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10-20-2011, 11:22 PM | #1 |
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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... here it is launchin in '09... http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._2649243_n.jpg
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10-21-2011, 09:22 AM | #2 |
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Re: IN car cam ... 62 Catalina
Neat car.....One of my all time favorite body styles.
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10-21-2011, 10:53 AM | #3 |
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Re: IN car cam ... 62 Catalina
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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10-21-2011, 12:45 PM | #4 |
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Re: IN car cam ... 62 Catalina
Awesome Pontiac Brent, what rear gear ratio do you have in it?
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Re: IN car cam ... 62 Catalina
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Re: IN car cam ... 62 Catalina
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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Re: IN car cam ... 62 Catalina
Brent mentions he runs 3.90 gears. Very nice car!
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10-21-2011, 05:55 PM | #8 |
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Re: IN car cam ... 62 Catalina
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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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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Re: IN car cam ... 62 Catalina
Pic from Indy Fall Classic a couple of years ago.
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