1958 chevy delivery sedan

[junkman1153]

i am needing some suggestions. i have a 58 chevy delivery sedan resin body. it correctly has base model ,biscayne/ delray, trim. i had a 58 delivery sedan way back in 1972 my delivery was built by superior coach,it had full impala trim and was built for a funeral home.so here is what iam wondering how to add the impala trim . i have a revelle 58 chevy ,since the chrome is seperate and not molded in do you think it could be sanded or filed on the back side to fit with out looking too thick. any suggestions or tips would be a big help. thanks Ralph

[ScaleSpeedShop]

Might be easier to put the SD roof on the Impala body

[junkman1153]

with my building ability i would end up with two junk models thanks for the suggestion

Edited October 11, 2010 by junkman1153

[Guest Johnny]

Might be easier to put the SD roof on the Impala body

He would also have to graft in the rear tail section as the SD has single tailights and the Impala has three!

[junkman1153]

you are right i hadn't given thought to the rearend of the body.i think my car had the tailight housings off a belair .it has been along time ago but superior might have reworked the tailights. it had 2red tailights on each side with backup lights mounted either side the license plate

[junkman1153]

come on guys somebody must have a good idea on how to do this.

[GOTH KUSTOMS]

Not that I have any ideas but this might help, you might want to post a few pictures of the car, that might get a few people to see what ideas you're trying to get across, just a thought.....

[george 53]

Ralph, i do believe the doors on an Impala were longer than the doors on a Panel Wagon also.

[junkman1153]

on the real car i used a door off a 2dr. sedan biscayne on the delivery sedan so the door length was the same the yeoman wagon was the same too and just had to switch the chrome. i know this is a real one off build and probaly a project for a much better builder.it also had the chrome strips off the 58 nomad wagon on the tailgate

[junkman1153]

Not that I have any ideas but this might help, you might want to post a few pictures of the car, that might get a few people to see what ideas you're trying to get across, just a thought.....

i would love to post some pictures but my camera will not up load to the computer. so here is basically what i am wanting to do. i have a resin 1958 chevy delivery sedan. i had a real one that was built by superior for a funeral home with full impala trim and interior. what iam wondering is since the revelle 58 has seperate chrome would it be possible to sand or file this chrome to use on the delivery sedan without looking too thick.as i have said iam not a master builder so i need any suggestions i can get. i have several junk diecast 58's with very similar chrome to the revelle kit

Edited October 11, 2010 by junkman1153

[Art Anderson]

i would love to post some pictures but my camera will not up load to the computer. so here is basically what i am wanting to do. i have a resin 1958 chevy delivery sedan. i had a real one that was built by superior for a funeral home with full impala trim and interior. what iam wondering is since the revelle 58 has seperate chrome would it be possible to sand or file this chrome to use on the delivery sedan without looking too thick.as i have said iam not a master builder so i need any suggestions i can get. i have several junk diecast 58's with very similar chrome to the revelle kit

OK. For starters, the 1958 Chevrolet Delray Sedan Delivery was the same body shell as the 2dr Delray Yeoman station wagon. The doors are the same length, same doorskins (except for trim hole location) as any other 1958 Chevy 2dr sedan, station wagon, Bel Air or Impala HT or convertible. Impala trim will fit the Sedel body with no problem at all--the bodies are the same length throughout the Chevrolet lineup for '58.

On the model, it might actually be easiest to tackle this one of three ways (take your pick!):

1) You could take an AMT Impala, cut the body sides apart so that you have the side chrome spears as separate sections of plastic. You can thin those down to just where the surrounding plastic that represents the sheet metal of the actual car is tissue paper thin, which will give you separate side spears. This can be done by using a fresh sheet of 400-grit Wet-or-Dry sandpaper (get 3M brand, it's the only brand to use here), laid grit side up on a smooth, flat surface (a piece of tempered plate glass works, as will a formica countertop or closet shelf section--even a "sink cutout", dirt cheap at home improvement stores will suffice). To keep the sandpaper from wanting to slide or move around, sprinkle some water on the flat surface first, when you put the paper side to that, with the grit facing up, the sandpaper won't budge. Now, flood the grit with water, put the plastic sections having the chrome trim on them, trim side up, and sand away, by simply moving the plastic sections back and forth on the sandpaper, until you get it thinned down as I described. Once you've got that done, simply trim away the very thin excess plastic, and attach the chrome spears to the side of your Sedel body with CA glue. I've done this, and it works!

2) Those spears can be foil-cast, but a couple of problems--epoxy glue used to fill the foil mold is nowhere near as strong as styrene, so be prepared to break the molded epoxy, start all over again.

3) you can replicate chrome spears in strip styrene on the body, but with the 58 Impala trim, that's going to be a very laborious and tedious process.

I like the first option the best framkly.

As for taillights, '58 Chevy station wagons used a single round red taillight, which was EXACTLY the same unit, bezel and lens, as used on the '58 Impala. The "jet exhaust" style dual lens tailight as used on Delray, Biscayne and Bel Air sedans and the lower line Bel Air hardtop won't fit the station wagon's "cove", they are too wide.

I owned a '58 Chevy sedan delivery for 9 years, pretty well acquainted with them.

Art

[junkman1153]

OK. For starters, the 1958 Chevrolet Delray Sedan Delivery was the same body shell as the 2dr Delray Yeoman station wagon. The doors are the same length, same doorskins (except for trim hole location) as any other 1958 Chevy 2dr sedan, station wagon, Bel Air or Impala HT or convertible. Impala trim will fit the Sedel body with no problem at all--the bodies are the same length throughout the Chevrolet lineup for '58.

On the model, it might actually be easiest to tackle this one of three ways (take your pick!):

1) You could take an AMT Impala, cut the body sides apart so that you have the side chrome spears as separate sections of plastic. You can thin those down to just where the surrounding plastic that represents the sheet metal of the actual car is tissue paper thin, which will give you separate side spears. This can be done by using a fresh sheet of 400-grit Wet-or-Dry sandpaper (get 3M brand, it's the only brand to use here), laid grit side up on a smooth, flat surface (a piece of tempered plate glass works, as will a formica countertop or closet shelf section--even a "sink cutout", dirt cheap at home improvement stores will suffice). To keep the sandpaper from wanting to slide or move around, sprinkle some water on the flat surface first, when you put the paper side to that, with the grit facing up, the sandpaper won't budge. Now, flood the grit with water, put the plastic sections having the chrome trim on them, trim side up, and sand away, by simply moving the plastic sections back and forth on the sandpaper, until you get it thinned down as I described. Once you've got that done, simply trim away the very thin excess plastic, and attach the chrome spears to the side of your Sedel body with CA glue. I've done this, and it works!

2) Those spears can be foil-cast, but a couple of problems--epoxy glue used to fill the foil mold is nowhere near as strong as styrene, so be prepared to break the molded epoxy, start all over again.

3) you can replicate chrome spears in strip styrene on the body, but with the 58 Impala trim, that's going to be a very laborious and tedious process.

I like the first option the best framkly.

As for taillights, '58 Chevy station wagons used a single round red taillight, which was EXACTLY the same unit, bezel and lens, as used on the '58 Impala. The "jet exhaust" style dual lens tailight as used on Delray, Biscayne and Bel Air sedans and the lower line Bel Air hardtop won't fit the station wagon's "cove", they are too wide.

I owned a '58 Chevy sedan delivery for 9 years, pretty well acquainted with them.

Art

thanks for the suggestions i owned 2 delivery sedans one was just basic 6cyl.3spd.w/overdrive rubber floor mat drivers side seat only vacuum wipers no radio. the other which is the one i want to build i purchased from a funeral home it had a 348 4bbl.turboglide ,the back was carpeted with full interior trim . i think they used the trim from the yeoman wagon. the only body alteration they made was a small bump at the end of the quarters to accomidate the belair tailights it was done nicely but just looked a little strange from the side. i will be the first to admit i might be in way over my head here.maybe i will build the basic model