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This is a great looking Impala. The '58 model always looked like a custom when they were stock.

I like how you're changing the body around. Getting ideas watching how you're going about this.

Is the bottom photo of the black GT your family ride ? This is a nice kit and a great subject. I built one when they first came out and the only issue I encountered was the wheel backs put the tires, particularly the fronts, to far out. May been the builder, but that is an area you might keep an eye on. Always enjoy building models of cars that I either owned or was somehow attached to when younger.

The roof proportions work great with the Mustang body. Have you thought about how you want the bottom edge of the rear side window, or just leave as is ?

Great to see an older vehicle that is this well cared for. Beautiful countryside you're driving thru.

Quick go to the market and buy up all of the products still on the shelf with Mister Peanut on the wrapper and hid them in your safety deposit box at the bank. Just think how much these items will be worth in time to come.

I always enjoy seeing your rig, and it's always so clean looking. That shut off button would be a great anti theft devise. Most cars we buy today have a chip in the computer that acts as a fuel shut off. This is usually based on the speed rating of the OEM tires and I'm sure that there are speeds the manufacture might use with overall safety in mind. My '95 Chevy C1500 x-cab was set to 110 mph. I'm not telling how I found out. We had our '10 Charger RT with AWD up to about 120 mph in a very deserted section of highway in an unnamed state. The car was still pulling like a freight train but the wife of the couple in the back seat was starting to wine a bit so we returned to the posted speed limit.

Great looking Ghost Buster. The theme song is playing in my head now.

I'd look on line for any color charts for the '66 model year. They also offered two different shades of Gold, one was a light gold with very little metallic in it and a darker but brighter shade of gold. Look at my avatar of my '67 El Camino as that is the color and it was also available for a couple of model years at that time. Also please post your redo on that as I would enjoy seeing it also.

In '66 Chevrolet also offered a pale Beige color that was pretty popular then.

I will look forward to seeing the "67 Impala. The '66 Impala body style, also shared with the '65, in my eyes has always been very desirable. I had a friend who bought a new '65 Impala SS in that color. I liked the car so well I went down and bought a new '66 Impala SS in Danube Blue with Black Interior. It was a 325/396 car with a 4-speed and was equipped with the F41 Suspension and the Posi.rear end. Great handling car but I lived in the mountains and the brakes would fade quickly if you were really driving it hard. Again please post the "67 IMpala as that was also a great looking Chevy.

Great looking build and it definitely has the look of the car used in the movie.

Beautiful looking redo on this. You were very fortunate to even find a "66 Impala SS Promo. That was a very popular shade of Yellow at that time. You mentioned polishing the original surface of the body and it looks almost better than paint.

Beautiful looking De Soto. We had a neighbor that had a "57 with much the same color combination. Unfortunately they didn't keep it in the garage and the mid-west winters were having their way with the finish, a real shame.

Excellent Showroom style build. All of the little trim details look correct.

Very impressive attention to the smallest of detail on your build. I'll enjoy watching this.

That would be a great idea. Should simplify the conversion if that is the direction on this build. I don't usually build to many Street Rods but this idea is starting to "sound very interesting" as Cpt. Klink used to say.

I think the tandem engine setup might be the easiest to do but you will end up with a longer chassis to contain the engines. Another idea to consider is side by side much like some of the duel engines Dragsters from long ago. The side by side would look just as impressive if not for so and the chassis would remain about the same size as now. What ever you do please share pictures of your build.

While that's true you did it in 1/25th plastic and it looks just like it was done long ago, so an ataboy on that. You mentioned wanting to have the letters and numbers raised on the license plate. I don't know if there is any photo etched lettering that would be in the proper scale, but it was just a thought. Will this stay in Black Primer or go glossy in some other color ?

I tried to open your message and I think the problem is I'm not on Face Book and it will not let me in to read your message. I would like to here from you about any additional information you may have. We'll have to figure out another way I guess.

Great looking build. Besides the detailing that you did it looks well engineered enough to be streetable . I like looking at and trying to figure out the source of all the different parts that went into this build.

Look'n good. One of my all time favorite kits. I like your Carson Top type treatment.

To bad about the paint crazing. There is always that outside chance that the paint job can be ruined using automotive or "Hotter" paints. Sometimes just staying with the same brand of after market paints works better. I hope you can get the finish to where you want it.

Very clean detailing on the body trim and the engine. Nice to see the Wide Whites for a change.

I think that with a little work on the front bumper you could easily emulate the "California" bumper. The kits bumper has some relief lines to represent the less desirable front bumper used primarily where streets were heavily salted. You could sand down the kits bumper and fill the lines with filler, but I would recommend just stripping the entire bumper and after making the changes to the bumper use your favorite chroming method on the bumper.