"Day 2" definition please

[ktownkid]

Hello---
Gotta go with Marlin on this one. I love Day 2 cars the most, I guess it's just what I remember and at this point in my life......they just put a big grin on my face when I see one!!!!

However Marlin......my Cragars are new but my Lakewoods are old, please, please don't make me go looking for 30 year old Cragars...!!!!.......hehehe....

I think you were talking about carbs/intakes and other goodies. Am I correct??? I really want a Day 2 car, but I don't want a Year 30+ car...

By the way.....Day 2 is REALLY not very popular with the younger folks......oh well...

ktownkid

[Supercar_Kid]

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please, please don't make me go looking for 30 year old Cragars...!!!

[/ QUOTE ]If ya wanna get technical, old Cragars came in Chevy 4 3/4" pattern, not uni-lug like todays, and they also didn't have the encircled R next to the Cragar S/S logo on the cap, as the logo wasn't reserved until much later. Read a little on Cragar's history here. Cragar History[ QUOTE ]
By the way.....Day 2 is REALLY not very popular with the younger folks......oh well...

[/ QUOTE ]I know at least a few young guns who dabble in the stuff.

[Belair62]

Did you misplace the Atlas center caps ?

[whitetop]

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If ya wanna get technical, old Cragars came in Chevy 4 3/4" pattern, not uni-lug like todays

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Cragars came out in a direct bolt pattern only the first 2 years of production but if you REALLY want to get technical you can check out a 1967 Cragar catalog and see the word "Vari-Lug". Cragars were made in both direct bolt patterns and unilugs(varilugs)in those days. You can tell the early varilugs buy the horsehoe shaped indentation by the lug nut area.

Some young guys do like Day 2. Most of the nostalgia 1923-34 Ford Hot Rods are being built by young guys 20-25 years old.
At Goodguys in Columbus 90% of the nostalgic hot rods built are by guys in that age bracket. I think the 68-74 era street machine trends and Day 2 cars will also be built in the future by guys in that age bracket also.

[Salvatore]

Dave, You are a wealth of knowledge, and you probably are a young guy!

[427TJ]

CAL CUSTOM BIG-BLOCK VALVE COVERS ARE THE COOLEST! (I have two sets, thank you very much.) M/T's are cool too--got two sets of those too. Nope, not for sale. Those "Motion" SS 427 emblems go for crazy dollars on eBay.

[whitetop]

Sam
I'm 43. I just never outgrew this look. See attachment

[Belair62]

[Salvatore]

I am 51 I never outgrew anything with this hobby either. Is that your nova? Sam

[whitetop]

Sam
The car belongs to a guy in a town near where I live. Those pics were taken in the late '70's and the car still looks exactly the same. Has not been out of the garage since the early 80's.