Hi All, I have a question (hopefully the kit makers are reading this …) for all of you. One of my best cars, (one of 14 so far) was a ordinary 1977 Chevy 2 Door Impala. This boat had the “optional” 6 Cyl engine with the TM400 rock-crusher auto tranny. I have fond memories of this thing, long since gone to the great Chevy garage in the sky[:(], so I was wondering why NO KIT MAKER has done a model of it in 1/24 scale YET[:P][angel][(-D][2c][sigh] I usually model Armoured vehicles or Helo’s, but I have about 30 car kits in my model store cabnet, so I am in the cool zone too.
If we all get on the band-wagon, I think that one of the manufactureres will make one … so lets hear it from the Car folks here.
How about it, a 1/24th scale 1977 2dr Chevy Impala!![^][:)][swg][yeah][yeah][yeah]
Here’s a 1/25 1976 2-door Caprice from AMT #30031 WITH A TRAILER! http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5906603664&category=2585#ebayphotohosting
Is it the right model? I may be a little mixed up. It is the squarish one you’re after, or the big rounded boat with the fender skirts? It’s something to look out for at the next hobby show (ipmstoronto.com says there’s a show as early as Sept… 13 - can’t wait till summers over…)
Oh now I remember, I thought it looked so trim and modern when it came out… not like the next series, the big bulbous boat, which I think Buick did better (with their Roadmaster) than Chevy. And then Chevy dropped it completely, and had nothing. DUH
I have a 2001 Impala and there’s no way it’s gonna last as long as any of those oldies did.
RE: hct728’s post about the 2001 Impala’s. My old '77 went everywhere and carried everything I asked of it. Why it even carried about 1500 lbs overweight of cans of Coke for me, without once breaking down. I carried all that pop from Detroit to London, in a blinding blizzard, in 1990. (with a White painted car to boot …) This was before the American pop cans showed up here, and at that time, Canadian pop cans were 2 oz short of the American ones. This car never complained, never broke down, and the only reason why I let it go, was that the A pillar rusted out, along with the drivers side floor. It became a “Fred Flintstone” car of sorts, and if you forgot that there was NO floor on the drivers side, you were in for a suprise! Yes the '77 was squarer and was about 900 lbs lighter than the '76. Mine had the rare truck engine/tranny combo, as there was a strike at the plant that made the engines in 1976-77 time period, so GM put the only thing they had left, truck engines.
This is why I want to model this car … lots of fond memories for me. I have thought about buying another one, but … to find a different car with no alot of miles on it, …??? Not likely! They only thing weak about it was that it was a carburated car, and the carburator needed a kit once a year. Having driven Fuel Injected cars since then, the thought of going back …!
Rob Savage
PS Maybe we all could let AMT or Revell know that we would like to see this car in a kit form! How about it Revell or AMT??? (there’s money to be made here …!)
