retired, and I bought him a matching 81 to use as a little runabout. Same story, no problems and he loved having a smaller car to run errands with. They may not have been powerhouses but, they were reliable little cars! Of course, there are serious Chevettes out there that can be a little powerhouse....this one looks so cool and stock, other than the redline tires.... http://www.chevyhardcore.com/news/video-what-is-that-thing-chevette-why-does-it-sound-like-that/

Looks great! The shot with the El Camino though, the Camino is an 81. The Caballero had the identical grille to the El Camino, just the nameplates were different. Hot Wheels made a mistake in branding their later El Camino as an 80 but the grille actually is for a 79.

I have this kit also, and haven't started it as of yet. Yours looks great, can't wait to see it finished! My plan for mine is to build a replica of my sister's 71 Malibu Sport Coupe, that my Dad bought her for her graduation from school in 1971. It was Sandalwood with a light beige interior and dark brown vinyl roof. My only issues are going to be doing the double white stripe tires and the standard full wheel covers...

On the 1:1 car, if you are talking about the 4 door sedan, the belAir and Biscayne 2 door sedans, 4 door sedans, and the Impala 4 door sedan all used the same roof, it was the side window/door/frame combinations that differed between the 2 and four doors. This was true throughout the 60's. The 4 door hardtop had its own roof, sort of...beginning with the 63 models, the Cadillac Coupe De Ville actually used the Impala 4 door hardtop roof, with a modified rear window. This carried on into 1964.

Looks great! I have one of these as well, and started it two years ago but got stalled when some fit issues cropped up. Same with the 69 MCW Biscayne I am still working on. That one is a replica of my Dad's 69 company car.

fantastic! I'm sure that build took a lot of fiddling to get right and you did a great job! I'm still stalled on my MCW 69 Biscayne which I'm doing as my Dad's company car he had in 69.

What a beautiful build! My favorite year and body style for Impalas. There is one coming up at Auction at Barrett Jackson in Scottsdale that is almost the same as this model! Great color choice and clean build!

Wow! A fantastic build! Really takes me back as my next door neighbors had two of these cars back in the day, one, the husband's car was this color combo and the wife's was in that mauve metallic kinda color so many GM cars were painted in 83-84. Great work!!!

Another tip: the Malibu SS script that is on the front fender of a Z16 (as the Revell kit is modeled as) should be on the rear 1/4 panel on a standard SS. Can't wait to see this one finished as my cousin had a Danube Blue 65 Malibu SS with light blue interior when I was a kid.

Absolutely gorgeous! I have one of these but it still is in its original state, never did anything with it. I am also working on one to replicate my 1:1 car. This one that you did looks similar.....

A stunning build of a great subject! Masterful blending of the coupe body and wagon roof! This one brings back childhood memories!! My Dad's best friend had a 65 Impala wagon, which he bought new, Tahitian Turquoise with light turqouise interior, 283 with three on the tree. I remember one evening in the summer of '69, my dad had just done a tuneup on it and took it for a "test run"....which meant taking it out on the Long Island Expressway out near Riverhead.....got it up over 100mph.....the first time I had ever been in a car going that fast! I'll never forget what my dad said to me..."Don't tell your mother we were going this fast or you're grounded!!!!"

Here is a few of the one I modeled after my 1:1 68 SS that I have owned since 1977. I added front and rear bumper guards as my 1:1 has them.

Bandit Resins make a Plymouth Scamp, which would already have the correct Swinger body style and rear bumper close to what you'd need, but the front fenders, hood and bumper grille would need to be changed out. Many probably don't realize it but, the 69 Barracuda and the 73-up Darts shared a hood. so if you had a 69 Barracuda hood in the parts box, that would work

I have the same stalled project! Mine is an original MPC annual though, not a promo, and I have had it since new. I was in 3rd grade at the time I got it and my sister tried to fit too many Barbie dolls in it once and broke the windshiled posts and frame. I kept it all these years and hoped I could fix it. I now have most of the parts to do so just as you do! And like you, I have a 1:1 as well! It was my first car, bought it in July of 75 and still own it all these years later. My Dad had one just like it brand new, only his was a Custom Coupe. Here is a shot of my car being loaded on a transpoerter a few months ago to make the trip from my former home in Ohio to my current home in Arizona.

The box art for the coupe shows a 6 cylinder RS model, not an SS.........this would be great for me as my 1:1 '10 is an RS not an SS...but...I am sure they will do the SS rather than the 6 cylinder RS.

Nice Corvair, I always thought the 65-69s were pretty cars. And personally, I think Ralph Nader's mouth is unsafe at any speed!

I don't think I have ever seen a Nova done as a lowrider either. It looks sharp, beaautiful paint and very tasteful customizing, not too outrageous but just enough to be different. I also like the way you eliminated the center post between the windows for a true coupe look.

Nice! This shows how GM missed the boat by not offering this body in a coupe! They should have done the Buick Roadmaster, Caddy Fleetwood and Caprice/Impala SS asa two door. The only reason I never bought a 94-96 Impala SS was because It didn't come as a two door!