Peter Lombardo Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Here is my completed 1962 Chevrolet Belair Coupe with a Corvette engine, chassis and stretched interior. If you are interested in what I did to get to this point, look up my “on the Workbench†posting for the meat and potatoes of the conversion. Briefly, starting up front in the engine bay, everything in there came from the Corvette with the exception of the twin turbo’s and inter-coolers which were scratch built. All of the tubing is 2.5mm flexible wire hose that I got from HLJ.com used mainly for Sci-Fi modeling. The connectors are small strips of blue masking tape with wire tie down clamps. The two struts were made from micro brass tubing and wire. The front tilting hood has a double hinge set-up that allows the hood to move forward and then tilt up and open. I needed to have the hood move forward before tilting up so it clears the front grille. The doors were cut open and the Corvette Interior was stretched with a modified Firebird rear seat. The interior is paint with acrylic paints….Flat grey with a custom light greenish blue and metallic brown trim, to match the exterior pin striping. I added two speakers to the rear package panel and one each in the doors. The chassis is a stretched Corvette and the wheels are from a Corvette Z06. The car sits nice and low and the four Corvette exhaust pipes exit through the four holes in the rear bumper. The car is painted Viper Silver on top with a custom mix of Jacquard powdered pearl pigments of…silver, green, turquoise and green/blue duo flip-flop mixed with clear lacquer for the bottom. Once applied, tape removed and allowed to dry, it was covered with 2 coats of clear, lightly sanded both times after dry. Then a top layer of clear mixed with HOK Ice Pear Green pearl flakes to give both colors a bright fleck of green highlights in the sun. Once dry, I applied the vinyl burnt orange striping and another thin layer of clear topped that. Once that was dry, I applied Bare Metal Foil and once the car the windows were installed and the car was assembled, and bumpers set, the car got a final brushed on coat of Future. That is it. I really like this one…..personally, I like the fit of the Corvette power plant and updated chassis on the classic lines of the ’62 Belair.
Dr. Cranky Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 WOW! This is one of the finest, cleanest and most beautiful '62 Imps, I've seen! What a gorgeous model! Congrats.
Tedly Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 I agre with Cranky. ###### that thing is beautiful!
brett Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Me three !! Excellent build Peter and thanks for the precise instructions on how you done things.
trogdor Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 I don't normally like that style, but you did a fine job of it
cruz Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 The older Corvette rims give it a beautiful and cool look, great job my friend!
Foxer Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 I love the look of this. All those engine tubes are lovely! I hope you don't mind, Peter ... I had to see the interior more and did a quick Photoshop shadows work-over.
mikemodeler Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 That sure came out very nice. I like the details and the updated drivetrain,it all came together well.
Tonioseven Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 That is extremely beautiful!! I just put my '62 back in the box after seeing this one!! Great work!!!
Railfreak78 Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Thats an amazing build and a fantastic car combo. The body style lends itself nicely for the vette conversion. Great looking build!
Harry P. Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Very cool! And thanks Mike, for that retouched photo.
jeff ewaskey Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Completely awesome!!!!!! Could not have turned out better. You have done yourself proud
Ryan S. Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Gorgeous. I love the 62's with the bubble top. You knocked this one out of the park.
LAone Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 that is one slick 62 bud. i like the engine set up a lot.
Jantrix Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 Fantastic work Pete. Looks like it jumped off the pages of Hot Rod.
Sixties Sam Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 Sweet Chevy! Great colors, and excellent workmanship! I love those Chevies with that bubble top roofline. Sam
moparfarmer Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 Very BADD. Excellent workmanship. I can dig that lots, even though thats not my style. Your build is VERY CLEAN. You should be proud of your endevour.........
Chuck Most Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 Wow! I don't even like '62 Chevys or Corvettes... but somehow the best bits of each in one car, THAT concept works quite well!
crazyjim Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 What a gorgeous build, Peter. I love the look of those bubbletops and combined with Corvette goodies makes it look even better.
93Z34 Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 What a great job on a gorgeous kit and car. The '62 has long been one of my favorite classic Bowties and the mods you made to this kit really turned it into a unique resto-mod. Excellent choie of mods, colors, and the execustion really paid off in the end. Simply beautiful!!!
curt raitz Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 Very, very nice Peter let's see - that's 2 models in 2011 and it's still January...
Peter Lombardo Posted January 26, 2011 Author Posted January 26, 2011 Very, very nice Peter let's see - that's 2 models in 2011 and it's still January... WISE-GUY!!!!
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