What' wrong with '64
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2000
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From: Santa Ana CA
"64's are great for resto-mods, especially when they aren't original when you get them. You don't feel like you are taking an originality "hit" as much as the high-buck years/models.
Nothing wrong with this one and it's probably worth more than before the restification seeing as how it wasn't an original drivetrain when I traded my boat for it about 25 years ago now.
Nothing wrong with this one and it's probably worth more than before the restification seeing as how it wasn't an original drivetrain when I traded my boat for it about 25 years ago now.
Racer
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Fort Wayne Indiana
The car is non-original, numbers unmatching, so the extra mirror is for me.
Racer
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From: Hunington Beach California
Last edited by glenn64vette; Feb 27, 2008 at 03:37 PM.
Tech Contributor
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From: At my Bar drinking and wrenching in Lafayette Colorado
I have the rarest '64 of all: The only one left on the planet that has not been converted to aftermarket disc brakes! Soon, people are going to be beating on my garage door offering me huge suitcases of money for my drum brake setup. So I'm keeping my '64 drum brake car, 'cause it's going to be worth more than a 67 427 as soon as Barrett Jackson figures out that I have the only drum brakes left in the world...
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Racer
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Ft Worth TX
tsk, tsk Lars, you are not alone....When I picked up my '64 Coupe, I planned on upgrading to PS and PB, but after driving the car for awhile, I don't see the need too anymore.
Only plans now are to go for an OD auto to swap out the PG, and insulate + redo the interior when I add a/c, but that's it.
Only plans now are to go for an OD auto to swap out the PG, and insulate + redo the interior when I add a/c, but that's it.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2000
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From: Santa Ana CA
I have the rarest '64 of all: The only one left on the planet that has not been converted to aftermarket disc brakes! Soon, people are going to be beating on my garage door offering me huge suitcases of money for my drum brake setup. So I'm keeping my '64 drum brake car, 'cause it's going to be worth more than a 67 427 as soon as Barrett Jackson figures out that I have the only drum brakes left in the world...
Me..., I'm halfway there. (Just a "Tom" if you will.
)I just converted the fronts from a '77 donor, put a '70s dual master cylinder on (for manual brakes), and added a line lock; but left the drums on the rear, added a 10# residual valve, and put an adjustable proportioning valve under the dash where I can adjust it at will. (But I still have the original parts too not that they will ever go back on. )
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2001
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From: Holly Springs, Nort Cackalacky / Jupiter, Florida
I have the rarest '64 of all: The only one left on the planet that has not been converted to aftermarket disc brakes! Soon, people are going to be beating on my garage door offering me huge suitcases of money for my drum brake setup. So I'm keeping my '64 drum brake car, 'cause it's going to be worth more than a 67 427 as soon as Barrett Jackson figures out that I have the only drum brakes left in the world...
I'd be willing to sell you some
Burning Brakes
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Since no-one seems to drive these cars hard anymore, the fact that they are drum brakes makes no difference whatsoever - if anything, they are more enjoyable to drive because they don't throw brake dust all over your rims, or raised white letters, or white walls. Since the car is so light, the huge drums work just fine even when pushed hard - they will be all you ever need on the street if you really test them, and learn their limits (will fade faster then discs, but I never found anyone who could keep up with me on twisty back roads - even most bikes) - of course 4 wheel drifts become the norm when you don't have much left!
A 64 is still more desirable to a C-2 fan than any another non c-2 car.
And.......they are the best for mods "without guilt" - expecially after they get totalled
A 64 is still more desirable to a C-2 fan than any another non c-2 car.
And.......they are the best for mods "without guilt" - expecially after they get totalled
