Day 2 - mid-60s style

[novadude]

I see a lot of day 2 builds focused on late-60s / early-70s themes (which is very cool, btw)!

I decided to "day 2" my Chevy II. Cragar S/S, Keystone, Torq thrusts, etc were just coming on the scene in '65-66 time period, and they were very expensive. Many went for Chrome reverse, or stock type wheels, as they were the cheapest option to dress up a stocker. You don't see that look on '60s cars these days (except for customs), even though they were a popular muscle car wheel in the '64-'68 time period (and even before that).

These are Wheel Vintiques series 64 - 14x5 front, 14x6 rear. Tires are modern radials with a white stripe close to the width popular in the mid-60s - 185/70 front - 215/70 rear.


http://home.comcast.net/~john.sm/chrome1.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~john.sm/chrome2.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~john.sm/motelB&W.jpg

Car is a 327, M20, 3.36 posi.

[Hemicolt]

Very clean. I like the last picture on the bottom.

[mockingbird812]

Nice look! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

[daverd]

Neat O
I like it!!!

[Plowman]

Nice cool car.

[SuperNovaSS]

I love it!


Jason

[PxTx]

Looks good man. A little more American Graffiti feeling that drag race- which is a bit more of what the late 60's trend was I guess.

What do you think would be a street influence of 1965 drag race ques?

[Salvatore]

Love the black and white shot!

[novadude]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pxtx</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looks good man. A little more American Graffiti feeling that drag race- which is a bit more of what the late 60's trend was I guess.

What do you think would be a street influence of 1965 drag race ques? </div></div>

I think to make it look more &quot;drag race&quot;, I'd just need to add blackwall pie crusts and painted wheels to the rear. Check out Wally Booth's SS/D winning Chevelle from '67:

http://i43.tinypic.com/v327m1.jpg

Or Tony Pizzi's camaro

http://www.colesy-juniorstockforum.com/forum/download/file.php?id=3313

These cars have blackwalls, but you do see old pics of whitewalls on race cars in this era.

Thanks for all the compliments, guys!

[427TJ]

Yep, the entry level &quot;custom&quot; wheel in the '60s was the chrome steel wheel and chrome/reversed. Mags were always expensive, even the cheap ones. Whitewalls added &quot;class&quot; to the car until redlines, goldlines and bluelines came along and then lettered tires became cool in the later '60s. The chrome steelie with a thin whitewall is the original classy Day 2 wheel.

[SS427]

Sweet looking Chevy II.

[black69]

very nice. I hate the look of radials, yet in these pics it looks like you pulled it off.
you definitely win the day with have the nads to put white walls on a car to get the old look. day2 is coming on faster than I thought.

[owners2]

Very sweet ride.

[napa68]

I'm diggin the car. Please tell me it has solids in it?

[novadude]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: napa68</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm diggin the car. Please tell me it has solids in it? </div></div>

No solids.

It is a stock '69 Impala 235hp/327 short block (stock, as in the rings and bearings were installed at the GM Flint plant in '69). I've added '217' casting 64cc heads w/ 2.02/1.60 valves for a ~9.4:1 Comp ratio. These were the heads used on the early 90s GMPP 300hp/350 crate engine - the previous version of the current 330hp vortec engine. Cam is a Reed cams 214/218 @ 0.050 grind on a 110 LSA. Just a little lumpy at 800 rpm idle, but pretty mild. ZZ4 Intake, Q-jet, and headers.

It's probably good for a solid 300hp. Not super fast, but a lot of fun with the Muncie in a light Chevy II. I have some plans to improve on that a bit! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif

[ORIGLS6]

Bitchin' Shot!!!!!

http://home.comcast.net/~john.sm/motelB&amp;W.jpg