My "New" 1962 Barn find
10-23-2014, 05:55 PM
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10-23-2014, 06:12 PM
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What a great find....62 are da best! 
What's the search and find story behind this one?
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62 was the first year for the metal rocker covers as well, the only C1 to have them.
Did you get the package shelf and the seat belts?
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What's the search and find story behind this one?
:62 was the first year for the metal rocker covers as well, the only C1 to have them.
Did you get the package shelf and the seat belts?
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Last edited by Kerrmudgeon; 10-23-2014 at 06:15 PM.
Very Nice Car, a hidden gem!
10-23-2014, 08:58 PM
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Nice piece
I agree, that plate bracket is the first thing I removed off my 62.....:lol.........:And 58-60 rings don't line up correctly with the Deuces and the headlite rings are body color...And a big plus is all the body panels seams are really nice....
10-24-2014, 09:47 AM
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10-24-2014, 11:39 AM
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10-24-2014, 11:52 AM
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10-24-2014, 01:39 PM
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10-24-2014, 03:29 PM
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Possibly a former owner got both the chrome headlight surrounds and the front license plate bracket from an earlier "donor car". The bracket on my '62 is the correct part and does look much better. Keep us posted on your progress - the car looks like it was a great find. Good luck.
10-25-2014, 08:55 AM
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Story behind the find ?
Mike,
Whats the story on how you came across this 62 ? Craigslist ? Word of mouth ? Several of us are interested, fill us in.
Whats the story on how you came across this 62 ? Craigslist ? Word of mouth ? Several of us are interested, fill us in.
10-25-2014, 09:34 PM
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Story on the "find". I've known about the car for about 15 years and have talked to the owner but never actually saw it. He bought it around 1991, and only drove it few times. Somewhere along the timeline he stored it in an ocean shipping container for a number of years and found that it was destroying the car so he moved it to the trailer where it has been for the last 8 or so years. I ran into him a few weeks ago and he said he wanted to sell it... well... what would you do? I told him I wanted to buy it...
I had it on the lift today and will post pics along with a bunch of questions. Wait until you see what we found under the hood...
I had it on the lift today and will post pics along with a bunch of questions. Wait until you see what we found under the hood...
10-26-2014, 02:42 PM
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Very nice condition for a barn find. My 62 was a storage find, but in no way as nice as yours. My had been taken apart in the early 70s and sat in different storage places over the years until 2012 when I came along.
10-26-2014, 03:24 PM
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[. Wait until you see what we found under the hood...[/QUOTE]
............. It's a big brake FI model ..............??????????
.............. A rats nest ..............???????
............. It's a big brake FI model ..............??????????
.............. A rats nest ..............???????