IN car cam ... 62 Catalina
 

This is in car cam of my '62 Catalina...mild street 455...TRWs, cast rods(shift at 5300 rpm), stock '68 #48 castings,.507 Engle Street grind, 3 tube headers, 3.90 gear... does 1.57 60fts, 12.15/108.9 best... ran 12.26/107.9 1.59 60ft on this run... just wanted to share! THis car has been in family since May 1973...
in car cam...Sept 2011...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ_GgVQB3OA
here it is launchin in '09...
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._2649243_n.jpg

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Neat car.....One of my all time favorite body styles.

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In our ancient youth, around 1969 or so, my older brother bought a '62 Catalina,black with red interior,factory 4 speed car, with a transplanted 389 in it. We thought it was a factory 421,but 421 fender badges(we don't need no stinkinn' badges) didn't come out until 1963. In our youth, the aluminum T-10 4 speed needed attention on more than one occasion, so I had it in and out several times. I always wondered why the Pontiac had a conventional perimeter frame, a one piece conventional driveshaft, and a full width frame crossmember,while Chevy had that horrible X frame, a two piece drive shaft, and the weak rear end.Had Chevy used the Pontiac chassis like they should have,the 348's and 409's wouldn't have had a major obstacle to deal with in their drag racing days.

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Awesome Pontiac Brent, what rear gear ratio do you have in it?

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Excellent point, Greg. I never was around any of that era Pontiacs, so I wasn't aware of the difference. That deffinately would've made things a little easier for the guys I knew that had those X-frame Chevys.
Danny Durham

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Neat car, always loved those 61 and 62 Pontiacs. I always wanted a SD car but the prices..........ugh!

Thanks for taking us for a ride!

JimR

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Brent mentions he runs 3.90 gears. Very nice car!

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Cool car, Brent
Did you ever see Bob Michael's 62 GP?


Pontiac had the X frame from 58-60, then they wised up.

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Yeah, Mark, but i havent seen it in person...it looks like a cool ride... hope to see it in person next year

3.90 gear, spool(home built, heavy)31 spline, billet yoke, moser axles
I have all the Strange 35 Spline stuff for it , along with 1350 yoke...
everything is so heavy... but strong!

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Pic from Indy Fall Classic a couple of years ago.

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thanks for posting! Dad and I were talkin about building a stocker combo for the '62 before he passed in '06, but we didnt get it done. Ive tossed around doin it one day... Dont they have stocker GT classes, where you can run a different year/hp combo than what came in the car? I think that would be cool... maybe a low HP 455(250HP) with the big qjet... or 400/330hp... i like the idea of low hp 455, put me in the lower classes, im sure it would still bang 11's, i would think,,,

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snowed like the dickens here today...about 3-4''... makes me want to get the cars out!!! :D

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Love that body style. Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks Jeff!