Chuck Most Posted June 3, 2021 Posted June 3, 2021 Is it a prototype? Was it build for Oldsmobile's personal use? Or was it an independent conversion? Who cares, here it is. This is a mashup of the new reissue AMT '64 Cutlass convertible and a late '80's reissue of the AMT '65 El Camino. The cowl, roof, bed, and tailgate, along with about 1/8" of the rear quarters, was cut out of the El Camino body, and a comparable area of the Cutlass body was removed, then the two were spliced. A bit of reshaping to the rear quarters and copious amounts of putty did the rest. The interior is the Cutlass tub cut down and capped off at the back with the El Camino's interior tub rear bulkhead. The chassis is from the El Camino, it required a bit of trimming to fit the now-narrower rear quarters at the very rear of the car. I also lowered because the stock axle position would have had the thing sit like a 4x4. The Olds engine pretty much dropped in, but I had to move the axle notch forward. I didn't wire the engine or go too far with detail because the conversion was enough of a project for me. Wheels were pirated from an AMT '69 4-4-2, with tires from an AMT '77 Pacer wagon. Eventually I might put the camper on the back, the version of the El Camino I used only had the topper shell. 6
Captain Spaulding Posted June 3, 2021 Posted June 3, 2021 That looks really great, looks like something Olds should of made back then. Great job.
Zippi Posted June 3, 2021 Posted June 3, 2021 That's a pretty kewl looking Oldsmobubble as we use to call them when we were kids. Nice job. 1
espo Posted June 3, 2021 Posted June 3, 2021 Great looking body work. I like the used and abused look of the finish.
ChrisBcritter Posted June 5, 2021 Posted June 5, 2021 Great mashup of the two bodies, and making it not look like a show car was very inspired! I've had a similar project going with a '62 F-85 coupe, combined with rear quarters and rear roof from a '61 F-85 wagon - really should get that one finished after 40-some years... 1
tim boyd Posted June 6, 2021 Posted June 6, 2021 Very creative and from a design perspective, highly predictive of how such a real vehicle might have turned out. Kudos Chuck! TIM
Snake45 Posted June 7, 2021 Posted June 7, 2021 Absolutely outstanding! You are making me want to build one of these, which is about the highest compliment I can pay! Well done and model on! 1
Steve H Posted June 18, 2021 Posted June 18, 2021 Very cool “should have been” build Chuck. Excellent execution sir.
Plowboy Posted June 27, 2021 Posted June 27, 2021 Very cool conversion Chuck! It has quite a natural look to it. Now do a wagon!
Chuck Most Posted February 5, 2023 Author Posted February 5, 2023 Finally got around to adding that camper. 7
stavanzer Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 On 6/2/2021 at 6:16 PM, Zippi said: That's a pretty kewl looking Oldsmobubble as we use to call them when we were kids. Nice job. My Dad always called them that too. Thanks for the reminder! ( He called Studebakers, "Stupid Bakers". He had a pickup in High School in 1954/55 that was a disaster. Always breaking down, and threw a rod one day on the way to school in November. He and his brother had to walk the last 5 miles to school in the fog)
NOBLNG Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 Excellent work, it looks like a factory built unit.?
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