My 1962 Pontiac Strato Chief

juuraslahti · Veteran Member

My 1962 Pontiac Strato Chief

rabbit64cs · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

She's a beauty!
Front buckets and console are from a Canadian 64 custom sport ...nice touch.

Love it..like I said before...you may have to sell it! wink

Here was my 62 hardtop..

-- Edited by rabbit64cs on Monday 10th of November 2014 11:31:33 PM

jim_ss409 · Guru

It's a great looking car!

I just thought I'd mention that you can usually get the hood to close pretty well even if the hinges are worn,,, as long as they're not completely worn out.
It takes some time to get it right and I find that I have to adjust the hinges in the opposite direction of what I would have guessed.
If you can get the hinges adjusted right there will be a little bit of tension that will take the slack out of the loose rivets.
Anyway, you can usually get it but it's never easy.

juuraslahti · Veteran Member

Rabbit64s really nice looking 62.
Thanks for the info jim ss409, I didn't know the hinges could be adjusted. I will look into how that is done before I try replace them.

long stroke · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Juho, first of all...........beautiful 62 vintage iron. I have always thought that the 62 was one of the most sweetest looking Pontiac's. That is one very interesting engine combination. Are you sure it is a 194 and not a 250 or even a 292. A 194 seems small for a car as heavy as a 62. The 194 only came in Chevy II / Acadian cars that were much smaller and lighter than the full size Pontiac. I see you have the split headers on the engine and that will no doubt help the power potential. As you may already know, the motor that came in your car originally, was a 261 six. That motor was a very different animal from your present generation motor that is in your car and the 261 saw its last glory in 1962. The 194 first came out in 1962 but only in the much smaller and lighter Chevy II / Acadian models. Tell us here just how well your car performs with that motor / transmission combination. Beautiful car and the best of luck with her. Cheers. George.

juuraslahti · Veteran Member

Thanks long stroke, ya I thought it was a 194 when I look up the engine code from the block 3833057 That comes up as the 194. Will see how that little mill moves this car along. I am a little disappointed it is not the 261

-- Edited by juuraslahti on Tuesday 11th of November 2014 09:11:31 AM

Magician40 · Poncho Master!

Welcome from Barrie, Ontario. Your car looks great, love the 62s.
Brian

Pedlondarite · Veteran Member

Love the 62 body style with the side-by-side headlights. As a kid in the 60's, I remember a friend's father having a Strato Chief.

cdnpont · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

What a well proportioned body the 62 Strato coupe is.

Sweet ride!

Urban_suburban · Poncho Master!

Car looks good... welcome