1958 Chevy Impala

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1958 Chevy Impala; Wheel Swap
Topic Started: Apr 17 2008, 09:17 AM (186 Views)
craftymore	Apr 17 2008, 09:17 AM Post #1
Fear #18 Posts: 8,442 Group: Moderators Member #50 Joined: August 7, 2006 Gender Male Preferred Brand M2 Machines Location Charleston, Illinois	This is a recent slight custom I did a while back. Just did a wheel/rim swap and it makes a huge improvement. The casting is from the primedia/motortrend release. It's one of JLs older castings, but still looks great.
	Who says small cars don't hit hard?


Lovemy1971Camaro	Apr 17 2008, 09:18 AM Post #2
Speed Junkie Posts: 3,105 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: July 15, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Theme Of Choice Classic Gender Male Favorite Arcade Game Donkey Kong Preferred Brand M2 Machines	craftymore Apr 17 2008, 10:17 AM It's one of JLs older castings, but still looks great. Indeed it does!!! Keep em coming!



STUTZ	Apr 17 2008, 05:02 PM Post #3
Diecast junkie Posts: 5,629 Group: Members Member #39 Joined: July 28, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector Both Theme Of Choice Default Gender Male Preferred Brand Johnny Lightning Location Between heaven and hell	Looks good!
	The quantity of your diecast collection isn't as important as the QUALITY of your diecast collection STUTZ


70XR7	Apr 17 2008, 08:00 PM Post #4
Midsize Posts: 306 Group: Members Member #21 Joined: July 21, 2006	That looks really sharp. Amazing what a wheel/rim swap will do for a car!



jedimario	Apr 17 2008, 08:33 PM Post #5
RAWR Posts: 4,084 Group: Moderators Member #366 Joined: October 19, 2007 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Tomica Location Clemson University	Nice!



James	Apr 17 2008, 08:54 PM Post #6
Mr.Bowtie Posts: 6,120 Group: Members Member #355 Joined: October 14, 2007 DLM or Cardboard Collector Both Favorite Arcade Game Pacman Preferred Brand Johnny Lightning	Its hard to believe thats a 1/64 casting, the detail is amazing. Excellent photo skills too.
	Maybe I'm the President of the imaginary BWF Classification Committee, Maybe I am not!


seveland	Apr 17 2008, 09:47 PM Post #7
Muscle Car Fanatic Posts: 634 Group: Members Member #116 Joined: March 16, 2007	those cragars are hot on that impala! and I agree with James, the detail makes it seem like a picture of a larger scaled model. Very nice!



craftymore	Apr 17 2008, 10:02 PM Post #8
Fear #18 Posts: 8,442 Group: Moderators Member #50 Joined: August 7, 2006 Gender Male Preferred Brand M2 Machines Location Charleston, Illinois	James Apr 17 2008, 08:54 PM Its hard to believe thats a 1/64 casting, the detail is amazing. Excellent photo skills too. I wish I could claim to have great photo skills, but honestly all I do is push one button to shoot close ups and click the picture button and wahla, a $10,000 photo lol. Thanks for all the comments. They are appreciated.
	Who says small cars don't hit hard?


DadsCoronet	Apr 17 2008, 10:59 PM Post #9
DadsCoronet Posts: 702 Group: Members Member #15 Joined: July 20, 2006	Great pics! The '58 Imp is my favorite car from the Fifties. It looks great beefed up with mags, classic wheel covers, or simple hubcaps. I love the classic lines of this car.



Swifty	Apr 18 2008, 02:44 AM Post #10
Multiple Mustang Syndrome: '82 3.3 & '08 GT Posts: 24,432 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: July 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Theme Of Choice Default Gender Male Favorite Arcade Game 4 Wheel Madness Preferred Brand Yat Ming SG Blog Yes Location Lebanon, Pennsylvania USA	A huge improvement! 100% better!



Tone	Nov 1 2009, 06:45 PM Post #11
Rocket 88 Posts: 327 Group: Members Member #139 Joined: August 7, 2007 Preferred Brand Matchbox	When it comes to Johnny Lightning I often favor leaving the toy models in the blisters. This practice detracts from the photographs' clarity. Crooked hood and all, this "American Graffiti" release of the 1958 Chevy from 2002 is my favorite Johnny Lightning model. The full sized vehicle is not my absolute favorite. The toy is very solid and nicely cast and detailed.



DaWeber	Nov 1 2009, 09:26 PM Post #12
Fullsize Posts: 550 Group: Members Member #96 Joined: December 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand M2 Machines	Tony Ironically the LCB Group (RC2) including Racing Champions , Ertl and JL have all produced separate models of the 58 Impala. All were different castings! The real car was a nice vehicle. I recall I had a few hours of driving pleasure in one when driving back to college. The owner of the car asked me to drive her new machine for a while to spell her on the 7 hour trip. She was an upperclassman and I ( as I recall ) was a Frosh. But the experience of looking out over that hood was unforgetable; now over 50 years later! Model collecting does bring back memories!
	Dave Weber President PA MB Collectors Club


be7bt	Nov 3 2009, 03:00 PM Post #13
be7bt Posts: 553 Group: Members Member #28 Joined: July 23, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector Both Theme Of Choice Seasonal Gender Male Favorite Arcade Game Yahtzee Preferred Brand Greenlight	I put Cragers on mine ,and it look great.



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