gino Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 hello, this is my attempt at my all time favorite car. purchased a modelhaus 63 Bonneville convertible kit a couple of years ago. combined it with the amt 62 catalina kit and this is what I came up with. I haven't worked on it for about a year as I mostly build trucks but I am starting to get the itch to work on it again after seeing the tempest wagon drag cars posted on here. the plan is to shave off the Bonneville trim to create the catalina. thanks for looking.
disabled modeler Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 Nice.... I like the interior color its period for the era of these old Pontiacs...is the HT from a 64 Chevy...? I have a 63 Pontiac convertible and would rather have a HT.
gino Posted February 21, 2016 Author Posted February 21, 2016 hi mark !I cut the roof off the 62 catalina kit. i have a 63 chevy kit and the roof looks more accurate to me but i plan on building a super stock out of the chevyand didn't want to cut it up. i would say the 63 or 64 chevy would be a good choice.
W-409 Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 This is looking interesting! Old Stock and Super Stock Racers are my favorites so I will keep a very close eye on this build. Nice work with the chassis and interior so far. Stance and wheel and tire combo looks just right as well. Keep it coming!
RAT-T Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 LOOKS COOL GINO, WAS THERE A '63 TEMPEST WAGON AS WELL?
Crazy Ed Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 LOOKS COOL GINO, WAS THERE A '63 TEMPEST WAGON AS WELL? Mornin' Tom. Look up Arnie Breswick and his 421 Tempest Wagon!
disabled modeler Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 hi mark !I cut the roof off the 62 catalina kit. i have a 63 chevy kit and the roof looks more accurate to me but i plan on building a super stock out of the chevyand didn't want to cut it up. i would say the 63 or 64 chevy would be a good choice.Gino...Hi... Thanks for the information I thought it might work well...I love the big old Pontiac cars. We owned many over the years and want to build family owned replicas of as many of them as I can find/build rather there models or promos. I have done a few so far..70 GTO,70 Impala HT,69 Plymouth wagon.
gino Posted February 21, 2016 Author Posted February 21, 2016 This is looking interesting! Old Stock and Super Stock Racers are my favorites so I will keep a very close eye on this build. Nice work with the chassis and interior so far. Stance and wheel and tire combo looks just right as well. Keep it coming!thanks niko ! i too am a big fan of the super stocks !LOOKS COOL GINO, WAS THERE A '63 TEMPEST WAGON AS WELL?thanks tom ! look for the thread here in the drag racing section 1963 sd 421 tempest by johnwitzke. this rekindled the flame to start working on my car again.Gino...Hi... Thanks for the information I thought it might work well...I love the big old Pontiac cars. We owned many over the years and want to build family owned replicas of as many of them as I can find/build rather there models or promos. I have done a few so far..70 GTO,70 Impala HT,69 Plymouth wagon.we too are a Pontiac family. i had the pleasure of owning a 63 grand prix for a number of years. it was the best car I've had so far. i still miss it.
disabled modeler Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 thanks niko ! i too am a big fan of the super stocks !thanks tom ! look for the thread here in the drag racing section 1963 sd 421 tempest by johnwitzke. this rekindled the flame to start working on my car again.we too are a Pontiac family. i had the pleasure of owning a 63 grand prix for a number of years. it was the best car I've had so far. i still miss it.Same here.... I want to find a few like we owned someday for the memories....75 Firebird TA68,69 Bonneville...70 HT71 or 72? Pontiac Sprint64,68,70 Bonneville/Safari wagons...will have to convert them or find..?69,70,72? Grand Prix76 Can Am63 Tempest...have the car but needs parts.and some others. I miss my 75 Trans Am the most.
RAT-T Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 Mornin' Tom. Look up Arnie Breswick and his 421 Tempest Wagon!GREAT, THANKS ED
RAT-T Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 HI GINO, I'M WATCHING THAT THREAD, BUT DON'T REMEMBER SEEING A WAGON, I'LL CHECK IT OUT AGAIN
johnwitzke Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) Nice work! I like it! I am a big Pontiac 421 SD fan, Catalina's and Tempest/Lemans. I also have a 1963 Swiss Cheese Catalina, mine is from MCW. Mine will replicate Arlen Vanke's Anderson Pontiac Tin Indian car. When painting you Swiss Cheese car, to be authentic, the original exterior color was a Cadillac color called Frost Silver. I may do a couple of additional Swiss Chees cars, Royal and Van Winkle.I am the one assembling a series of 421 SD LeMans coupes and Tempest Wagons. I will be doing all 12 cars. Additional 1963 Tempest 421 SD coupes I am doing is both prototypes (the Yorktown Blue M/T car and the Silvermist Ray Nichels car) and Arlen Vanke's Anderson Pontiac car. The Vanke car was not a factory built car but did have factory backing.Please keep us updated! Edited February 21, 2016 by johnwitzke
gino Posted February 21, 2016 Author Posted February 21, 2016 thanks for the tip on the paint john ! I also like the tin indian , where did you get the decals for it ?
johnwitzke Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 I got those decals from MCW when I bought the kit
gino Posted February 21, 2016 Author Posted February 21, 2016 I got those decals from MCW when I bought the kitthanks john !Same here.... I want to find a few like we owned someday for the memories....75 Firebird TA68,69 Bonneville...70 HT71 or 72? Pontiac Sprint64,68,70 Bonneville/Safari wagons...will have to convert them or find..?69,70,72? Grand Prix76 Can Am63 Tempest...have the car but needs parts.and some others. I miss my 75 Trans Am the most. nice Pontiacs ! a few I owned :71 Bonneville parents gave me after getting my license, 455 4 bbl parents bought new .69 firebird 350 Pontiac block, 2 spd powerglide, fun car !69 gto non hideaway headlites original 400 engine70 gto judge ram air iv 4 spd car, black non original engine, still have phs documentation and the rear spoiler for it.71 gto 4 spd car original engine and two 72 lemans parts cars63 Pontiac grand prix all original barn find but was rusty68 safari wagon uncle gave me, used the engine for one of my gto's, still have the owners manual for it somewhere
disabled modeler Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 Cool batch...we had a few other Pontiac cars but these stuck in my head the most...be fun to build replicas of them.
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