1964 Chevy Impala
So I wanted to do a really realistic car. I thought this ’64 Impala was nice with the Grim Reaper motife and decals.
What it's supposed to look like
But then I noticed I never see anything like the box cover driving around. Below is my modest attempt to recreate in scale what I DO driving see around San Diego.
First, some of the chrome should be missing. also mismatched tires, primer and body cancer were “in-the-style”. Also dirtied the windscreen with wiper marks and painted the blue tint there.
A tail light missing and film over it, baja California plates and a SHIT HAPPENS bumper sticker. Also I drilled out the trunk lock and it’s now wired shut with a miniature coat hanger. 🙂
Cut out chrome and add drill holes where it should be. Quarter panel replaced off a “differant” vehicle from a wreck.
More primer and mising chrome up front. Undercarriage is equally dirty.
So? What do you think?
Gerry's Blog 
July 1, 2010 at 7:59 pm |
This is a spectacular model. Congratulations on the….ahem…. “rebuild!” I swear I saw this very car tooling around North Lauderdale last week.
August 30, 2010 at 1:22 pm |
I swear I owned this very car (yellow fender and all) in 1982 when I was a sophomore in high school. Pretty cool.
November 14, 2010 at 9:55 pm |
Wow just wow! I saw all your models in the blogs. and just WOW! my mind has been blown. Thank you for documenting these. It just completely amazes me.
August 4, 2011 at 2:16 pm |
This is Awesome Work! Very Impressive Gerry!
September 2, 2011 at 4:17 am |
Hey Gerry, it’s osirisascend from IAB. This model is AWESOME!!!
August 4, 2012 at 2:50 am |
THIS is fantastic. Very unique!
August 4, 2012 at 4:02 am |
Awesome! Love, jtrebowski
August 4, 2012 at 4:33 am |
This is really well done. All it needs is a tiny Virgin Mary on the dashboard, and maybe some fuzzy dice.
August 4, 2012 at 6:00 am |
LOL funny you mention it, I had a teeny tiny jesus statue but it fell off.
August 4, 2012 at 1:44 pm |
Orelay guey!!!
August 4, 2012 at 11:48 pm |
great work, needs a coat hanger radio antenna to be perfect.
August 6, 2012 at 1:29 am |
All its missing is the gob of duck tape holding its remaining mirror in a somewhat viewable angle.