One of my p***ions when I was young and novas were plentiful and reasonable; I wanted to build a 2-dr. wagon.
I had a '62 w/4 cyl/3spd in the 70's. Not fast but the little ****** would go forever on a a tank of gas. wish I still had it for a parts chaser. Frank
Here is my 1966 Chevy II Wagon. It has a warmed up 283 and a four speed. The stock brakes work well. Good luck on your future wagon!
Heres my '64 Longroof. Not much to look at,but I drive the **** out of it. Poor thing is 3rd in line to my '67 Chevy II sedan race car, and my '62 A/FX Coupe. Brandon before I lowered the rear and put on taller rear tires. And Yes!!,it has '62 front sheet metal
First of all......is this a street, set up for racing,or a runway? Just curious. Secondly, to the OP; nothing wrong with a Powerglide, especially on the strip. My old 63 Nova Wagon, with a mildly built 327, one of my beefed Glides with a 4500 RPM stall converter, and 4.88 equipped Positraction rearend sure gave the 5.0 Mustang and Z28 Camaro guys fits. NO headers (Rams horns), ******* bars, Dutchman 4-bolt axles, and a gutted interior; the only drawback were the stock brakes; marginal at best on anything but a skateboard. A very fun car I sold to a friend (less engine), who promptly totaled it (stock brakes again) after dropping a built 350 in it. The early Nova/Chevy II Wagons make nice sleepers. Butch/56sedandelivery.
Here is a pic of my 64 Acadian. I've still got the stock 194 6 in it, runs great. The stock brakes work fine, but my car is a cruiser, I never speed. My opinion, I would not go with wide whites. They would not look right, your car is too new. Go with thin whitewalls, and chrome wheels or 60's style mags. That's my plan as soon as I can afford it...I hope this spring.
Here is a buddy of mines wagon. First pic has rodlites on it. The second is steel with caps. He currently has Torque Thrusts (cast center w/polished lip). He goes by "Draggin Wagon" on here.
I just picked up a 62 wagon from a fellow HAMBer on Saturday. It is sitting on the trailer as I type. I will take it off the trailer when I get to the shop today. I have a full day ahead of me working on other people's junk,so unfortunately I will not be able to tear into her until later in the week. I have been researching the wagons and what can be done with it. It is going to be a fun car!
VIDEO CLIP of an everyday workhorse 1962 Chevy II SW, 1 owner (ME)...never crashed...never ticketed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jEjF2Qk5PA
i am putting a 62 nova back on the road. i bought a jim weimer rod garage bolt on front clip that i z'ed 3" in the front with dropped spindles . the rear is a tci bolt in clip that i did some heavy modifing to get the wagon to sit lower. it have 15 x 4.5 and 15x 8.5 torq thrust d . alot of work to get this little nova on the ground but that is what i wanted. i am ate up with novas right now. link to more pics: http://s692.photobucket.com/albums/vv290/HOTRODFABRICATOR/62 nova wagon/
I just thought I'd throw this one into the mix. It belongs to a co-worker of mine. He bought it a couple of years ago as a runner and since then he's probably put another $20,000 to make it "his". It's too bad he wasted all that money on those wheels and tires. Doc
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