198х Pontiac Bonneville

[vanden_plas]

Originally Posted by tiberius

A good choice, this was the same sedan style as the Buick Century/Regal, Olds cutlass and Chevy Malibu. 1982 was first year when the big Pontiac became the Parisienne in the U.S. the car was built to 1986. This will be great for many car games. if you can find an underside image of any of its GM counterparts listed above since the only difference is generally front and rear fascias and body trim .suspension and frame is the same. generally. ( the Malibu had a heavy duty suspension package due to Police fleet usage where the others did not) 1982 Pontiac Grand LeMans-Cdn-03
the link shows the Canadian Grand Lemans, which is the same car and this page shows the dash and one interior shot.

Thanks for the link, that dash pic will come in handy for sure.
That's quite an intreresting info you provided, makes me think about modelling several versions of the car (like a Pontiac sedan, an Oldsmobile wagon and a Chevrolet pickup, for example) using the same engine and drivetrain for all of them. A kind of virtual badge engineering.
Were there any coupes based on this platform by any chance?..

Originally Posted by schaefft

Different bumpers and stuff. Its interessting that he has chosen the bonneville since its the most rare car of the vehicles that have used this platform Atleast it seems like its a lot easier to find pics of the other ones.

Nah, a Buick version seems to be the least common, I've only found two pictures of that one.

Update! Some test renders and an optimized wireframe. Textures aren't "baked" ones though.

[NightEye]

There's a double poly strip running down the side windows. Does that have a purpose?
Overall the wire looks clean. But try to keep your polies |\|\|\| instead of |\|/|\|

[mr.mean]

Originally Posted by mr.mean

hmhm needs hydrolics

I'll just quote myself

[schaefft]

I like it

[tiberius]

If you want a Coupe Version you will have to do an earlier verison, the Chevy Malibu did have a coupe Version for 1978 to 1981 but not in any other Make unless you count the aero back Olds and Buicks. the Pontiac Lemans for America was in coupe and sedan form from 78. in 1982 the platform was refreshed and renamed Bonneville but only in sedan form. just something for reference the third Smokey and the Bandit Movie had a 1983 Bonneville sedan as Sheriff Buford T Justice's car. so your model could be done as a replica.
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_80234-D...47dedd17448e59 and another image,http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_80236-D...47dedd17448e59 this will be great for GTA/SA and Midtown madness 2 , true the model can be tweaked to do other cars, the wagons were available in Chevy, Oldsmobile ,Buick and Pontiac. the El Camino was made the longest up to 1987.(truck) there was even a type that had a Monte carlo SS nose grafted on.1979 Buick 16 17 79 Buick wagon shot.
1980 Buick 19 1980 Century sedan.1980 Buick 20 a Century Aero Coupe and Sedan
1980 Oldsmobile-09.jpg 1980 Cutlass sedan with interior shot
1980 Chevrolet Malibu 04 1980 Malibu coupe shot
1981 Chevrolets 05 1981 Malibu coupe and sedan
eBay Motors: 1982 Chevy Malibu Classic (item 200215970154 end time Apr-20-08 11:40:51 PDT) 1982 malibu sedan with some interior shots and dash
1982 Buick Regal Pictures - Pics for used Buick Regal - 1982 Buick Regal sedan - CarGurus a poor quality 1982 regal sedan image

[vanden_plas]

Originally Posted by NightEye

There's a double poly strip running down the side windows. Does that have a purpose?
Overall the wire looks clean. But try to keep your polies |\|\|\| instead of |\|/|\|

Thanks! That double poly strip on the side windows was made on purpose, the reason is that pillars were looking a bit too square, that would be noticeable in game when a character is staying close to the car. It didn't take that much polygons in fact.
As for the |\|\|\| instead of |\|/|\| thing, I'll take care about it, thanks for advice. The roof, the hood and the trunk will need to be reworked this way. Perhaps the reflection will improve as a result.

Originally Posted by mr.mean

I'll just quote myself

From what I remember GTA SA had a built-in option of installing hydraulics on the car, so if this car gets to GTA you'll be capable of pimping it out the way you want it.

Originally Posted by schaefft

I like it

Thanks! By the way, I played SA tonight and that "Greenwood" thing is just looks like a mocked Bonneville, which makes me consider replacing it.

Originally Posted by tiberius

If you want a Coupe Version you will have to do an earlier verison, the Chevy Malibu did have a coupe Version for 1978 to 1981 but not in any other Make unless you count the aero back Olds and Buicks. the Pontiac Lemans for America was in coupe and sedan form from 78. in 1982 the platform was refreshed and renamed Bonneville but only in sedan form. just something for reference the third Smokey and the Bandit Movie had a 1983 Bonneville sedan as Sheriff Buford T Justice's car. so your model could be done as a replica.
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_80234-D...47dedd17448e59 and another image,http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_80236-D...47dedd17448e59 this will be great for GTA/SA and Midtown madness 2 , true the model can be tweaked to do other cars, the wagons were available in Chevy, Oldsmobile ,Buick and Pontiac. the El Camino was made the longest up to 1987.(truck) there was even a type that had a Monte carlo SS nose grafted on.1979 Buick 16 17 79 Buick wagon shot.
1980 Buick 19 1980 Century sedan.1980 Buick 20 a Century Aero Coupe and Sedan
1980 Oldsmobile-09.jpg 1980 Cutlass sedan with interior shot
1980 Chevrolet Malibu 04 1980 Malibu coupe shot
1981 Chevrolets 05 1981 Malibu coupe and sedan
eBay Motors: 1982 Chevy Malibu Classic (item 200215970154 end time Apr-20-08 11:40:51 PDT) 1982 malibu sedan with some interior shots and dash
1982 Buick Regal Pictures - Pics for used Buick Regal - 1982 Buick Regal sedan - CarGurus a poor quality 1982 regal sedan image

Again, thank you very much for all the info. I checked all the versions, but most of them aren't interesting at all. Perhaps the only exception is an Oldsmobile wagon with wooden trims on its sides. The El Camino is nice looking aswell, but others are pretty much boring. Perhaps I will also model an Oldsmobile Station wagon version shown below, as it feels very GTAish.
Speaking about an El Camino with a Monte Carlo Front end, didn't the Monte Carlos use the same platform?..



A small update. Not much done, I am stuck with the bottom part, cannot find any reference pictures. Same for engine.

[Haadee]

nice !!

[mr.mean]

Hydrolics damned!
Looks realy nice anyways

[schaefft]

Looks great, so many nice details. I love the seat textures, from where did you get them?

The greenwood is a Chrysler Fifth Avenue in rl, but ofcourse you can replace every car you want. Ill try to find some ref pics for you, lets hope I have more luck than last time.

Maybe you have seen it already, but cardomain has some pics of the engine:

http://www.cardomain.com/MakeModel/P...col=num_images

[vanden_plas]

Thanks guys!

2 schaefft: I've found some pics of that 5th Avenue, actually it's quite similar to Bonneville. Looks like someone took a Bonneville and flipped its headlights vertically.
Thanks for the link, I've got some more engine pics (from the Oldsmobile version mostly, but they must be the same). The bottom/undercarriage part remains a problem though.
The seat texture was taken from some parts site, here's the original pic: