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Hey (sorry if this is in the wrong place)
Just wondering, I acquired these models when I bought some Nids off a friend and he said they are vintage genestealers. Is he right? http://instagram.com/p/tcjJhSHwWZ/

Yes. First generation plastic 'stealers. First released in Space Hulk (1990). Discontinued when the Tyranid design was unified (3-4th edition 40k).
There are actually a range of metal ones which are slightly older and a bit harder to get hold of.

Hey I've got like 10 of those guys! If you look in my Tyranid WIP thread, I painted up three of them as test models

IMO. The best genestealer models. Really dislike these new ones, especially with the GW paint scheme.

Yep, old plastic Genestealers, and still good models. When I build my all Genestealer horde after the newest Codex, I managed to get a huge lot of 40 of them on Ebay for about $50.

Yeah, these guys are awesome I have 100+ of them from the original SH sets -- I absolutely love the models. Here's how I have mine painted -- not really the world's most amazing paint job, but you had to paint a LOT of them for the original game.

One thing -- the tabs on the arms are all too long, so you have to cut them down at least 1mm before inserting them, or you'll have an ugly square chunk visible between the arms and the torso.