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Day 2 Camaro

Posted: Thu May 04, 17 5:17 pm
by Blue
We were talking about day 2 muscle cars a while back and Yesterday I came across these photos.
This is pretty much the epitome of what a day 2 car is, not sure if this is a Baldwin-Motion car or not but this is exactly the sort of thing you could order from them as a new car or have them modify the car you had.
This is why the factory sold "stripper" cars with no frills but the go fast drivetrain and steel wheels with hubcaps, nobody was going to drive it as it was they just wanted the raw material as cheap as possible so they could do the mods and go racing. Something like this would run in the 11's straight out of the door which was an absolute rocketship in 1968.

Posted: Thu May 04, 17 6:24 pm
by RW71
Great stuff Blue, always loved day 2 muscle cars. :thumbright:

Posted: Thu May 04, 17 7:01 pm
by ScottyDave
Never heard of the term before.

Posted: Thu May 04, 17 9:51 pm
by Cannonball
Awesome stuff blue,, proper hardcase,

Posted: Thu May 04, 17 10:53 pm
by BJ Mac
Very cool :thumbright:

Posted: Fri May 05, 17 10:15 am
by RobTwin
That's definitely the dogs! (in a good way ;) )

Posted: Fri May 05, 17 10:27 am
by MattH
I hadn't heard the phrase Day 2 cars before but I can see what it is about.

Does the new Dodge Demon fit that criteria with the extras you can buy to go racing?

Posted: Fri May 05, 17 11:09 am
by Blue
The term is used for new cars that were modified straight away either by the owner or the dealers rather than a car that came straight from the factory that way. If the owner of a new Demon ordered up optional race equipment and either fitted it himself or had the dealer do it, then yes I think you could correctly term that a day 2 car.