Discussion Forum - Northstar Chevelle Club

SShink · 3K+ Club

New/Old Trend-Day II Cars????

Lost in the 60s · President

The goal for my '66 is a day 2 look. I have a vintage Torker intake but it is too open for the low rpm engine in there now. Headers, aftermarket wheels with big/ small tires, traction bars, cheater slicks. That is day 2 stuff from the late 60's early 70's. Eventually it will have Torque Thrust wheels on it. Cragars were still quite rare in the mid 60's.

The blower stuff was more into the 80's. I don't remember seeing any on the street during the 70's. There were a number of tunnel rams around though.

Chris R · 2K+ Club

The whole pro street movement is what got me into cars when I was a kid.

Derek69SS · Founding Member

I like the "Day 2" stuff, but really not into the gaudy 70s-80s stuff.

I like a mostly stock appearing car, but with functional performance mods, and a nice set of wheels.

Pro-street's "all show/no go" thing really turns me off. Reminds me of the same stuff people make fun of "ricers" for.

Dave Seitz · Mega Poster

Gary has the ultimate Day 2 car actually it is the car he had in High School. So it was really 8 year old car when he got it. Now it sits as it was in the garage as it was in High School.

SteveS · Super Poster

My neighbor has a '64 Chevelle his uncle built in the 70's, but I haven't seen it out in a few years. From what I remember it has fender flares molded into the body, the front clip is welded and flips forward, some kind of chrome brush guard in front of the grill, sparkle bass boat covered seats, thick blue shag carpet, some etching done on the glass, racing stripes that change to several shades of blue. A built 327 and 4 speed. It's actually not a bad looking car, you have to appreciate the era, at one time I bet it was the coolest thing around.

SShink · 3K+ Club

SteveS wrote:
My neighbor has a '64 Chevelle his uncle built in the 70's, but I haven't seen it out in a few years. From what I remember it has fender flares molded into the body, the front clip is welded and flips forward, some kind of chrome brush guard in front of the grill, sparkle bass boat covered seats, thick blue shag carpet, some etching done on the glass, racing stripes that change to several shades of blue. A built 327 and 4 speed. It's actually not a bad looking car, you have to appreciate the era, at one time I bet it was the coolest thing around.

That's exactly what I think of for these types of cars. I think at that time, it was their way of 'hot rodding' the factory muscle cars and trying to look like the cars they saw on the drag strip that was so popular then.