62 Chevy II AF/X

[oletrux4evr]

I think 9.89 is pretty quick when things are 'right' too.........

[squirrel]

No, I didn't. Brian was not able to get parts to fix the Lenco in the nitro car in time, so he didn't make it, and I was mostly going up there to see him....oh well, maybe next time? He's talking about setting up another race in May.

[Russell]

Did you make it to George Ray's?

[squirrel]

I never made it to the track with the 4bbl, and right now I'm in the middle of getting the blower back on it. Sorry.

I decided to change the points while the distributor is out....I had a set of hardly used points from another distributor that a friend gave me. Although the points that were in the car all this time, were still working ok. They were getting a bit worn, though.I also got the blower intake milled for an O ring, because this style intake just doesn't work well with a gasket, and sealer doesn't work very well, either. Although the second to last pass I made with it was a 9.89, which is pretty damn quick, for things being "wrong".

[oletrux4evr]

So....how did the testing at the track go Jim?? low 12s?

[langleylad]

Read people read ...

[squirrel]

They didn't copy my car....the art is completely different.

[RockJustRock]

Wow. As usual Squirrel knows all. I didn't know the Shaker Hot Wheels exists. It is going for $20-$30 because it is our of print. Here is the timeline:

https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/%2763_Nova_AWB



Quite obviously somebody saw Plan II in Hot Rod and said "Oh Boy we can get another run out of that casting". But you're an easy going guy.

[silver_bullet]

They should be paying you!!!!

[squirrel]

looks like this one is the same toy, with different art.

No, I don't pay royalties, because my car doesn't look like that, at all

[langleylad]

Hot Wheels released a model of Steve Magnante's 63 Chevy II some years back

[RockJustRock]

Just spotted this. Do you get royalties?

[squirrel]

that's what I was thinking. There is a race tonight up in Tucson, I guess I could go on a test drive!

[fatguyzinc]

Doing a little experiment.

id be interested to see what it runs without the blower,
the car seems to be setup fairly well... im guessing at least a
low 12/high 11 with the single if you get it all worked out
a net a clean pass from start to finish.

i mean, it IS a 427 in a lil old chevy II............

[squirrel]

I've run 2.50 gears in car, it likes 3.0 better. So it's pretty much perfect right now. Also I've run 3.70 and 4.11 gears, and 3.89 is optimum for racing.