68 Impala?

[72 Charger]

Did anyone do the 68 Impala ? A freind of mine said its never been released is that true?

[Nitro Neil]

It was released as an annual back in 1968. Very hard to find and pretty expensive when you do.

Edited March 21, 2014 by Nitro Neil

[disabled modeler]

That is right the 68 Impala kit has never been re-issued it was also available as a promo but there expensive and hard to find...

[jeffs396]

Original MPC styrene is pricey, but there are several kits out there in resin...

[72 Charger]

Thanks guys Ive been looking to do a build of a pro street 68 that does the rounds here in the UK . Called Doomsday Impala! I have a freind that spanners on it . Thanks again for the info

Dave

[SSNJim]

I thought that the full size Chevy was available in plastic for model years 1951-1976 from various manufacturers. Now some may be difficult to find, but they were produced. I always thought that it would be a pretty cool display/project.

[Tom Geiger]

I thought that the full size Chevy was available in plastic for model years 1951-1976 from various manufacturers. Now some may be difficult to find, but they were produced. I always thought that it would be a pretty cool display/project.

You are correct. There were promos of the 1949, 1950 and 1952. Someone pointed out to me that the Galaxie Sedan Delivery and sedan can be built to represent 1946, 1947 and 1948. Prior to that I have a nice 1941 Chevy convertible, then we skip the war years of 1942-45. So you can go all the way back to 1941.

And later than 1976 there was the Monogram police/taxi and Impala SS. Those can represent a couple of years. I recently completed my span, mostly in old builtups and promos by buying a rebuildable 1972 Impala kit. That was the last one I needed!

Per the 1968, here's the one I own. Built by someone of limited abilities way back when! To be restored one of these days.... I believe the original kit came as both a hardtop and a convertible.

Modelhaus does offer the hardtop as a kit for $88. It looks like you'd need to supply your own chassis and engine to finish it.MCW does both a hardtop and a Biscayne 2 door sedan for $40 each, you'll need to supply the chassis and engine for these as well. Much cheaper than finding an original.

[72 Charger]

Tom do you have a link to MCW?

[Tom Geiger]

Tom do you have a link to MCW?

Yes, Dave Dodge is a good guy to deal with.

http://mcwautomotivefinishes.com/

[72 Charger]

Thanks very much Tom that saved me a lot of serching