AMT Chevrolet 454 SS

[mustang1989]

These trucks have always been an interest of mine as they were a sleek looking truck with an out with an "in your face" and bold appearance. Although not fast by any means with 230 horsepower, they were aggressive looking, were among the fastest O.E.M. trucks out there at the time and they set the stage for the muscle trucks that followed in the years to come. It took me around 5 months to complete this one with most of the challenges being paint and the ending assembly of installing the body onto the frame. With a few pitfalls to work around it was a good kit to work with overall.

Edited March 21, 2019 by mustang1989

[bill lanfear]

Nice work Joe, that paint looks flawless! I like that you dulled the paint under the hood and the decals look great! Well done!

[mustang1989]

Thanks Bill.

A couple of areas that I did address with this kit was 1.) the elimination of the molded in accelerator and brake foot pedals and 2.) Cutting the one piece glass into two separate pieces and adding sun visors, and adding a shift lever, turn signal and tilt lever and ignition switch and keys to the steering column.

The addition of PE pedals that were swung from under the dash was a really big help to the interior IMO.

 

Edited March 21, 2019 by mustang1989

[Rusty92]

Looks mean! A great looking truck and a fun kit as well. You’ve done a tremendous job.

[espo]

Beautiful looking truck. I followed your build on this and it turned out looking very accurate and clean. I like the little touches you added to the interior, it really adds to the appearance.  

[Mr. Metallic]

The 1:1's always were a slick looking vehicle. The upgrades you made to yours were well worth it. Nice build

[ChrisR]

Very nice!!

[Classicgas]

Stellar work Joe.

[KWT]

Awesome build Joe!

[Jim N]

Looks great.  Black is a difficult color to paint and yours looks outstanding!

[slusher]

Beautiful and impressive model, Joe!!

[tbill]

Fantastic job, looks real. You really nailed the subtle differences in the paint finishes.

[ewetwo]

Great build.

[mustang1989]

Thanks you guys. This one has pretty much moved up to my favorite auto build yet. It just seemed to fall together in a way that none other build has.

[Slimguy]

Excellent build Joe...just really love all the perfect detail touches you added.  

[mustang1989]

Thanks Dave. I appreciate the good comments.

[Can-Con]

That's a mean looking truck !

[mustang1989]

On ‎3‎/‎26‎/‎2019 at 6:45 PM, Can-Con said:

That's a mean looking truck !

Thanks Steve. 

[Belugawrx]

Love it Joe !

[DRIPTROIT 71]

That is one Awesome looking Chevrolet!! Excellent work as usual!!

[RAMBENNA]

super job, looks great

[JJ Deuce]

one of my favorite pickups, great work!  love the details.  I assume that's a bottle of root beer in the console?  

[mustang1989]

Thanks you guys!

 

On ‎4‎/‎3‎/‎2019 at 10:23 AM, JJ Deuce said:

one of my favorite pickups, great work!  love the details.  I assume that's a bottle of root beer in the console?  

LOL! Thanks JJ.

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Great looking model.  I never realized it was so low in horses.  

[mustang1989]

On ‎4‎/‎13‎/‎2019 at 12:39 AM, Modelbuilder Mark said:

Great looking model.  I never realized it was so low in horses.  

Thanks Mark. Yeah they never were the powerhouses of the day but they definitely made their mark for being among the first of the fast trucks that would follow.

Edited April 19, 2019 by mustang1989