I really enjoy the historical perspective on model kits. I find it extremely interesting, and as far as I know you are the only one that does this. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. This is fun for me as well but challenging to find the kits. So, I plan to do more videos like this but have no idea what kits will cross my path.
Yes enjoy the show. I am 68 years old, started modeling about 8 years old. Back when you could look at the numbers on the bottom side to tell you the price. Going to start back to modeling again. Keep up the show. Great
I like any retro kit review! I wish more youtube guys picked older kits from their stashes to review. If it's a new kit out, we're all going to get a chance to review it when we buy it.
Yes, but it is also a risk as many modelers will see this and not realize it's over 50 years old, issued once, and now rare. I can't tell you how many viewers have asked me where I got my 67 or 68 Cougars as they can't find them in stores or online! But then find them on eBay and complain about the price gouging.
These videos are informative and fun. Some of the fun of this hobby for me, is looking through the kit when I get it, to geek out over the parts, or be be disappointed. When I got back into the hobby years ago, I found a channel where the guy went through the parts of various kits. That was fun, and this is fun, learning the history behind the kits, even ones I don't have or even intend to buy. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. If you want a stock 68 Impala SS, MPC did a nice one, but it was only issued once and now very high in demand. This kit is not related to that one and since it can't be built stock but still very rare. Has a different following.
I really dig these kit histories. It is like a fleshed out teleplay of the Scale Mates "Novel". Most Impalas have been "cool enough to buy, but not to build" as they sit in the stash for twenty years plus. They are definitely more likely to get built than a big Ford, excepting a 1970 Torino of course. Anyway, seeing these big Chevies grokked, and in some cases built, keeps the embers glowing for getting an Impala built and on my own shelf. Thanks for all you do, Jason.
I think you could guess my answer...Absolutely keep on doin it. History, comparisons, kit history, I live all of it. Funny, they say 2 ways to build but only supply you with one wsy
this thing you do is great.,makes for fun videos...keep doing them . When my friend comes over, or i go to his place we spend hours doing exactly this ,going through boxes ...😃
Glad you like them! I like looking at kits as well myself but just never thought of doing videos of them. I was shying away from the rare kits as I have been asked many times "Where can I find that kit? Nobody seems to stock it!"
Really enjoy learning about the kits and how much everything is connected Thank you for sharing and it would be great for you to continue on with enlightening us 👍🏽👍🏽
I picked up this kit probably 40 years ago, And it the sat in a box forever, When Testors came out with a new line of paints, I wanted to paint it Pure Gold Lacquer, One thing I didn't like was missing back window opening, I laid down another Impala over top of its body and with a fine point sharpie I ended up sketching out the window opening on the back of the Custom 68 Impala, And cut it out, I also scribed in the trunk lines, I made trim around the window opening, I used the Ansen Apollo Mag Wheels from the kit, I left everything in monochrome, Except for the bumpers, I also did the whole chassis in Pure Gold to give it a show car look, Including the engine with the Chrome Plated Headers, The interior has the full bucket seat set up done in Silver and Burgundy, With leftover Custom parts from the Original 67 Impala Convertible SS, I did an AMT/ERTL two door Hardtop Impala in Lime Ice Lacquer as a different colored twin to the to the 1968 Custom Impala, thank you for the Great Review on these Model Kits.👍
Very cool and sounds great. I think I would also cut out a rear window myself. I wonder how it would look if I left the centerline in it and cut it like a 63 Corvette Split window or even alike a split window bug?
I have one of those rear windowless Impalas. I'd ordered a kit from my fave online dude and when I received it I discovered upon opening 2 models, the one I ordered and what looked to be a '67 Impala. I'd never seen one like it before. It was mostly built. I read online somewhere about a tooling that wasn't going to be produced for whatever reason, it escapes me now, I realized that I just received one of these Impalas. I still have it and plan to kitbash it with the retooled separate chassis version of the '67 'cause I don't care for the original and do a custom out of it. Thanx for showing this as mine didn't have the box or parts or instructions, very cool indeed.
It did, thanx. I also have a '67 Impala convertible, same context. No box, no instructions just body, interior, chassis and a few parts. I've never seen another one although I'm sure they exist. I'm not even sure where or when I got it, lol.
Nice little look through on the kits. I really like muscle but love custom!😊 I have one of the "for 68" Impala kits(super clean rebuilder, stripped and looks like new but a few easy glue marks and missing one head rest for the buckets) AMT did other odd "68" Chevys like the Corvette that was just repopped in the last couple years. I plan on doing mine in the candy red like the box, maybe a touch of Winfield. Love the stinger hood. I'm going to give casting it a whirl, it's such a nice piece with the script. I also speculated on it used by casters but all of Ed's stinger hoods are dimensionally smaller. But certainly wouldn't be surprised if atleast someone was using it. Kind of interesting on the custom grille, but was common to see those slight variations when they would change 1:1 customizers on staff/contract. Just some subtle changes must allow for the change in names on the boxes. I did a comparison with the 65-66 Wildcats 65 Was designed "by AlexanderBros." and the 66 was "by George Barris" and just had like 3 vertical bars added. So idk if thats "updating" or "customizing" Cool to see and note those subtle details though
Thanks. This kit is really not a 68 Impala. It is still mostly the 67 it started out as but is only a custom. Most of the stock parts removed. Just customized the body and hood more, a few slight changes to the custom chrome parts and added different wheels where the stock ones once were. MPC did a nice 68 Impala SS! It is not related to this kit.
I in Joy these videos, very cool stuff, definitely the stuff I'm into, to find out what there, so you'll know if you want to shell out the bucks for it, I like the history of the kit, very interesting to know what parts go in what kits, I didn't know that the 68 kit was just a custom kit, thanks for sharing your knowledge, And keep them coming
Would love to. I have two Dick Landy unbuilt Revell kits, and they have been shown, 68 Charger and 68 Dart. Only other one I can think of is the MPC 69 Charger but I have a rebuilder with stock parts only. On Sox & Martin, I also have unbuilt Revell kits, but no unbuilt JoHan ones, I did build 3 of the JoHan versions and they have been featured. It really depends on what kits I can dig up.
I’m 45, when I was a kid I entered a yellow chevelle into the local 4-H toy model contest, I think I was about 9 at the time, I thought I was a genius after I completed it by myself lol, good times
Yes! We have all felt that! I remember the feeling well on some of mine. Just completing some. First paint job, first air brush job, destroying some of them!
I have wondered if there was ever a 1969 Chevrolet Caprice model kit made back in the day I’m thinking probably not now after watching this how much did Revell do with annuals? Or the other kit company’s of the time? Thank you for sharing your knowledge 👍🏽👍🏽
No 69 Caprice that I know of. AMT did do a 69 Impala SS and I do have one. MCW resin may do a conversion but I don't know for sure. As for Revell, In the late 50's and 60's. They really didn't do any annuals or new cars at that time. They did do the 56 Lincoln Futura (later transformed into the Batmobile but not kitted). Revell focused on older classic cars at the time and many show rods and customs! That is what they focused on!
The custom bodied kit honestly would only have a few parts and pieces I’d want basically I’d use it as donor kit till I get what I want out of it then probably just move it along
I know what you mean. Most of these parts are in the 67 I have but since I plan to build that one stock. I don't need those parts. This kit had a custom body and hood added and the optional stock parts removed.
they retooled the 67 into the 68 to reuse the mold-some kits were modified like the 65 chevelle went from a craftsman kit into a AWB fully blown funny car-into a roundy round racer --and now it's been retooled and re released- as the funny car-not steelies-chrome reverse wheels
tbh, I'm really averse to customs, I'm only interested in stock builds. Not sure if you covered this elsewhere, but there is a stock '67 Impala SS on hobby shop shelves right now. The art image on the box is purple. In this video, you mention the '67 annual tooling was modified into that "68" custom. How are they making the current '67, if the tooling for '67 was changed into a custom?
Enjoyed the side by side comparison. For a number of kits AMT did for 1968 ,you could not build them totally stock. The box ART. Didn't list it. I remember the 68 Firebird as having a Mostly Camaro interior. Was a strange year for them. If I recall it was around the time the company changed ownership. I have a complete set of the 1968 annuals. I worked at K-MART at that time , and passed thur toys when going to the break room. So you can see what happened. Anyway if you check the notes on the outside of the kit boxes some make no claim to totally stock builds. Also AMT
Richard, The 68 year is really strange to me also. Some kits like this under AMT could not be built. Some could like the AMT 68 Cougar. Others like the AMT 67 Barracuda is the same tool as the MPC 68 Barracuda. Same for the 67 Chevy Fleetside truck became the MPC 68 Chevy truck. Also AMT had the 1968 AMX but was really a JoHan kit but not sold through JoHan but the 68 Javelin was.
I'm not a big fan of customs, the AMT '68 Impala and the AMT custom '68 Firebird were nothing more than parts kits for me. I've parted out at least a half dozen of each over the years. It's a shame that "manufacturers rights" is what led to these kits as MPC was chosen to do these annuals over AMT after they had already started to "tool up" for them.. The MPC kits are accurate and spot on dimensionally, however they may have had more detail (chassis) had AMT done them.
Watch it closely. It is AMT 1968 SS427 annual but it is not a factory stock Impala. MPC made that one. This is what AMT did to the 1967 SS 427 model kit. I show both side by side in this. It has all the custom parts that the 67 kit and hardly any of the stock stuff. It was all removed! Body and hood was customized.
Here's my story, if you're interested. I got a model car as a laugh at Christmas. I decided to build it. The quality of the kit was not what I remember back in the day. I contacted the company (AMT - not!) and soon realized the industry had changed dramatically since I last bought a kit to build. (to give you an idea - they were $4.00! back then). Quality control was better back then - before China got into the game. These models were based on the real cars I actually owned and drove. I still have my hand in the hobby (my great grandson is 11 yrs old) but what I do now is buy (cheap - $5 to $15) built model cars that our hobby shop sells for people selling their collections, then I "RUSTomize" them. They sell between $150 and $300. Building things, using your hands and brains is a good hobby and is so much better than shoot 'em up video games. Good for you! Cheers! @@TheMuscleCarModeler
I love these videos - it’s fascinating to see how they’ve changed over the years. You do a great job presenting the info too. Thanks!!
Thank you!
I really enjoy the historical perspective on model kits. I find it extremely interesting, and as far as I know you are the only one that does this. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. This is fun for me as well but challenging to find the kits. So, I plan to do more videos like this but have no idea what kits will cross my path.
Yes enjoy the show. I am 68 years old, started modeling about 8 years old. Back when you could look at the numbers on the bottom side to tell you the price. Going to start back to modeling again. Keep up the show. Great
Very cool! Thank you!
Thankyou for a sweet comparison and love vintage kits, Cheers 🍻🍻 KC 🇦🇺🤝🇺🇲😊👍
Thanks!
I like any retro kit review! I wish more youtube guys picked older kits from their stashes to review. If it's a new kit out, we're all going to get a chance to review it when we buy it.
Yes, but it is also a risk as many modelers will see this and not realize it's over 50 years old, issued once, and now rare. I can't tell you how many viewers have asked me where I got my 67 or 68 Cougars as they can't find them in stores or online! But then find them on eBay and complain about the price gouging.
These videos are informative and fun. Some of the fun of this hobby for me, is looking through the kit when I get it, to geek out over the parts, or be be disappointed. When I got back into the hobby years ago, I found a channel where the guy went through the parts of various kits. That was fun, and this is fun, learning the history behind the kits, even ones I don't have or even intend to buy. Thanks for sharing.
I like doing the same thing and looking at these kits even though I may not be interested in building them.
I do enjoy these, yes! Really cool and interesting video, my friend 😁✌️
Great. Thanks. I like looking over kits like this even though they don't really fall into my main interests.
Yes! Really enjoy the vintage kit reviews and comparisons to the later releases. Keep up the great work.
Glad you like them!
I love all your kit history videos. Cool stuff 🙂
Thank you!
This is such great advice,informative, please keep sharing.
Thanks!
I really enjoy watching your history/review video! best wishes from Lviv, Ukraine!
Thank you very much!
Great comparison, would love to pock up a 68 if they ever reissued it
Thanks. If you want a stock 68 Impala SS, MPC did a nice one, but it was only issued once and now very high in demand. This kit is not related to that one and since it can't be built stock but still very rare. Has a different following.
I really dig these kit histories. It is like a fleshed out teleplay of the Scale Mates "Novel". Most Impalas have been "cool enough to buy, but not to build" as they sit in the stash for twenty years plus. They are definitely more likely to get built than a big Ford, excepting a 1970 Torino of course. Anyway, seeing these big Chevies grokked, and in some cases built, keeps the embers glowing for getting an Impala built and on my own shelf. Thanks for all you do, Jason.
Thanks! These are fun to do and gives me an excuse to barrow kits and play with them!
I think you could guess my answer...Absolutely keep on doin it. History, comparisons, kit history, I live all of it. Funny, they say 2 ways to build but only supply you with one wsy
Yes. Not a lot of options. Just different wheels and tires, add hood scoop or leave it off. Engine had stock or custom parts.
this thing you do is great.,makes for fun videos...keep doing them . When my friend comes over, or i go to his place we spend hours doing exactly this ,going through boxes ...😃
Glad you like them! I like looking at kits as well myself but just never thought of doing videos of them. I was shying away from the rare kits as I have been asked many times "Where can I find that kit? Nobody seems to stock it!"
Great information. Thanks for sharing it.
Thank you!
Really enjoy learning about the kits and how much everything is connected Thank you for sharing and it would be great for you to continue on with enlightening us 👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you! I will try but have no idea what kits will cross my path.
I love the videos. I, too, enjoy the research of a build. I remember many kits from the 70s but not so much from the 60s.
Glad you like them!
I never knew the 68 was like that. I want a stock 68 someday
MPC made a stock 68!
@@kentgustavsson8073 round 2 needs to make one
Yes, MPC made a stock 68 Impala SS, and it is very nice. I have a rebuilder that cost me $100 back in 2010!
I picked up this kit probably 40 years ago, And it the sat in a box forever, When Testors came out with a new line of paints, I wanted to paint it Pure Gold Lacquer, One thing I didn't like was missing back window opening, I laid down another Impala over top of its body and with a fine point sharpie I ended up sketching out the window opening on the back of the Custom 68 Impala, And cut it out, I also scribed in the trunk lines, I made trim around the window opening, I used the Ansen Apollo Mag Wheels from the kit, I left everything in monochrome, Except for the bumpers, I also did the whole chassis in Pure Gold to give it a show car look, Including the engine with the Chrome Plated Headers, The interior has the full bucket seat set up done in Silver and Burgundy, With leftover Custom parts from the Original 67 Impala Convertible SS, I did an AMT/ERTL two door Hardtop Impala in Lime Ice Lacquer as a different colored twin to the to the 1968 Custom Impala, thank you for the Great Review on these Model Kits.👍
Very cool and sounds great. I think I would also cut out a rear window myself. I wonder how it would look if I left the centerline in it and cut it like a 63 Corvette Split window or even alike a split window bug?
I have one of those rear windowless Impalas. I'd ordered a kit from my fave online dude and when I received it I discovered upon opening 2 models, the one I ordered and what looked to be a '67 Impala. I'd never seen one like it before. It was mostly built. I read online somewhere about a tooling that wasn't going to be produced for whatever reason, it escapes me now, I realized that I just received one of these Impalas. I still have it and plan to kitbash it with the retooled separate chassis version of the '67 'cause I don't care for the original and do a custom out of it. Thanx for showing this as mine didn't have the box or parts or instructions, very cool indeed.
Thanks! Glad this showed you what yours was.
It did, thanx. I also have a '67 Impala convertible, same context. No box, no instructions just body, interior, chassis and a few parts. I've never seen another one although I'm sure they exist. I'm not even sure where or when I got it, lol.
A history of Camaro kits would be awesome along with drag and funny cars also all the Pro street kits too
Yes. Those would be fun also. Would be fun to get my hands on them. I know one of my friends has the MPC 69 Daytonas!
these kinds of videos are very interesting to me. thanks for making them … it is greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
Nice little look through on the kits. I really like muscle but love custom!😊 I have one of the "for 68" Impala kits(super clean rebuilder, stripped and looks like new but a few easy glue marks and missing one head rest for the buckets) AMT did other odd "68" Chevys like the Corvette that was just repopped in the last couple years. I plan on doing mine in the candy red like the box, maybe a touch of Winfield. Love the stinger hood. I'm going to give casting it a whirl, it's such a nice piece with the script. I also speculated on it used by casters but all of Ed's stinger hoods are dimensionally smaller. But certainly wouldn't be surprised if atleast someone was using it. Kind of interesting on the custom grille, but was common to see those slight variations when they would change 1:1 customizers on staff/contract. Just some subtle changes must allow for the change in names on the boxes. I did a comparison with the 65-66 Wildcats 65 Was designed "by AlexanderBros." and the 66 was "by George Barris" and just had like 3 vertical bars added. So idk if thats "updating" or "customizing" Cool to see and note those subtle details though
Very cool! Thanks. It was fun to look at this kit myself!
Nice to see both cars roof didn’t get crushed after all those years spent in the box….
Yes! Cool stuff!
The reviews of the old kits are great
Glad you are enjoying them!
Good video, Don't see any deference. between the 67 / 68. Never new AMT put out a 68 chevy ss. Thanks Joe
Thanks. This kit is really not a 68 Impala. It is still mostly the 67 it started out as but is only a custom. Most of the stock parts removed. Just customized the body and hood more, a few slight changes to the custom chrome parts and added different wheels where the stock ones once were. MPC did a nice 68 Impala SS! It is not related to this kit.
I in Joy these videos, very cool stuff, definitely the stuff I'm into, to find out what there, so you'll know if you want to shell out the bucks for it,
I like the history of the kit, very interesting to know what parts go in what kits,
I didn't know that the 68 kit was just a custom kit, thanks for sharing your knowledge,
And keep them coming
Thank you. This was fun for me also and I will do more as subjects come across my desk!
More of these please ❤ could you consider one on all the Dick Landy and Sox and Martin kits?
Would love to. I have two Dick Landy unbuilt Revell kits, and they have been shown, 68 Charger and 68 Dart. Only other one I can think of is the MPC 69 Charger but I have a rebuilder with stock parts only. On Sox & Martin, I also have unbuilt Revell kits, but no unbuilt JoHan ones, I did build 3 of the JoHan versions and they have been featured. It really depends on what kits I can dig up.
Yes ,very interesting . Keep them coming.
Will do!
Very interesting video. Thank you for the insight. 😎👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Looooove that "68" body 😊 it screams lowrider to me ! 😇👍🏼
That it does!
I’m 45, when I was a kid I entered a yellow chevelle into the local 4-H toy model contest, I think I was about 9 at the time, I thought I was a genius after I completed it by myself lol, good times
Yes! We have all felt that! I remember the feeling well on some of mine. Just completing some. First paint job, first air brush job, destroying some of them!
great vid those are some wicked kool kits gotta get mine finished thanks for sharing😁🤩😎ps im pretty sure the one i have is a revell🤔
Cool 👍
I have wondered if there was ever a 1969 Chevrolet Caprice model kit made back in the day I’m thinking probably not now after watching this how much did Revell do with annuals? Or the other kit company’s of the time? Thank you for sharing your knowledge 👍🏽👍🏽
No 69 Caprice that I know of. AMT did do a 69 Impala SS and I do have one. MCW resin may do a conversion but I don't know for sure.
As for Revell, In the late 50's and 60's. They really didn't do any annuals or new cars at that time. They did do the 56 Lincoln Futura (later transformed into the Batmobile but not kitted). Revell focused on older classic cars at the time and many show rods and customs! That is what they focused on!
@@TheMuscleCarModeler Thank you I Always enjoy learning especially when it is about something I enjoy so much 👍🏽👍🏽
The custom bodied kit honestly would only have a few parts and pieces I’d want basically I’d use it as donor kit till I get what I want out of it then probably just move it along
I know what you mean. Most of these parts are in the 67 I have but since I plan to build that one stock. I don't need those parts. This kit had a custom body and hood added and the optional stock parts removed.
The only problem is the hood on the 67 is longer then the 68. The 68 has a header panel that goes across the front nose of the car. Like the 65 and 66
Yes. This model kit is really not a 68. It is the 67 kit, with a few more mods to the body and hood. And most stock parts removed.
Cool.
Thanks!
they retooled the 67 into the 68 to reuse the mold-some kits were modified like the 65 chevelle went from a craftsman kit into a AWB fully blown funny car-into a roundy round racer --and now it's been retooled and re released- as the funny car-not steelies-chrome reverse wheels
Yes, that was common practice back then!
tbh, I'm really averse to customs, I'm only interested in stock builds.
Not sure if you covered this elsewhere, but there is a stock '67 Impala SS on hobby shop shelves right now. The art image on the box is purple.
In this video, you mention the '67 annual tooling was modified into that "68" custom. How are they making the current '67, if the tooling for '67 was changed into a custom?
I like stock also. I did compare the original to the newer tool kit. It is here. ua-cam.com/video/L9Rilq2PwMI/v-deo.html
I've wanted a 68 for personal reasons but IF YOU FIND ONE it's not affordable at all especially if it can be built stock 😞
Enjoyed the side by side comparison. For a number of kits AMT did for 1968 ,you could not build them totally stock. The box ART. Didn't list it. I remember the 68 Firebird as having a Mostly Camaro interior. Was a strange year for them. If I recall it was around the time the company changed ownership. I have a complete set of the 1968 annuals. I worked at K-MART at that time , and passed thur toys when going to the break room. So you can see what happened. Anyway if you check the notes on the outside of the kit boxes some make no claim to totally stock builds. Also AMT
Richard, The 68 year is really strange to me also. Some kits like this under AMT could not be built. Some could like the AMT 68 Cougar. Others like the AMT 67 Barracuda is the same tool as the MPC 68 Barracuda. Same for the 67 Chevy Fleetside truck became the MPC 68 Chevy truck. Also AMT had the 1968 AMX but was really a JoHan kit but not sold through JoHan but the 68 Javelin was.
Thanks! Yes, the MPC 68 Impala SS is nice but hard to find for the stock version.
I'm not a big fan of customs, the AMT '68 Impala and the AMT custom '68 Firebird were nothing more than parts kits for me. I've parted out at least a half dozen of each over the years. It's a shame that "manufacturers rights" is what led to these kits as MPC was chosen to do these annuals over AMT after they had already started to "tool up" for them.. The MPC kits are accurate and spot on dimensionally, however they may have had more detail (chassis) had AMT done them.
I prefer stock versions myself, but this was cool to look at!
Your title reads 1968 but it is a 67. Clearly? Or is it just me? Another reason why I don't believe half of what I see on UA-cam.
Watch it closely. It is AMT 1968 SS427 annual but it is not a factory stock Impala. MPC made that one. This is what AMT did to the 1967 SS 427 model kit. I show both side by side in this. It has all the custom parts that the 67 kit and hardly any of the stock stuff. It was all removed! Body and hood was customized.
Here's my story, if you're interested. I got a model car as a laugh at Christmas. I decided to build it. The quality of the kit was not what I remember back in the day.
I contacted the company (AMT - not!) and soon realized the industry had changed dramatically since I last bought a kit to build. (to give you an idea - they were $4.00! back then). Quality control was better back then - before China got into the game. These models were based on the real cars I actually owned and drove.
I still have my hand in the hobby (my great grandson is 11 yrs old) but what I do now is buy (cheap - $5 to $15) built model cars that our hobby shop sells for people selling their collections, then I "RUSTomize" them. They sell between $150 and $300. Building things, using your hands and brains is a good hobby and is so much better than shoot 'em up video games. Good for you! Cheers!
@@TheMuscleCarModeler
Very cool and nice that you are doing that with old builds! Yes, many kits have been rereleased so many times that the molds have gotten worse.