Rdkingjay Posted December 22, 2013 Posted December 22, 2013 As I stated in my original post in the WIP's section, George restored this car a little over 30 years ago. One of many actually that he did in his back yard shop. A place where I spent a lot of time as a young teen. I learned a lot about old cars and car upholstery from George and also benefitted from a lot of good worldly advice. And best of all, I learned how to do tire vaporizing burn-outs in a '69 396 Chevelle! Anyway, this is the car that I have always gone back to as inspiration when I was restoring cars. My last being a '70 454 Chevelle. Georges wife, Jean was also very gracious to me and I wanted to put something for her into this car as well. They took many trips to the beach in Daytona with this car, so I added a pair of "half scale" flip-flops, a picnic basket and beach towel for her. The newspaper is an actual image of the 1981 Daytona Beach Morning Journal, the day after Petty won the 500. George used to own a '73 Charger painted like Petty's charger, so I thought it would be a fitting touch. Aside from the major mods to the seats and a sprinkling of photo-etched goodies, this kit is right from the box. I hope you all enjoy the pics and I welcome your questions and comments. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all.
Rdkingjay Posted December 22, 2013 Author Posted December 22, 2013 (edited) A few more. Edited December 22, 2013 by Rdkingjay
Rdkingjay Posted December 22, 2013 Author Posted December 22, 2013 The last few, I promise. I realized I had none showing the engine or photo-etched stuff. The plate is the actual plate on the car at the time of the photos. The rear shots show the P/E license plate frame and trunk emblem. The front shots show the hood emblems and hood screens, which were a b--ch to apply. First time using P/E parts on a kit. Pretty happy with them. Hope you enjoy and thanks for looking.
Lovefordgalaxie Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Oh my God, this Impala is stunning!!! And the tuck'n Roll interior? Killer!!!
jeffs396 Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 AWESOME job!!! George and Jean will LOVE it!
cartpix Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 With all that snow, I'd put the top up & turn on the heater. Great work! It really captures the car, in the pictures.
jaydar Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) Great chrome work too! Happy New year to you and all you love! Joe. Edited December 23, 2013 by jaydar
Maindrian Pace Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Great build and details, and I always like models of actual cars. -MJS
bbowser Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 Outstanding Impala. I love the PE bits, interior is awesome. Wow!
Curt Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 Beautiful Impala, and thanks for sharing the story about why it is special!
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