Third Completion of 2013 - 1968 Chevy Caprice

[Steve_L]

These are pictures of my curbside 1968 Chevy Caprice. It is number twelve in a series of models I have built of 1:1 cars I have owned/driven.

In 1986, I sold an uncompleted 1:1 1923 Ford T-Bucket. It wasn't long until I needed another hobby car, so I picked up a nice 1968 Chevy Caprice through the local Auto Trader. I de-chromed the side trim, patched a few dings, installed a dual exhaust system, added Monte Carlo Rally Wheels and tires and had it repainted. It was a nice running cruiser. Both of my daughters drove it during high school.

The project to build a model of it was stalled for so long I forgot where I got the resin 1968 Caprice Body kit. I used an AMT 1967 Chevy Impala plastic kit as the donor. I used a rear seat from a second 1967 Chevy Impala plastic kit to build the bench front seat for this model. I painted it with Duplicolor Santa Fe Tan and used an enamel clear coat. It was a fun build and one of seven stalled projects I plan to complete during 2013.

Enjoy!

[Porscheman]

Beautiful!!! I love this and the Bel Air roof lines better than the fastbacks. Good job.

[tyrone]

clean ...clean...clean...

[Helix]

Nice work Steve!

[jeffs396]

Awesome Steve!!!

As a 1:1 '68 Impala owner, I can really appreciate this build

[tomsheehy]

Love it, very main stream...

[cobraman]

^{Oh ya, very nice !}

[W-Machine]

I like the look that you've achieved here. Understated, yet classy.

[lazlow]

looks great

[slusher]

Great looking build.

[Guest]

Now that's a subject that is seldom seen! Someday, I want to convert the Revell '66 Impala to a Caprice which was my first car.

[Wonderbread Kustomz]

Very nice build... There was a guy from Layitlow.com that was casting these Caprice resin kits... I just sold the one I had not too long ago... Kinda wish I still had it lol

[TooOld]

Great looking '68 Caprice !

If you used a '67 kit , where did the rear bumper come from ? I'd like to get one .

[Ron35369]

Beautiful build!! I would give my left you-know-what to find a good resin casting of the 68 Caprice 2-door Sport Coupe so I could build a replica of my 1:1.

[bbowser]

Nice work. Love the Impalas.

[realgone58]

Very nice, wish we could still get these bodies!

[Steve_L]

Thank Y'all for your positive comments. TooOld, you can get both the front and rear 1968 Chevy bumpers from ModelHaus Resin. Plowboy, you may be able to get a 1966 Caprice resin kit from Star Models (Resin Realm). Steve says to call him about availability before ordering. Good luck and good building!

[Guest]

Sweet! Nice work!

[trogdor]

I used to own a 68 Caprice. Wish I never sold it.