1960 El Camino

[TooOld]

Some of you may have seen this one before . Built in 2013 it's a replica of an El Camino I owned many years ago , it had a 283 / 4 speed and was painted Roman Red with the Impala trim . In 2019 I redid it adding the poseable steering and the correct wheels and tires which I couldn't find in 2013 .

It's built using a Revell '60 Impala with the roof and bed from the AMT '59 El Camino grafted on . I had to lengthen the bed about 1/4 " to line everything up , and modified the tailgate and rear bumper . I used the Revell chassis and modified it to show the bed floor and added a correct gas tank . The headers and exhaust were made from aluminum rod . The engine and tranny are from the revel '63 Impala .

With the '60 Station wagon being reissued soon I'm planning another El Camino project and maybe a Sedan Delivery too .

Thanks for lookin' !

And here's the original WIP thread from 2013 . . .

 

[Kanada Kustoms]

Great looking build... Nice job!

[Mike 1017]

1st Place Winner in any Model Contest

[Bainford]

Very cool El Camino, Bob. Nice and clean, and nicely sorted under the hood, too. It's a sweet looking machine. The 1:1 must have been a fun ride.

[tbill]

That is slick! Well done !

[Supernurd]

That came out great.   👍 

[Kah puts]

Out-a the park there Bob 👍

[Rattlecan Dan]

Sweet-looking build. Very nice work.

[bondo bill]

very kool

[XYHARRY]

That looks great, the extra details in the engine compartment and under carriage are a nice touch. Colour looks good with the Cragars. Well done Bob. 

[ChrisR]

Looks great.

[TooOld]

21 hours ago, Kanada Kustoms said:

Great looking build... Nice job!

Thanks Jon !

20 hours ago, Mike 1017 said:

1st Place Winner in any Model Contest

Thank you very much Michael !

15 hours ago, Bainford said:

Very cool El Camino, Bob. Nice and clean, and nicely sorted under the hood, too. It's a sweet looking machine. The 1:1 must have been a fun ride.

Thanks Trevor !  It was my daily driver for about 10 years , get to drive and got lots of looks too !

[TooOld]

15 hours ago, tbill said:

That is slick! Well done !

Thanks Tom !

15 hours ago, Supernurd said:

That came out great.   👍 

Thanks !

12 hours ago, Kah puts said:

Out-a the park there Bob 👍

Thanks much Glen !

[TooOld]

7 hours ago, Rattlecan Dan said:

Sweet-looking build. Very nice work.

Thanks much Dan !

6 hours ago, bondo bill said:

very kool

Thanks Bill !

4 hours ago, XYHARRY said:

That looks great, the extra details in the engine compartment and under carriage are a nice touch. Colour looks good with the Cragars. Well done Bob. 

Thanks very much David !

[baycolony]

Very cleanly built, especially the detail painting

[dphipps]

Awesome detail. That bit of orange visible on the bottom of the filter element is a really clever touch!

[Ragtop Man]

Madonn a mia! 

This, kids, is MODELING.  

Wow - the craftsmanship and ingenuity to do this to the '60 is off the scale. 

Absolute grabber from the first picture, congrats on a great job.

[Cosmic D]

That is some sweet kit bashing - as Ragtop Man said above - this is what model building is about.  First class work.

[dragstk]

An impressive level of detail, on a very clean build. Nice job, Bob