jforb

I bought this 62 last month, in California, as a basket case. The car had been partly disassembled for the red paint job a few decades ago, and reassembly didn't get very far. Then more recently, the body was almost completely disassembled, and just about ready to come off the chassis. The engine was in pieces, mostly at a machine shop. The wiring and brake lines had been cut out, lots of little parts were missing.


When I got it home

Many of the parts

I went back to get the engine a couple weeks later, and also got a Muncie 4 speed and bellhousing and some other stuff from another fellow in SoCal. This was originally a Powerglide car, but I got my arm twisted and it now has 3 pedals.

I've spent the past 6 weeks reassembling the car. I just want to drive it, so I didn't do all the restoration work that it really needs.





I'm getting things working, it has a few bugs to work out yet, but I've been able to put a few miles on it. So fun to drive!

kingwoodvette

Lots accomplished in a month! Good work. Nice to see one back on the road!

3JsVette

You are amazing. That's a lot of assembly in a very short time. Well done. Now you can drive it as you "work out the bugs".

leif.anderson93

You, Sir, are a wizard. Six weeks?? Wowser!!!!!

Jud Chapin

Nice job!

SJW

After doing all of that in six weeks, I can only imagine what you might accomplish in six months. Congrats!



Live well,

SJW

jforb

thanks!

It's garage mate took about 6 months to build, but I massaged every inch of it, inside and out.

silver837

Could we see a few pics of the Nova please ?

road pilot

Good job.

jforb

thanks!

lots of pics of Plan II in the Hot Rod magazine article, here's the online version

https://www.motortrend.com/news/9-se...base-chevy-ii/

leif.anderson93

Love that it's streetable AND that you, actually, drive it on the street. Also, love the overflow can

jforb

thanks! The car has over 30k miles on it now, over 100 passes at various drag strips all over the country.

ptjsk

Always nice to see another '62 on the road!!

Pat

silver837

Thanks for the duce writeup .

Ralphatlarge

NO WAY! I'm a little jealous lol I tried to buy that car haha, but he said he already had someone coming out of state for it. You got a killer deal on that. I actually did find a 62 corvette close by there for even cheaper but man is mine in rough shape and needs every thing. congrats on the car looks great!

jforb

Thanks! It was definitely the least expensive C1 I've seen for a long while....I got lucky buying it. It would not be such a good deal if you were intent on a merciless restoration, but it's a great driver.

jforb

I've been plunking away at fixing things on this car, and it's driving pretty well now. I ended up replacing the ring and pinion, with 3.08, since the original was missing half a pinion tooth, and replaced all the bearings in the rear. Also overhauled the Muncie, it had a funky bearing and some leaks. New Dewitt radiator, and I've assembled the doors, added weatherstrip, got some tunes going, aftermarket cruise control, and fixed a bunch of other little things. Still waiting on a replacement bow so I can install the new soft top, and carpet, and not sure about the interior yet, but I'll keep after it.

Nice summer evening for a long test drive....and it's getting 15 mpg, which is fine by me.