´69 Chevelle Showcar

[Andy Oldenburg]

Hi everyone,

after finishing my rust bucket pickup I am going into the complete different direction with this build. The ´69 Chevelle was a very popular muscle car, much power for a good price. The design was quite nice for those days. I was looking for a different approach and not go the stock build road. Willing to invest some time to get my very personal version of the Chevelle SS 396.

I opened the roof and the doors and was very keen to keep the gaps as thin as possible. The roof made me sweat, because there was only about 2mm window frame left. So I had to reinforce that to keep it from breaking during the building process. The rockers on the other hand were much easier because the body is quite thick on the lower side. To keep the roof in place I added as slim rest on the remaining roof. The windshield has rests on the corners with holes for the pegs on the underside of the "targa-roof". Somewhat like those older Porsche sports cars.

The doors go suicide way. They are held in place with super magnets to the panels under the dashboard. It was some effort building these to make them match the door panels. And of course getting the magnets in the right place (and direction...). Now the door stop has a nice curve with the A-pillar. The panels for the back bench had to accommodate the base for the door hinges and ended up fatter than usual. So, the rear bench needed some cutting to fit. Same as the dashboard, which is already prepared. 

The doors, the headliner and the bench are covered with 2mm foam rubber. For the doors I added thin frames to make the edges cleaner. To make the fabric structure look like soft padding I pressed the lines with the back side of a cutter blade. 

Now I can finally start with the paint work. Building a model this way means working on different levels and parts at the same time. Always thinking 3 steps ahead. PLUS: I´m thinking about adding lighting to this baby. It´s going to be SHOWTIME! But (humbly...) still a long way to go😉😄

Thanks for watching!

[Kanada Kustoms]

Awesome project... Love what you did with the roof!  Interior panels look cool as well... And the suicide doors are perfect!  Looking forward to more progress!

[Badge73]

No complaints here. Execution is well done with all the fabrication, this one will be fun to follow.

[dphipps]

Great work. I've always liked seeing muscle or just the non-traditionally "kool" cars getting the custom treatment.

I like how you achieved the quilted interior effect, I'm going to remember that one.

[NOBLNG]

My favourite generation of Chevelle! Outstanding work so far Sir!👍😎

[Speedpro]

Nce work so far!

[Horrorshow]

Looking forward to watching this one.

[espo]

Like the extensive body modifications.  

[Mark W]

Lots of good stuff going on here.

Hope to see it till compltion.

[Quiet Eric]

Whoa! Looks very promising.

[meechum68]

Whoa! This is so wickedly wild, I love it! 

[Glassparman]

Very nice work. I need to do something crazy like this rather than using all parts as issued.

[Andy Oldenburg]

Hello to Jon, Zackary, Devon, Greg, Paul, Jack, david, Mark, Eric, Michael and Michael,

thanks for your friendly response! Motivates me to take good care of this build and not fumble it 👍😉😂