59 Impala Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I got the last “Tin Indian” finished last night. This is the Acadian car that they ran in 1967. The body is the 66 Nova 2dr sedan converted to a 67 Acadian. Scratch built tail lights, resin grill made from the 65 GTO with the parking lights. Printed Acadian decals for the front and rear. Moved the backup lights to the rear bumper. Converted the trunk emblem to the Acadian emblem and added a piece of guitar string to the emblem. The decals are not perfect, but I used what I had. I’m not sure if anyone makes the correct ones or not. The hood scoop is from the parts box. I also made the side windows and used the glass from the Nova kit. This was a challenge but I’m happy how it turned out. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Thorne Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Wow. Was not aware this car existed. A lot of work there duplicating this car. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Great looking replica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59 Impala Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 Thanks guys. This was a lot of work and tedious, but I'm happy how it turned out. I saw the car run one time at Quacker City dragstrip in Salem Ohio in 67 before I went into the Army. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Zipper Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Looks great , Dan Your hard work paid off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 3 hours ago, R. Thorne said: Wow. Was not aware this car existed. A lot of work there duplicating this car. I like it. What he said! Well done and model on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59 Impala Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 Thanks guys. There isn't much information on the net about this car and the 4 pictures that I had was all that I had to go on, and they aren't very good at that. The resin body didn't cause much of a problem but the rear glass that came with it was useless. Poor vacuum formed. I was able to use both the windshield and the rear glass from the Nova kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papajohn97 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Excellent job kit-bashing this resin body with the AMT Nova. I love any and all of the 60’s stockers/SS-er’s/ FX-er’s and this is one I never knew existed among Knafel’s Tin Indians. You were right about background info on this car - no official reference info that I could find. All I ran across was speculation in a Yenko car forum that the Acadian was used by Knafel because he could install a 427 Chevy and qualify as “modified stock” in some racing series (NASCAR? AHRA?) because all of the Canadian GM cars in ‘67 used Chevy blocks….hopefully someone else here can confirm or shoot down this rumor. BTW, did you include an engine in this build and was it a BBC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Nice work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59 Impala Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 Thanks guys. John, as far as I know this car had a 327 SBC in it. If it did have the BBC, I will change it. I wish there was more information on the Knafel cars. I now have 10 different "Tin Indians". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 An Acadian. I love those Canadian variants of US cars. A very nice job on the model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve H Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Hi Dan, this is a fantastic build. Great to see someone build an Acadian. I have a 1:1 ‘67 Pontiac Beaumont that I intend to do a replica of one day. Just waiting for my modelling skills to improve a bit so I can do it justice. Your build is fantastic, great idea to print decals for the Acadian logos. Cheers, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59 Impala Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 Thanks guys. This was a challenge and fun build at the same time. I wish that the model companies would make some Canadian variants of these cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazz Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Well done on the Acadian. Nice work on the conversion! Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 NICE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59 Impala Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Yeah, I'm a Pontiac fan and also did not know that car existed. Great job on an obscure car Dan👌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott8950 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Very nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59 Impala Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 Thanks guys. There is very little information on this car and most of the other Knafel cars that I can find on the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59 Impala Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 Thanks Carl, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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