1960 impala (wip interior)

[IMPALA SS 427]

I like where this is headed, keep the updates coming...

[ratchetman87]

Ok guys ive finally got back to the bench after almost 8 months. Been a hard year with a lot of time restraints. But i finally found about 2 hours to spare so i opened up shop yet again. Sorry no pics yet, maybe this weekend. I got some work done in the trunk tonight, i removed the spare tire and filled the hole it left behind with sheet styrene. Then i filled the voided areas with putty and well thats about it.thanks for reading more to come

[ratchetman87]

Minor update on the impala along with a pic of what i may have planned for a grand national. I finished the trunk pan tonight, the spare tire was really bothering me so i decided to remove it. After removing i filled and sanded the trunk. To get the texture back i brushed the trunk pan semi-gloss black and let it tack up and took a brush i use for dry brushing and dabbed it over the entire surface. Worked out pretty good i think. Havent painted the wheel wells yet still doing some work on the chasis. Heres a few simple pics of the before and after.

Before removal

After removal

And in the trunk of course

And lastly a sneak peak at the grand national any ideas on power supply... im thinking 350

[ratchetman87]

Well i managed to start on the seats last night. I really didnt like the ones in the kit so i borrowed some seats out of a 62 catalina. The back bench really needed some work to make it work but it wasnt to bad. I started by removing the old bench from the interior and removed the center sections. Then i took the catalinas bench and did the same. All i really wanted from the donor was the tuck and roll pattern that it had. Once i removed the pattern from the donor i glued it to the bottom half of the rear bench and filled the voids with styrene. Then filled and sanded to shape. The upper half has been puttied and ill come back to that tomorrow to alow it to cure fully. The front was a simple swap out and i filed of the pontiac emblems on both front and back benches. For color im thinking semigloss black for the primary and flat white to create some seperation in the interior. Thanks for looking more to come.

apologies for the side ways pics. I forgot to crop and rotate them.

[ratchetman87]

Ok so i finished the back seat and got it installed. Also installed the front bench. I had to scribe the tuck and roll into the bottom section of the upper rear bench sanding the filler fdown to the desired shape. After i scribed the lines i widened them with the good ole razor saw. After that i took a contoured file and rounded the edges of the the lines to match the rest of the bench. Sorry but no progressive shots. I tend to get in a zone and forget about snapping pics until its done. But here are some pics of the end result. Thanks for looking.