1962 Chevrolet Resin Bodies

[Fabrux]

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a 62 Bel Air body with a formal roof? I know there is the Revell 62 Impala, and Jimmy Flintstone makes a 62 Pontiac Catalina bubbletop, but did anyone ever make the result (ie Catalina's roof on a Bel AIr)?

[mikemodeler]

Are you looking for a 62 Bel Air? AMT made a great kit back in the 90's and it should be available from eBay or one of the old kit sellers.

The roofline is different from the Revell 62 Impala and is commonly called a bubbletop.

[jeffs396]

Or there is the MCW resin Biscayne?

[Fabrux]

@Mike: I already have 2 of the Bel Airs with the bubbletops. Looking for a hardtop roof on a Bel Air.... exactly what @Jeff posted...awesome!

[espo]

Chris, The 62 Bel Air had only two roof styles for 2 doors. The post style like Jeff's model, and the hardtop which had the same roof as the 61 year models had. The Impala and Impala SS were the only body styles with a formal roof in 1962. If you wanted a make believe formal roof Bel Air you could use the Revell 62 Impala,fill one tail light, remove some trim and tone down the interior.

[Fabrux]

I wasn't really looking necessarily for a formal roof, just something other than the bubbletop.

[Swifster]

That 2-dr sedan Bisky is cool. Too bad they don't make a matching 4-dr sdn.

[Eshaver]

Tom, it's relitively easy to convert into a fourdoor . Simply move the "B " post back about a 16th. Scribe the back door and done with a rescribe on the front ...........

As to Chevrolet having anything outside of a sedan in the Bel Air series , in 62, just the Bubble tops and they were pilliarless as the tops were a result of left over stock in 1961.

Ed Shaver