1974 Chevy Malibu (Nascar converted to Stock)

[Cosmo_Song]

A mainstream 70s Malibu converted from AMT Lennie Pond Nascar

[bbowser]

Great looking conversion!  Used to see a lot of these on the street.

[Cosmo_Song]

Main modifications:

• Increased roof height and moved backward, increased length of A pillar
• Shortened rear wheel opening, copied shape as a resin piece and glued to replace front wheel opening
• Scratch-build front grille and taillights area
• Resin copied headlights from Johan Cutlass
• Clear orange and red acrylic sheet to mimic side signals with foil underneath
• Door handle copied from '76 Caprice with foil and super glue on the back

More bodywork process can be seen here

 

Starting point: AMT Lennie Pond Nascar

Edited November 17, 2024 by Cosmo_Song

[Dentz]

Nice Work!. I love Malaise era and late 80's-90's models. Can we see the Uncle Buck car?

Edited November 17, 2024 by Dentz

[BK9300]

Your finished body work, paint and trim look like it came from the showroom - amazing quality!

[michelle]

very nice work with the conversion 

[happy grumpy]

awesome work.It look fantastic.

[karbuildr]

Outstanding, looks great, lots of work but definitely worth it.

[polybius]

Wow!  Beautiful work and nice job with the conversion!  One of the first cars I remember riding in as a kid was a maroon '73 Malibu coupe with white vinyl swivel buckets.  As the story goes when my mom turned 16 my grandfather let her pick out the next family car, and it was the only one on the lot with an 8-track so that's what she picked.  You've so authentically duplicated it right down to those 14" wheel covers.  Kudos!!

[iBorg]

That's an impressive conversion.

[Leica007]

The work you did, especially the front end, is really impressive.  Great job.

 

[bondo bill]

wow that's a lot of work nice job

[charger74]

You did a great job on it 

[Sledsel]

Nice job on it. My first thought on the headlights was '70 Monte Carlo.

[XYHARRY]

Very well done there Cosmo, it looks great.

Cheers, 

David. ??

[TooOld]

Excellent conversion , well done !

[ChrisR]

Awesome.

[Dave Van]

VERY WELL DONE!!!!!!

[Tom99]

Great work!!

[ncbuckeye67]

That's amazing! Perfect color choice too.

[Hi-Po]

Your conversion skills are to be admired.  Nicely done and great color choice.

[Ragtop Man]

Seriously: I washed an IDENTICAL 'Bu when I was a porter at a Chevy dealer back in the late '70s. 

That is as close as I've seen, superb job with the conversion and scratchbuilding!

Made my day! 

[espo]

Remember seeing all the body work you had to do on this build. The finished body looks just like the 1:1 and I like the base wheel covers for the classic model line. The paint color looks great as does the finish. 

[kelson]

Just beautiful!!?

[spkgibsonfirebird]

Wow that looks amazing!!! Very nicely done, that body work has to be an absolute pain to get perfectly done. I only wish you would have cast it in resin for us to be able to build one. Perfectly done my friend!