Old style cragar ss vs the new style ss

[Day2_69Z]

Sam,Dave & Joe,
You are all both right and subjective.
to the Real World of Day 2.
My car was sold in November of 69 when the year was over.
1970 was the start of Day 2 for this build. The items Did Not get installed all at once but as a "progression" of Performance and appearance.
Trying to be accurate, detailed and correct for the period I set a time frame from 1970-74 for acceptable speed parts.
I acquired dated catalogs, Era magazines and NOS or Boxed items with dated packages,directions,even dated parts.
Some were made and marketed for years prior and post my time frame. Some with a small window.
Judgeing a Day two car is subjective at best. Opinions, knowledge and facts needed would be immense considering the volume of parts, manufactures and application.

Cragars manufactured in various time periods are as different as NOS parts made decades apart. Reproduction parts made years or decades apart are vastly different from Original, NOS ,NORS, reissued parts.
Are you judging wheels differently than Reproduction, Nos or reissue parts ?
Or being subjective and reasonable as a group of men can be on a 40 - 45 year old car & parts ?

Tom

[Salvatore]

Tom, I like your time frame from 70 to 74ish on a 68-69 cars.
That is how I see it but others do not.
I take more into consideration (time factor) because I am older than some of these guys
and have lived this Speed Shop transformation personally.

[Day2_69Z]

Yes,
I know that oh so well.
I'm 55. that being said, I was 10 in 69 & 11 in 70.....with a Dad and older brother, uncles, friends and locals living that era. I hung around,helped work on and even rode in "these real world Day 2 Cars". As I got older I was able to drive and "tune them".
What the reality brings us is a lot of these parts saw limited use and were sold or traded off for newer, better or totally different upgrades or changes.
It was commonplace for top local strip & street guys to buy / trade Used Parts that were "like new" therefore the use of 5-10 yr old pieces vs run out and buy unproven new stuff was prevalent.
Where I'm going is that today , if you find a 69 Car with 5-10 year old prior speed parts on it , most of today's Day 2 guys will scoff because "they didn't know" , they didn't "live it".
Same for a 69 Car with mostly '77-'79 parts added. They think its right.
On the flip side are cars from '69 that weren't modified until the late 70's -early 80's....
Are these Day 2 cars or period cars ?

I've had and preserved both kinds.

[Day2_69Z]

Sam,
When a guy sells off his #480 distributor & #837 alternator for real speed parts of the era..... my hats off to him for that guy is a true hot rodder, Day 2 living historian !!!!

been there, done it and continue to do it

Tom

[Salvatore]

Keep up the good work Tom.

[Day2_69Z]

Thanks !!!
My aim on this build from the get go was for "guys of your era" to be the "instruction sheet" and gain their approval of my endeavors as the end result will be obvious.

This kind of Restoration is tougher than a stock OEM build where a catalog is your guide & reproduction cars are in abundance


Tom

[Resurrected69ss]

Well good news guys! Strangely enough I just found a set last night of original 15x4 direct fit cragars with moroso drag special tires 5.50-15 both are in real nice shape. Wheels might need to be re-chromed but might be salvage the lug but pockets!

[Salvatore]

GOOD DEAL!

[camarojoe]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Resurrected69ss</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well good news guys! Strangely enough I just found a set last night of original 15x4 direct fit cragars with moroso drag special tires 5.50-15 both are in real nice shape. Wheels might need to be re-chromed but might be salvage the lug but pockets! </div></div>

Nice! Those wheels are the correct era/style for a '69.

[Resurrected69ss]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: camarojoe</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Resurrected69ss</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well good news guys! Strangely enough I just found a set last night of original 15x4 direct fit cragars with moroso drag special tires 5.50-15 both are in real nice shape. Wheels might need to be re-chromed but might be salvage the lug but pockets! </div></div>

Nice! Those wheels are the correct era/style for a '69. </div></div>

Yeah man! And they have the tires I wanted! Though I'm not sure if the 5.50-15 might a tad to short. They still look great!