Project..1962 Bel Air
 

Well a few weeks back i got this old 62 bel air.. I didnt really know what i got myself into.
First order of bus was to get her running. We did that had to pull the head, to free up some sticky valves. I cleaned the carb, reinstalled the head and had a ton of problems getting it to run, but we finally did and she runs alright burns a lot of oil tho hahah oh well.. and the powerglide was replaced by a turbo 350. But shes pretty solid for Wisconsin here are a few pics.
I've got no real plans for her either so this wont be much of a build. Figure i should get this car out of my build thread sin..



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Looking forward to updates.....

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Well i just washed her.
New rims tooo thought i would share some pics.

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plates are on there way....

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Very nice car you have there!

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Looks good w/ the Cragers....

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Thanks nuke.. not as nice as the camaro. maybe ill have one of those someday

thanks man! ........

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Those cragers really cleaned it up man! Where'd you snag those at? Definitley looking good, and glad to hear it's moving under it's own power. I just thought it was your brothers car...;)

-Sam.

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Thanks Sam I'm warming up to the sedan also.
haha, He spent the whole spring break in florida well I was back home workin on this old car. So its kinda up in the air whos car it is exactly. Im going to be driving it, to high school. He's got a couple years too, he's 14.

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nice car three on the tree. i had a set of the classics on a 62 impalla i had in the 70's. they looked cool on the car. my impalla had a 235 cid , 3 in the tree, and a posi track. heres a link to a pic of the rims. http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgur...26tbs%3Disch:1

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here a link for you to have a look at if you haven't seen this http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/chevy/62/62.html

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Thinking about putting a sbc in the car
found a block and heads for a good price..

and cool links 463

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screw the small block
found a cheap truck with a 454 in it
now i'm thinking Big block
this things gonna be a sleeper.

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Very cool she looks like a very solid car..

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I finally started getting something done! more to come guys.
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been looking for a 283 i think it would be a very nice engine to put in the car since they did come in 62 with them. would run straight pipes right out the back! 454 didnt work out haha. hopefully i get some more work done this week. thread should start to take off. soo keep your eye on it

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Wondering if anyone knows if 64 impala seats will fit in this 62 car?
found a good deal...

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got the inner fender off this side cleaned up and painted black really looks nice. the seats/carpets out, floor pans arn't bad besides for under the seat pan. cant seem to find just that pan so i going to have to replace it with a larger pan that includes front pan and rear pan along with under the seat. one hundered fifty something pan and i need 2 along with shipping soooo Christmas presents anyone?

speak of christmas
found a really nice 327 for sale guy only wants a hundy for the whole thing thinking of snaggging it for the car.

working on getting the other side's fender off. and patching it. should have some pics soon. comment if you want any sooner hah.

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pics~
car as it sits..
http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/a...204101630a.jpg

the innner painted
http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/a...1204101630.jpg

the 100$ 327
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Nice Progress!
Yes they will fit. Any Fullsize GM car from 61-64 will have the same seats.

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hey thanks man, i did figure that out the only problem with the seats is that they where for a 2 door and the back seat wouldn't fit so we didn't end up getting them.

well i should have my floor pans soon just place the order. so cant wait to start working on that part of the car.

nice progress.. haha thanks man
i took a look at your 63 and man does she look nice and tight. i was surprised to see how far its came since the last time i took a peak really looks nice. i hope this car will turn out looking something like that.

i cant wait to cut some rust out of this 62.:lol:

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kyull67

i was reading in your thread that you ordered your body parts from eckler
i followed your advice and did the same.
you said there shipping rates where pretty fair.
well today i got an email saying that my package would not cost what they predicted to ship it at its costing me 200+ to ship. is that what you payed

i am wondering where i could pick up some panels and not pay so much for shipping?

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that looks great, we used to have a 64 but it was on hydraulics

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cool! youve been busy on the ol car, ive missed all the updates?!!? im subscribed now...im workin on dads ol car doing the brakes now, parts gona be in tomrow hopefully on the road again this weekend (got the head etc etc all back on resolved the fuel issues..) check out the thread! i wish i had your bodywork skills lol

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Gotta get me some hydros!
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? huh lol, drugs?