[Closed] SURPRISE PICS! 1961 Chevrolet Impala

Beautiful, my favorite Impala. I hope that what I think is Twilight Turquoise is a color you will use in production. So glad you fixed the back window.

Beautiful! A must have for me in any color!

I'm certainly happy to discover the 1961 Chevrolet Impala is scheduled to be made. I'm sure it will look even nicer in the following 2 tone combinations:#963 (Twilight Turquoise/Ermine White), #955 (Arbor Green/Seafoam Green) and #970 (Fawn Beige/Almond Beige)

Alex, I agree with your two-tone color suggestions. What a gorgeous model

PIX Comparo between Chevy Impala 1/1 and 1/43,headlights need some adjustement,what do You think ?

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Drop the front & rear bumper guards/over riders. Very few had them. Not for car guys back in the day

I agree. Also, the CHEVROLET letters across the front of the hood should be lower and straighter, not going over the top of the ridge in the center of the hood. A very nice looking model...compare to the terrible NEO '60, for example. It would look great in white as well, like the 1:1 shown above.

Thanks for giving us an early look, Sergio, and for considering our well-intentioned suggestions.

Not a lot wrong, but maybe needs very slightly bigger lenses and thinner surrounds?

I definitely agree with Frank R. about the front bumper over-rider. I can see the point of including it as a bit of "added-value" period detail, but it obscures too much of the full-depth grille which gives the car such a nice open face.

Actually I think it has been made a little too bulky on the model - on the photo below it actually hides a lot less of the grille (7 horizontal bars visible rather than about three and a half).

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If it's not practical to make it much slimmer I would delete it.

And yes, it would probably be better without the rear over-riders as well, they spoil the slim bumper line and give too heavy a look.

Purely as a personal preference, I think the car looks cleaner without the trim strip below the doors, which I think was used only on the SS version? But again, I suppose it is another bit of added-value detail on the model.

Great to see the slim rear roof pillars and proper bubble window. Hope the Pontiac roof turns out the same way.

Hoping for the SS version in white with red and white interior.

+1 And your revised bubbletop roofline is spot-on!

I'll wager this Chevy will be popular enough to offer in 3 color combos, not just 2.
My only suggestion is if the front fender decorations be more delicate [but I'm still ordering one, in any '61 color]

I also agree about the bumpers and lettering and lights. Twilight Turquoise and Ermine White for the two offered colors would be excellent!

+1 Yes please! Black with red interior would look awesome too.

+1 Agree with these points. Agree about color offerings too. Beautiful model that I will definitely be buying at least one of.

I love 61 GM

A 61 Olds and Buick would be excellent additions to these releases.