AngeliCar will be staying white. It's on too good a condition to change it. Waste of money.
For that reason, she will be more of an
"inspired by" car, as apposed to a straight replica.
- I did put in the spotlights, however to match the white paint work I kept the handles ivory. MetalliCar has black spotlight handles.
- My stereo is a Audiovox Rampage AV-3000. MetalliCar has an AV-2000. The differences are subtle and close enough for me.
- My speakers are Audiovox Rampage 6"x9" for the rear parcel shelf. MetalliCar has circular 6".
- The stereo is only a 2 channel, and I want to utilise both rear speakers, plus the dash speaker, so I've bought an equalizer with 2 channel in/4out and a 4 channel amp. This will give me control over front & back as well as left to right. To keep it consistent, I went with a Audiovox Rampage Amp, and the EQ is also Audiovox from the same era.
- I won't be doing a weapons box in the trunk. I drive my car too much and no room for a spare tyre makes no sense. I would like to build a half box to keep some tools and spare parts secure, but that will be down the ways, if ever. For now my plan is to keep tools & spare parts in the proper show duffel bag (if I ever find one - fingers crossed).
- I won't be changing to the correct wheels and tyres. The wheels are ugly. Always hated them. 17" wheels with slightly less tyre makes the car handle better; and even if I stayed with a 15" wheel, I would never run BFG tyres. Had them on my 1970 Dodge Challenger and they sucked pure arse. I wouldn't give them to an enemy.
- My interior will be slightly different when finished. Firstly, my car is a factory right-hand drive car, so my dash is not the same. I've painted it the same colour, but will leave my dash pad black - for now.
- My door panels will be left black (for now), instead of Lt Buckskin, however I did paint the armrests. I like the contrast. My seats will eventually be done in the proper black tuck & roll finish of the show car, but as of now they're in excellent condition, and I've got things the money is better spent on.
- I did paint the headliner, visors, kick-panels, steering wheel, pillar covers (b & c), as well as the rear parcel shelf in Lt Buckskin (I think the show cars rear shelf is black.)
- I will be changing to black carpet. The show car has tan.
- I won't be dong anything MetalliCar-specific to the engine bay or any of the running gear. I've changed the valve covers so I could alter the PCV system, and went with an aftermarket air cleaner for better performance - but the reason I didn't choose the items the show car uses is because most of them are chrome. I hate chrome in engine bays.
So as you can see, very little of my Impala is actually MetalliCar correct. Other than the fact it's a 1967 Chev Impala Sports Sedan, barely anything else is show accurate - and that's the way I like it. Small details fans of the show will pick up on, and original enough to be all mine
