fastback chevy II

[Paul_S]

Here is another pic of the yellow "Super II" -No, not the slot car. Read the print. I may have read about the saved Fastback on another board.



Paul

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

That's a cool pic, I didn't know which of the three cars became the 'Super II' - guess it was the Allen Green car That car had some serious mods done to it in order to create the Super II. The front fenders were stretched, the engine was set back, the rear moved up... Wow!

[mockingbird812]

What is the reference to "Torque Flite" on the side of the "Super II"? I doubt they were running (and advertising) a Mopar tranny.

[Pantera]

They just might have been running one back then. That was before the turbohydro came out and the powerglide as we know them now, was not developed. I had a 66 chevelle back in 67 with a adaptor on a L-78 396 to a torkflite. Worked pretty good for the money I had to spend back then.

With all we have at our disposal these days it is really hard to understand how little was there for the fast boys back in the late 60's. You either got good at a 4 speed or else! Then in 1968 when Chev came out with the turbo-hydro. Even then it took a year or two till they were making them stronger than just the average stock tranny.

We all laugh at the prices in the speed cataloges from back then. But if you were working back then and your take home was any over $100 for the week you were making pretty good money. Not all of us were born rich. Those prices were still a streach on the old pocket book. I bought my first house in 1964 for $8,400 and the payment was $68 per mo. That was better than renting at the time. Now it is worth around $85,000. Wish I had bought the whole block.


Back in 1962,I not yet out of High School, I'll never forget making $20 a month payments on my first 4 speed for a total of $100, it was a cast iron case BW tranny. The guy took it out of his 58 348 biscane and held it till I paid it in full. I remember drooling over it every time I paid him some money on it.

I remember the bank turning me down for a $425 loan on a 59 corvette that had a bad motor because I was only taking home about $90 a week back in late 1965. I was fresh out of Barber college and was working steady. I tried to give them extra collateral of a 56 Nomad body but they were not interested. I also had a 61 FI vette and a 63 chev wagon to get to work in.

Things are all relative as time goes by. Seems the more you make the more it costs to buy the things you want.

(SIGH....)

Pantera

[Schonyenko2]

Larry is right. Before 68 mopar torque flites were about the best out there. My old Honest Charley catalog had those adapters for tqflts to chevy. That was around the time that there was a lot of clutch flite experimentation too. Lotta cross breeding back then.

[PeteLeathersac]

Although not available in all lines, M40's were available before '68....I think full size M40's debut was in '65 for the '66 models? .

~ Pete

[mssl72]

The M40, Turbo 400 transmission option enter production in February of 1965 for full sized cars. There were 17,821 factory installed for that production year. Along side that debut was 2 more debuts. Same month and year, the L35 396- 55,454 installed and the Z18 Caprice Custom Sedan Equipment- 40,393 built. I think they all helped push the Caprice option to being it's own model for 1966.

[COPO_Anders]

The Dixie Twister, I believe I found this in the best of books: Super stock, Dragracing the family sedan.

[COPO_Anders]

This one is from Hot Rod magazine Feb 1965, Fritz Callier was the driver of this car, I believe.

[budnate]

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Larry is right. Before 68 mopar torque flites were about the best out there. My old Honest Charley catalog had those adapters for tqflts to chevy. That was around the time that there was a lot of clutch flite experimentation too. Lotta cross breeding back then.

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I have a 4spd adapter around here somewhere to put a Mopar 4spd to Chev, came out of 69 Z race car, guy claimed it was the only trans that would hold behind the motor and it had a V-gate on it so ya know he was hitting it hard..