"Day 2" definition please

[firstgenaddict]

Day 2 as used here means a car that was modified by the dealer after the owner bought it as opposed to before the owner took delivery.
Say a guy goes in to Yenko in 67 and buys a Camaro L78 and then goes racing. He decides that his car is not fast enough and goes back to Yenko and says ..."I want a 427 to make this thing faster." Yenko installs a 427 and what ever else the guy wants. This is a day 2 car.
Please correct me if I am wrong guys.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

That's not quite what it means to me!

Day 2 indicates a car that gets restored today with aftermarket speed parts specific to the '60's and '70's. The term 'Day 2' is used because so many guys installed their Cragars and traction bars the '2nd day' they owned it!

What 'Day 2' is not: calling up Summit today with your credit card number and ordering up speed parts that are not from 'back in the day'. That is called 'Day 30+ Years', but is a lot easier than trying to find the correct original parts or the correct original speed parts!

I think Day 2 cars done correctly are pretty cool, it's something more to learn since I was only 2 when my Yenko Deuce was produced

[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

[camarojoe]

Yes, I have all those old Cragar catalogs too... I quit looking at them because I suddenly develop the urge to go out and try to find real-life examples of everything in the catalogs... Boxes of vintage mag wheels start taking up ALOT of room very quickly... I still remember the day SK Kid and I looked through some old Sun and SW catalogs and I decided it would be neat to get "1 or 2 NOS tachs to display"...careful, it gets addicting.