Bills72sj Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I just purchased my kit. (HL $17.99) I am absolutely going to make a cop car. Have not decided on which municipality yet. I will make my own decals. I do realize I will have to fab some B pillars for realism. It may be a ways down the road though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 7 hours ago, Bills72sj said: I do realize I will have to fab some B pillars for realism. It may be a ways down the road though. You need to do more than just "B pillars." You'd need to remove the vent window frames, fabricate complete frames (including the B-pillars) for the doors (this can all be done with one piece on each side), then replace the lower and rear chrome edges of the vent windows into the new frames. And the '67 Impala had curved side glass, so all this framing has to have a subtle curve. It won't be an impossible mod, but it's not gonna be fast and easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 5 hours ago, Snake45 said: You need to do more than just "B pillars." You'd need to remove the vent window frames, fabricate complete frames (including the B-pillars) for the doors (this can all be done with one piece on each side), then replace the lower and rear chrome edges of the vent windows into the new frames. And the '67 Impala had curved side glass, so all this framing has to have a subtle curve. It won't be an impossible mod, but it's not gonna be fast and easy. Thanks for the heads up. We shall see what my enthusiasm is for that (when the time comes). Except for the forums, I have no discerning audience around here that will even notice if I do or do not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveG Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 6 hours ago, Snake45 said: You need to do more than just "B pillars." You'd need to remove the vent window frames, fabricate complete frames (including the B-pillars) for the doors (this can all be done with one piece on each side), then replace the lower and rear chrome edges of the vent windows into the new frames. And the '67 Impala had curved side glass, so all this framing has to have a subtle curve. It won't be an impossible mod, but it's not gonna be fast and easy. Besides everything Snake mentioned, the Sedan roof skin is about an inch higher and the rear window opening is taller and rounded on top corners. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, SteveG said: Besides everything Snake mentioned, the Sedan roof skin is about an inch higher and the rear window opening is taller and rounded on top corners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, SteveG said: Besides everything Snake mentioned, the Sedan roof skin is about an inch higher and the rear window opening is taller and rounded on top corners. Steve Yea.. I’m waiting for the resin! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I'll be getting a Resin Bench seat, and building mine with a 327 from another kit. Those are all the concessions I'm making for my build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) 23 hours ago, SteveG said: Besides everything Snake mentioned, the Sedan roof skin is about an inch higher and the rear window opening is taller and rounded on top corners. Steve Yes, rear window is also more vertical than on the hardtop, so different C-pillar shape. Basically the whole roof is different, which is typical of the era. 4dr sedans and 4dr hts were pretty different. A resin Biscayne or Bel Air will be nice, along w/ the different interior trim a Biscayne or Bel Air would have. Edited July 5, 2020 by Rob Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Gribble Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 17 hours ago, alexis said: I'll be getting a Resin Bench seat, and building mine with a 327 from another kit. Those are all the concessions I'm making for my build. The factory bench seats are on eBay now ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 On 7/4/2020 at 12:34 PM, Bills72sj said: Except for the forums, I have no discerning audience around here that will even notice if I do or do not. Yeah, I would just go ahead and build it as a 4-door hardtop and call it good. People are always quick to point out all police cars as four-doors, yet plenty of images of 2-doors exist, so who's to say there wasn't one '67 Impala 4-door hardtop police car? Unless it's a replica of a real car, you can pretty much do what you want, so just enjoy the process. It's unfortunate there is no nicely detailed TH400 auto trans with a separate pan available in a kit, though. AMT '68 El Camino and '70 Monte Carlo SS kits both have nice transmissions, but both have the pan molded in place, which is less than pleasing to the eye. Here's an average, everyday driver idea: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Zipper Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 ModelHaus offered a '67 station wagon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 On 2/12/2021 at 9:54 AM, Casey said: AMT '68 El Camino and '70 Monte Carlo SS kits both have nice transmissions, but both have the pan molded in place, which is less than pleasing to the eye. They dropped the ball in that area for sure . Those moulded-on auto trans oil pans seldom look good without a bunch of filing and massaging ; then one needs to add bolt heads for a convincing appearance ( I've never bothered going that far ) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodent Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 1 hour ago, von Zipper said: ModelHaus offered a '67 station wagon Yup, with way too much slant in the "B" pillar. I have seen others on eBay with the same issue, I just figured they were recasts of the Modelhaus issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveG Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 With a combination of the S/N and SS Impala kits you would have a great start on building one of these Indiana State Patrol '67 Impala's. It even makes use of the bumper guards the front corner lamps. The only think I don't I 've seen in scale are those Police Package Center caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Zipper Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Rodent said: Yup, with way too much slant in the "B" pillar the B pillar wouldn't be a deal breaker , that would be easy to correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, SteveG said: With a combination of the S/N and SS Impala kits you would have a great start on building one of these Indiana State Patrol '67 Impala's. It even makes use of the bumper guards the front corner lamps. Is this a strong hint? I spy two package shelf mounted lights, which would match up with the two extra clear lenses included in the Supernatural kit. 🤔 Edited February 14, 2021 by Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodent Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 47 minutes ago, von Zipper said: the B pillar wouldn't be a deal breaker , that would be easy to correct. Absolutely agree, I probably have the materials to do it in stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveG Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 14 hours ago, Casey said: Is this a strong hint? I spy two package shelf mounted lights, which would match up with the two extra clear lenses included in the Supernatural kit. 🤔 No hints here Casey, just coincidence as far as I know. I'm a big fan of both Municipal and Work vehicles in scale and would encourage Round2 to do more if given the chance. It wouldn't take that much more work to bring us that Indiana State Patrol 67 Impala as a kit though. -Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordairgtar Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 2/12/2021 at 11:54 AM, Casey said: Yeah, I would just go ahead and build it as a 4-door hardtop and call it good. People are always quick to point out all police cars as four-doors, yet plenty of images of 2-doors exist, so who's to say there wasn't one '67 Impala 4-door hardtop police car? Unless it's a replica of a real car, you can pretty much do what you want, so just enjoy the process. Many county jurisdictions have allowed the Sheriff and deputies to purchase their own squad and then get reimbursed. This was common in rural southern areas and some places in the midwest. You were liable to see anything body wise and engine wise. I remember Roush prepared Pintos with V8s in a county in Georgia. High Speed Pursuit!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Here ya go! A hardtop police car. I saw this on Facebook today and immediately thought of this thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorsovdoon Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 This one has the same roofline as the kit, from the film "House of a Thousand Corpses" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdnmodeler Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Actually considering getting both the 70 impala fire chief kit from AMT and the supernatural 4 Dr. Going to do the 2 Dr 1970 Impala as the fire chief car and as I have a lightbar for that, will use the kit supplied lightbar for the 67 4 Dr. Won't be until mid April or May as I am currently working on American LaFrance Custom Pumper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldcarfan27 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 If I ever get one of the "Supernatural" kits, I'd like to make a Caprice with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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