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62 Polara 500 Cruiser #1554264
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So this car "was" to be the basis for a clone of a 62 Polara I had in HS in the 60's. I bought it sight unseen off ebay in SF. The pics below are on arrival are #1-3. OEM, all Polara's had a 361/4bbl and Alum 727's. This car, according the plethora of receipts that came with it, looked to be owned by a Coors executive in Spokane. He restored it in 1980, and as best I can tell, he replaced motor/trans with a rebuilt slightly warmed over 273/4spd, I assume because this was the middle of the second "gas crisis". This helped in making the car less desirable on ebay, and I didn't care, since I was planning on dropping in a 440+ with long rams. However when I got the car and drove it, plans changed, the 273 was pretty peppy and the car was rather nice, even with the crushed velour interior . So this is just upgrading it into a nice cruiser.

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2 The wheels are AR 14x8 200S Coke bottles, not my favorite, but I'll keep them as long as they make 245/50's, unfortunately it limits rotor sizes.

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3 Transport damaged, thought to be as bought but seller said 100% NOT ugh!!!

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5 Just reminiscing, this is my original custom hood from 1967.

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7 Period correct wheel? Soon to be replaced by a new one.

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8 Connector primary flange layout, with center weld hole

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9 Welded 2x2 connector, not thru the floor

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Re: 62 Polara 500 Cruiser [Re: jcc] #1554273
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Re: 62 Polara 500 Cruiser [Re: jcc] #1554274
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11 This was our second set of Flex A Form fiberglass springs, strangely they failed as crack/split indicates, they replaced without hesitation, replacement set was made wrong, likely am using Hyperco only in the future

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12 Crushed velour? Installing rear seat belts

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Re: 62 Polara 500 Cruiser [Re: jcc] #1554276
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13 Rear seat belt tie down

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Re: 62 Polara 500 Cruiser [Re: jcc] #1554277
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14 One Comp cammed robust 273 with 4 sp out for a little spicing up

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14.5 I believe the safety loop moves forward with the Passon tranny and losing the slip joint

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16 If I remember correctly thats a slant six sized 9"? Disc, good for road race?

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Re: 62 Polara 500 Cruiser [Re: jcc] #1554282
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17 New Alum Passon Jamie rocks

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