"360 HP For Chevy II"

[olredalert]

Verne,,,You are right about the bar. When I got Red Alert out of mothballs in 1990 it had never had any kind of roll-bar or even so much as a driveshaft-strap, and when Bob held the record he was turning 10.90s with a best of 10.75............Bill S

[Verne_Frantz]

Bill,
I guess I started racing the '62 under '69 NHRA rules. /MP required that 3 point bar in convertibles (no bar in hardtops), with a head restraint attached to the bar, a driveshaft loop, an engine safety support strap (which was just a wire loop under the back of the engine), an approved 4-point harness and a coolant overflow can.

That was it.

Verne

[PeteLeathersac]

Great photos fellas! .

Nice engine shot Verne....being a W, I suppose we should have expected you'd have this? .

I love that color shot of the Retribution II car too! .

Seeing the side chrome is gone in some pics I'd expect these would be the later shots....removed for lettering? .

~ Pete

[COPO_Anders]

Years ago when I had a 1962 Chevy II, I asked GM Nordiska AB here in Sweden if I was allowed to put a V8 in it and run it on the street. Their reply was that a 360 hp 327 cui engine was the biggest they would allow in a 62-64 Chevy II,with certain modifications made.
I later used that document to register a 1964 2dr sedan with a tunnelrammed 302.