'76 Caprice Rides Again!!!!

[Dr. Cranky]

Can someone take pictures of what comes in the box, please . . . thanks . . .

[Chuck Most]

[Dr. Cranky]

Thanks, Chuck, just what I needed to see . . . it looks like a good, simple kit with not too many parts . . . and the trailer is the big bonus. Sweet.

[Chuck Most]

Now, Round 2 needs to reissue THIS. Yes, it's a '77, but it could pass as a '76, park one next to this Caprice in a Chevy showroom diorama, and you'd have the 'bookends' of the Chevy lineup!

[Dr. Cranky]

Totally agree. Yes, those racing elements would be great to have again.

[Chuck Most]

I'm thinking "Phantom Yenko Chevette".

(No, seriously!)

[charlie8575]

Now, Round 2 needs to reissue THIS. Yes, it's a '77, but it could pass as a '76, park one next to this Caprice in a Chevy showroom diorama, and you'd have the 'bookends' of the Chevy lineup!

Yes, please.

Charlie Larkin

[Eshaver]

Neva met one dess Chebbits that I could evea make run with a re- built carburator decently . Dang things made me wanna do alcohol all over again .......... Ed Shaver

[Chuck Most]

Racing diorama parts in a Chevette kit ... :lol:

Hey, I learned to drive in an '82 Chevette Scooter! To a young punk kid, it sure seemed racy! Always found it weird you had to press down on the shifter to engage reverse. Man... AM radio, driver's side mirror only, cardboard inner door panels, no glovebox door, 'hubcaps' about four inches in diameter... you couldn't give away a car THAT bare-boned today!

[Guest]

How's the glass in this one Chuck? The one I bought years ago had a huge horizontal dip in the middle of it. It was so bad that I couldn't use it. I'm thinking about getting one and use the "wild" parts from my '71 Impala on it to build a high rider.

[Chuck Most]

Glass seems pretty good, at least in my kit. Kind of on the thick side, but pretty good otherwise.

[Dirty Gringo]

Saw this today at local shop and wanted to get it Im a sucker for the old box art. Oh well ended up with the 66 impala instead

[Edsel-Dan]

I know for a Fact that the 72 Impala did NOT have the trailer

It Did have the Mild/Wild parts. as well as being one of the Professional Painted body kits.

I still have it, the kit was Molded in Blue, and the body overspayed with Clear metallic for a metallic Blue finish

The 73 Did get the trailer returned, and was also one of the Painted kits, this one Molded in Brown, with a Gold metaillic

finish to the body.

I need parts for both to restore them

The 73 is built as a 4x4, has the 72's interior & rear bumper/tail lights!

The 72 needs a new hood & grill

I also had the 70 Impala Convertible from MPC. the "VAMPIRE Machine" complete in Glow-In-The-Dark

plastic. I Did add the Spider-web hubcaps (Over top of the Stock caps no lees) and the large Bat to the hood.

I Wish I could find it in my attic!!

That one Did Not have the trailer either!!

Also, I read somewhere that the engine/chassis/etc are all straight from the 68-69-70

so are a 454 which was not available in the latter cars due to the gas crisis of the day!

Edited November 12, 2011 by Edsel-Dan

[Dr. Cranky]

I finished mine and I have to take some final pics so you guys can see it . . . this kit builds up very well, and I have to say I am a huge fan of these big beauties!

[Dr. Cranky]

Here is how it turned out . . .

[Tonioseven]

I have one in progress. I'm not all that keen on the chassis but I still think it's a cool kit...

[Dr. Cranky]

Love the color. Looking good!

[Joker]

Borrowed this photo from Chuck's Fotki.(thanks Most)

My question is about the vertical piece on the hood/dash spruce.

The instructions(they bite)are no help.

Also any engine bay pixs of the model would be appreciated

the google images bite too.

BTW...Steve Milberry has a 76 Caprice on his Fotki album and I'm

borrowing his sun roof detail on mine. thanks Steve

James aka Joker

[Joker]

Thanks for the faster than quick response Steve.

The badge backer sound like something MPC would do.

Now to do the Treasure of the Sierra Madres line..

Badges !

We don need no stinking Badges!

lol ..thanks for sharing your Fotki

[gray07]

I have a built 75 stock even has the stock hubcaps on it, and i have a unopened 76.

[jayhkr]

Oh man this brings back memories. My VERY first car was a '77 caprice classic. Baby blue with the good ol' butterfly valve carb! Man that was so much fun in the winter when it got stuck! Believe it or not my mom still has her 1988 Caprice Classic with LESS than 100k on it! (and no she's not that little old lady that only goes to the supermarket) LOL thanks for the memories on that one!

[Ron Hamilton]

Here is the convertible I am working on, from an original kit from '76.

I may back date it to a '75, as I have an old glue-bomb that needs restoration.

Steve Milbury's '74 looks better.

[carcrazy19]

I'm interested in getting this kit because it reminds me of my dad when he had one when I was a kid. I wanted to know if anyone has built this kit and what were there opinions about it. This build would be more for sentimental reason so I'm not to worried about detail. I just wanted to know if its a good kit and how is the fit and finish and if its worth buying. Any comments would be appreciated.

[Motor City]

Anthony,

This is based on the 1971 Impala Custom Coupe model (a convertible promo was also available in Sunflower Yellow, but never issued as a kit). The kit was updated annually and has good detail. I have the 1973 Caprice kit, which I built exactly like the Caprice Classic 454 Coupe my Dad ordered and I reluctantly sold in 1991. The chassis has good detail with a separate exhaust system, and it came with a detailed trailer, too. I'm not sure if the trailer was still included in the 1976 kit. I don't think you will be at all disappointed, and it was the only full-sized American model car offered that year, so you are really lucky there.

[Scalper]

Here is some progress shots of mine

So far so good while building it. the only issue I had was the rear lower window trim . Its not even there anymore. vary hard to bmf