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    1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/20/08

    In reply to 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon
    The Perennial doesn't get the love it deserves.



    I may just have to create this one in GTA. And make it capable of 200 MPH.

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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    11/20/08

    In reply to 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon
    Awesome. Wouldn't change anything on it.
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    Image of discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice
    11/20/08

    In reply to 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon
    Looks like the Nova gasser I photographed for DOTSBE awhile ago. Murilee, when are you planning on posting those? Are you just behind like I am with my Stats homework?
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/20/08

    In reply to 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon
    We need a close-up of that rear gate. Is that a pushbutton to open it? That's about the only unusual feature on this paragon of simplicity.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    11/20/08

    In reply to 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon
    Love the compact wagons of the mid 60s.


    I'm seriously considering putting together a Falcon or ChevyII/Nova from this era more or less from scratch. I love my battleship, for it's battleship-ness, but there's something so right about the compacts from that era.


    For some reason I've picked up the crazy idea of seeing what could be done with the smallest small-blocks. 283 SBC or 260 SBF + 500cfm 4V + 5-speed would probably be a nice mix of power and economy.

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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    11/20/08

    In reply to 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon
    That's a gorgeous wagon, by the way. Do Want.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    11/20/08

    In reply to 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon
    The hubcaps in question...


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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/20/08

    @mytdawg: Word up to those hubcaps.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    11/20/08

    In reply to 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon
    This car is perfect.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/20/08

    In reply to 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon
    Clearly you all are approaching this from the wrong direction. The Moons aren't there for speed, he's a hypermiler. It's all about aerodynamics, my friends.


    (looks at garden shed profile)


    ...and every little bit helps.


    BTW, to whoever said it - terminal velocity for a typical mass/volume/drag profile like this, it probably wouldn't go much faster than 170mph if you dropped it out of a bomber.

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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    11/20/08

    @Elhigh: Hey, I resemble that remark!


    /has Moon discs on his xB
    //because it looks cool
    ///hypermiling anyway

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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    11/20/08

    In reply to 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon
    Clean, very clean. Wish it had the black plate, but everything else about that Chevy II is righteous.
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    Image of Feds Feds
    11/20/08

    In reply to 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon
    The perfect car for our times. What do these weigh? 2800 lbs? Imagine this, with an ecotec, at $12k. Rick could afford to fly his private jet into the back of a bigger private jet.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    11/20/08

    @Feds: Good guess- 2725 to 2900 lbs, depending on engine and trim-level.
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    11/20/08

    In reply to 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon
    200 MPH Club, eh? I guess the streamlining benefits of moon discs have previously been underestimated.


    And while the 283 is a great engine, there's not a single thing wrong with the straight-six. (Unless of course, you consider "It just won't die!" to be 'something wrong', that is.)

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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/20/08

    @Slantsick- 30 degrees off center: I'm wondering if Mr. Salt Flat could have slipped a few Webers onto the intake... that rig is just screaming 'sleeper' to me, and it'd be perfectly in line to leave the single exhaust setup as camo. Especially seeing as how I don't believe our intrepid reporter checked for a remote exhaust cutout.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/20/08

    @AmishJohn: I'm thinking whenever the driver pulls a lever inside, there is no exhaust behind the headers.


    Y'know, some sort of ball-valve arrangement.


    On a semi-related note, here's a Northstar with no exhaust for your listening pleasure.

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    Image of voodoojoo voodoojoo
    11/20/08

    In reply to 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon
    What I'm most drawn to is the sparseness of the design. There's the touches aft of the headlights, and there's 'Chevrolet' on either end, and that's it. Just a handsome car and that was more than enough. I don't know if I like this better than some crazy Plymouth of the same time, though.
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    11/20/08

    @voodoojoo: As I remember reading somewhere - probably in Populuxe - this was a reaction to the ostenatiousness of 1950's cars with the fins and the chrome and the pushbuttons and the sticker shock that came with it. Your typical bloated late-50s car was the SUV of its day as far as it being ridiculous.
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    Image of thunder; now eta-powered thunder; now eta-powered
    11/20/08

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    Sweet. I love the sticker in the back window. True hot-rodder credentials there.
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    Image of danio3834 danio3834
    11/20/08

    In reply to 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Station Wagon
    Woah, is Mytdawg in town? I'm pretty sure those are his hubcaps.
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    Image of domino domino
    11/20/08

    @danio3834:
    ha ha, you beat me to it.


    want to hear something spooky? i dreamt about mytdawg's hubcaps last night. coincidence?

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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    11/20/08

    @dominetta_vitali had Bond, and Bond had the most selfish ca...: a woman who dreams of moon disc hubcaps......that's lovely.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/20/08

    @dominetta_vitali had Bond, and Bond had the most selfish ca...: You're not well. You should get yourself checked out, maybe take a little time off work.
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