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This is one very cool lookin Camino! I like that paint job and engine a lot. Interior and Chassis looks very nice also. Very Nice Job!

Thank you Matti !

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Wow! what a beatiful car! No wonder you wanted it back! You did a FINE job at replicateing it! It came out GREAT!

Thank you very much George ! I appreciate it and I'm glad you like it .

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Very Nice Bob, I have always liked the 60 model, great work!! :D

Thanks Pappy !

I've owned both a '59 and a '60 , the '60 is definitely my favorite !

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This is a model of an El Camino I owned many years ago . It had a 283 / 4 speed and was painted Roman Red with the Impala trim .

The model is 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 a new gas tank . The headers and exhaust were made from aluminum rod . The engine and tranny are from the revel '63 Impala . The tires are from Fireball Modelworks and I don't know where the Cragars came from , they were in my parts box .

I tried to replicate everything just like it was , right down to the 1987 license plate !

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Just excellent!

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Great timing on bringing this one back, Scott. I've got an old smp '60 here too and on a whim a few weeks ago picked up the revell hardtop. This is great inspiration... Superb build, Bob!

mike

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Thank you John ! The patterns on the seats are decals they came in the Revell kit .

Thanks Eric ! I made the headers out of aluminum rod . Here's a photo of them .

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Posted

Worth ever bit of it. Nice to see again. I miss crawlin' around under mine fixin' one thing and another. Love it. 11_zps3be95a90.jpg How mant times you change out that center U-Joint? :wacko:

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I'm not sure what you are saying . . . SMP produced a promo style '60 El Camino and later AMT released the '59 El Camino which has been reissued several times . The SMP tooling is probably long gone and AMT isn't about to modify the tooling for the '59 since it is such a good seller . Likewise it's not very likely that Revell would modify or make all new tooling for a '60 as there isn't a big enough demand for it , the '57 Ranchero is a much more sensible choice .

As for my build , it is built using parts from both the '59 El Camino and the Revell '60 Impala .

Anyway , thanks for looking . . . I hope you liked it !

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