1967 Foose Dodge Coranet

[Peter Lombardo]

Foose Dodge Coronet

I think most of us, if not all of us here, respect Chip Foose’s talent for design.  Obviously Revell sees Chip’s name as a huge draw that will help them sell product.  He puts his name and a rendering on the box, and here-to-fore old castings get a new life. 

Such is the case with the 1967 Dodge Coronet.  Foose adds a set of wheels and a custom stripe on his rendering and Revell expects his name to carry enough weight to move them off the shelf as a unique version of the same old kit.  Note the clearance price sticker.  My son stumbled across this kit and picked it up for me because he thought the price was right, and yeah, at $5.00 the price is just about perfect.

Notice the box top rendering.  Foose usually takes a bit of “artistic license” with his rendering, and this kit is no exception to that rule.  If you look carefully, you see that the image as depicted, just looks sharper, and more aggressive.   The roof looks a bit chopped, the front windshield looks a bit more raked back.  The upper hump on the rear fender looks a bit more heightened and curved.  The stance is lower which makes it look sleeker and if you look closely, the quarter window wings by the A pillar and the rear windows at the rear are so vague they almost are not even there.  If you look carefully at the rendering you’ll see that accidentally, I am certain, Chip omitted the second headlight on the driver’s side of the front grill.

With those subtle modifications in mind, I built the kit with a few additional minor changes.

I made a minor chop to the top of a couple of scale inches and laid back the windshield as Chips rendering does.  I omitted the A pillar vents and lowered the car down as low as realistic.  I added a rear deck spoiler that I fabricated and added a bit of curved height to the tops of the rear fenders as the image suggests, then I opened and hinged the doors.   I thought about the turquoise color scheme but rather opted to go with Tamiya light blue metallic topped with blue translucent pearl then clear coated.

That’s it, nothing too major, and with a discount from 29.99 to $5.00, I had nothing to lose.

[kelson]

Very creative and cool looking!!??

[Zippi]

That beats the HL %40 off all to heck.  Nice score.

[PappyD340]

Looks great!

[Plowboy]

5 hours ago, Peter Lombardo said:

 If you look carefully at the rendering you’ll see that accidentally, I am certain, Chip omitted the second headlight on the driver’s side of the front grill.

He omitted it for a reason. That's how it appears at that angle. If you look at your model at the same angle, you won't see all four headlights. Just the three. 

[cobraman]

Nice work !

[Peter Lombardo]

Not really, Roger.  I thought that too at first, but looking at the model from the same angle, the headlight edge is still visible. It is a minor point, but once again, Chip took a little artistic license here.  It is not a criticism just reality.  It seems a little strange to me that the price I paid and the comment about Chip drive the responses.  I guess if I show any other builds here, I will omit the thought process since that seems to be lost here.

[Claude Thibodeau]

Hi Peter!

Great stance, and the roof/windshield adjustments really carry the day. More in line with the artistic rendering on the box!

CT 

[espo]

I like how you chopped the top as it really stream lines the body and it almost looks like you raised the rear quarters. The stance looks perfect for this style. Why can't I ever find deals like this when I go shopping ?   

[SickBoy]

Looks great Peter, the chop and stance really give it a nice custom look and style. Good choice on the color as well. Nice work!

[slusher]

Beautiful Mopar!