75-77 malibu

[cheyenne93]

Anyone know if there are any of these in resin out there? Was asked by a friends wife if I could build one of her hubbies 1:1. Trying to find one. Thanks

[Fat Brian]

There's a 75 Chevelle NASCAR kit but it has the slanted Laguna nose. 

[Bainford]

Could the Revell '77 Chevelle be converted?

edit: Reading Marks answer below, I realise Revell didn't do a '77 Chevelle, it was a Monte, so scratch that.

Edited February 8, 2022 by Bainford

[Mark]

There is a Revell '77 Monte Carlo, but that's way different from a Malibu.  Not one piece of sheet metal shared between the two.

[Mark]

Showroom stock conversions of the MPC NASCAR kit (and the AMT Malibu, which is an earlier one) seldom look right, as the roofs on both bodies are altered quite a bit, and seldom corrected in the course of bringing them "back to stock".

[cheyenne93]

I knew it wasn't going to be an easy or cheap find. That's why I told her, she might better let him buy an older chevelle, then have me build one of that. Glad she's got a sense of humor.?

[espo]

One possible source for a Chevelle body would be one of the old "Days of Thunder" series offered by AMT. The big problem would be finding one since to my knowledge they have not been reissued and when last I checked they were wanting a king's ransom for one. They were issued to represent the race cars in the movie and had only a basic race car interior. 

[Mark]

The movie cars were Luminas (not Malibus) and were made by Monogram (not AMT).

[Oldcarfan27]

23 hours ago, Mark said:

The movie cars were Luminas (not Malibus) and were made by Monogram (not AMT).

And they were 90s era - nowhere close to 1975 styling.