'62 Day-2

[Verne_Frantz]

Not all Day-2 mods were stuff you could buy at a speed shop. Some mods were just "changes" based on the owner's inspiration and his idea of what he wanted his car to look like.
Cutting down an original grille and adding it in place of the original license valance made a unique look. Maybe ahead of it's time since Chevy's stylists did that in '65.


Notice the emblem on the hood. The plastic insert was painted Nassau Blue to match the car. This pic was taken as soon as the car was brought home, before it got a bath.


He did the same thing to the rear trunk emblem


As far as the interior, he molded his own custom aluminum pedal plates. A little wood grain on the dash and he moved the tach from the column up under the top of the dash. He made brackets for it to use an existing instrument cluster screw from underneath(no new holes).


His mods to the engine compartment included the little chrome air cleaners (which came with the car), separate fuel lines with glass filters, '63 chrome valve covers, chrome generator cover, exhaust manifolds painted white, and of course, he had to put the Crower decal on the firewall after he installed the Super Stock Crower cam.

This was in the glove box


Of course, he needed gauges to keep an eye on the engine health.


He never installed a Hurst or headers or traction bars but he did upgrade to these 15x7 early ET mags. He took this picture of the car at an Englishtown show.


I think I'm going to leave everything pretty much the way he had it.

Verne [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

[mockingbird812]

[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Way cool Verne. Thanks for the blow by blow on nuanced Day-Two!! <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-size: 20pt">Great</span></span></span> looking ride!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif[/img]

[68l30]

Great looking 62..Period Perfect! Looks like time froze about early 65...right after he bought the Mags.. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]


BIG

[427TJ]

Far too cool to change anything.

[Postsedan]

I like the '69 Cortez Silver El Camino next to it [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Great looking &quot;Day2&quot; '62

Dan

[Verne_Frantz]

Yep, the '62 is 10X the car the El Camino is but it turns into Rodney Dangerfield when the Elky is nearby.

Verne [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[Xplantdad]

The 62 is a beaut!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

[rts]

Verne,
That car is awesome!!!!

[RPOLS3]

Cool Verne! Would love to see it in person some day.

We have a soft spot for Nassau Blue 62 409's [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/[/img]

[Verne_Frantz]

Jake,
IT was almost like the original owner wanted everything on the car to be either blue or shinny. He painted the wheels blue and ran baby moons for a while and switched the window cranks to ones from a Buick or Olds with the chrome knobs instead of the original black knobs. He removed the black paint from the top radiator tank and added a chrome oil fill tube cap and regulator cover, as well as the generator cover. Those things will be returned to stock. There were also chrome valve covers on it when I bought it but the original painted ones were hanging on the wall in the garage. He cut the tailpipe resonators out and grafted in a straight piece of pipe with <span style="text-decoration: underline">fiberglass</span> and added chrome tips. This photo was taken in late '62.
Verne


The original spare still has the blue wheel.