1200 miles in a '62 Plymouth Savoy!

My wife and I just got back from a 10 day road trip that started in Sac, went to Bonneville, then jogged up to Newport, Washington (about 75 miles south of Canada) where I picked up a '62 Plymouth Savoy that I bought off the internets. Then a 1200 mile drive home thru Washington, Oregon and Norcal. The guy I'd bought the car from had ***ured me it'd make the trip, and he was right- no worries other than the heater being stuck on for most of the trip. It was over 100 degrees for the majority of the California section, so that extra cooling capacity probably wasn't a bad thing.

I haven't owned a 4 door (not counting wagons) in a long time, so that's still taking some getting used to. But the car is clean, pretty straight and gets great mileage with the slant 6 and the three on the tree.

thought I'd share some pics!

 

I loved my 1956 plymouth one of the best cars I have ever owned...... I plan on doing the same in my Shoebox once all of her bugs are worked out ..... btw nice car....and gratz

 

I heard it was popular for Chrysler design team to go out for liquid lunch on a daily basis to discuss thier latest ideas. these events were finally nixed by management about the time the 64's were being drawn up.

that's a great looking car. here's my 61 and my buddies 62 Dodges back around 1993

 

Looks like you had a great time. Thanks for sharing.
Those early 60's mopars are growing on me.
Gotta love that Slant 6!

 

that would explain a lot. early sixties mopars are just weird.

 

i had a 73 valiant with a slant six engine which i sold to a good friend ,you cant kill a slant six the only issue was a blown head gasket in 200000 and mor km.

 

I had a neighbor that drove his 72 Duster a long way to work every day. He retired at 325,000 miles, then gave the car to his kid. The kid killed it in short order. Geez, some people could kill an anvil.

 

I'd love to drive that as a daily...looks great

 

Thanks guys! I'm really enjoying it and look forward to tinkering with it this weekend- I need to get the heater turned off at least. At some point I'll clean up the engine compartment and maybe throw on a set of dutra duals.

Only bummer is that now I'll have to sell my '52 Dodge wagon project to make room!

 

Nice looking ride.. Congrats!

 

Hey,

The 1962 model year for Chrysler Corporation was an interesting one to say the least, design wise!
Virgle Exner, head of design for Chrysler, and farther of the "Foward Look" had a major heartattack jus as the '62 models were in the final planning stages. He drew these designs up, the Dodge and Plymouth designs, on a 118'' wheelbase, same as the '61 models. The president of Chrysler Corp., Newberg, overheard a rumor on a golf course ,that all GMs for '62 would be downsized to an intermediate wheelbase (ChevyII) sized. Newberg feared Chrysler would be left behind in the market with last years "big-sized" cars, and demanded all the Dodge and Plymouth (except Valiant) be redrawn to the smaller scale. Exner recovered and returned to find his designs totally ****ed with (my words) and told management the new designs wouldn't sell, "plucked chickens" I think were his words used to describe them. When the '62 model year was a total disaster, sales wise, management used that as an excuse to fire Exner. Management had started to lean towards a cleaner, conservative look, smaller or no fins, and less chrome. Ellwood Engle, the guy who did the '49 Ford and '61' Lincoln Contential replaced Exner.
Chrysler Corp. did build a larger Dodge later in the '62 model year called an 880. Built from '61 Chrysler sheetmetal stampings, the 880s were , um different, and built for a couple model years.
That's a great Savoy. I think I'd sell every vehhicle I own before I'd sell my '62 Dart 330 post car! Six cylinder three on the tree.

S****ey Devils C.C.
"Spending A Nation Into Generational Debt Is Not An Act Of Comp***ion!"

 

Ahhh...the slant 6 - moPars leaning Tower of Power !!

Nice ride...I love 62 Plyms and Dodges.

Nice !!

Rat

 

The Dodge 880 and Custom 880 were built from 1962 through 1965. Here is my old 1963 Custom 880 wagon. Loved this car!

From the firewall back, it was all Chrysler, except the dash. The 880 had its own front sheetmetal, but the Chrysler New Yorker sheetmetal will swap with the 880.

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That thing is huge (and cool)! What motors came in the 880 series?

 

In the Custom 880 series, you could get a 361 or a 383 (mine was a 361 2-bbl), and in the 880 series, you could also get a 225 or a 318 Poly, even though the Custom 880 was the higher $$$ car.

 

I spent a lot of time on the phone with the seller, so I was pretty confident that the car was ready to go before I bought it.

I brought tools with me and the wife was driving our pickup behind me (we drove up to Washington in it) so I figured I'd be able to take care of small wrinkles on the road. But, I'm glad there weren't any!