1962 Chevy II farm auction find: I rescue a rare 4 cylinder two door post early Nova project car! 

Wow, what a find. That is one rare beast. I am envious.

That's a nice gentleman who sold the Chevy II

Yep, those 4’s and 6’s disappeared.Back in 1971 I had a ‘64 with a 3 on the tree that I paid 25 bucks for, yanked out the tired 6 and stuck in a 283 -4 from a wrecked ‘62 wagon. Added shackles and fatter tires, flex tube dual exhaust with glass packs. Had a nice stance with the mildly jacked up rear end. Nice to have a friend that worked in a boneyard, total investment was about 100 dollars

Nice work on the grill That's the first time I've seen one of those 4 cylinders

This is an amazing Chevy II and pretty rare these days. Hopefully you will find someone who will want to restore it to original and not just hotrod it. Thanks for sharing your find. I learned more about these neat little cars. My aunt had one and my dad and uncle hauled it to the crusher years ago. It also was a running when parked car and was not really in that bad of shape if I remember correctly.

I'm with Ya bending that Grille back in shape. As easy as it is, IT bothers me also. ... like a crooked picture on a wall. LOL

Great save buddy, glade the scrap man didn't get this one. Keep up the great work.

Brought back memories. When i was a kid in the 70's a 90ish Lady, retired school teacher drove one identical to that one white, 4cyl.,power glide. I was facinated by the car because of it's size and the 4cyl. It was probably around 15 yrs old then and immaculate as a school teacher would keep it. And yes she dove it to the church i grew up in.

This was very interesting. My 1st car was a 1962 Chevy II 2-door sedan, but base model, not the 300. It was originally a fleet vehicle (from the local telephone company), and had this 4 cylinder engine and 3-speed manual trans. It was a great 1st car back in the late 60's. I hope this one will be saved and kept as original as possible.

I have a running and driving 62 chevy ll with the original 4 cylinder. Very solid car that lived it's life in the high desert of California

I worked at a Chevy dealer during High School and then took two years of auto mechanics in a vo-tech school and worked at the same Chevy dealer for a while in the early 70s. I was really shocked at that 4 cylinder. I never even knew they had a 4 cylinder available until the Vega. Very interesting find!

Great score! Hopefully this one, gets brought back to its former glory. Older sister had a 6 cylinder 4 door, that carried her to Kent State, in the late 70's. Was a hand me down winter beater, from our Older brother. they named it "the voice of winter" Allot of fond memories, with that machine.

great shows keep up the good work sweet golden goodness in one place

The body on the Chevy 2 looks real good

grille came up great .

My first car 1962 2 door with a 194 6 cylinder would top out around 70 MPH down hill with a good wind behind you but it was unbelievably reliable. Nothing but great memories with it. The only thing I would change today is to add seat belts.

Easy grill work! Looks fine. Lookin forward to the "will it start", which it will. 👍👍👍

Boy, that is indeed a rare car. I've never seen one in real life

Nice score Goodpliers🎉. 🤘🏼Keep it rockin🤘🏼

Wow what a great car! It should go to someone who will restore it. If it were mine and since I’m not patina fan I would paint it the original color or black. Thanks for saving it.

This one brings back memories.. My first car was a 62 chevy 2,, It was a great little car.

GP well put together story. I know a little about Chevy II's. My oldest is a 1962 Chevy II 100 4-door 194 six 3 speed. Left KC plant Coronna Cream fawn cloth vinyl interior. Mine also was built 11D. I wonder how close they are in production. 1962 hood hinges are 1 model year only. I was told by a Chevy II parts person he's never seen a 62 where the hinges worked properly. Maybe why it was a 1 year only hinge. Front end is 1 year only also. Mine came from an auction in Valdosta GA years ago then driven to upstate NY and sold by a used car dealer. Then lucky me bought it! I don't believe mine had as much rust as yours does. Not being synchronized in first takes some practice at stop lights and hills. Wish mine was a Powerglide. It would be interesting how close their actual build date is. I agree they are early production, and the low series are rarely kept. I look forward to how your handle your II. Thanks for the story.

The best part of the car is the grille. Second best, probably the radio, which may still work.

I had a 62 wagon when i was 16, 65 now, bought it for 25 bucks, drove it for 2 years, 6 cyl auto, BTW i live in the northeast, i still remember the heater stunk in it, would keep the windows clear on a cold day and that was about it.

Nice find. I had 2 64 Chevy 2s. 1 four door and 1 2 door sedan. Both were 6 bangers. Great little cars. Thanks for the video 👍

Never knew they existed. I had a 62 Nova 6 cylinder, I loved that car.

62 Chevy II Nova 400 4-dr was my first car. Bless that thing, drove well, was fast and furious when I wanted it to be! :D Between that and my 64 Dodge Polara 500 2-dr - both were the best cars I ever drove. Miss them both so much!

My Grandma had one. It was the first new car they ever bought. I thought it had Chevy II Nova on it. We always called it grandmas Nova. It was pretty, black with red and black interior.

I had one of those Tim. Mine was even a cheaper model devoid of the side chrome , windshield ,and rear window chrome, no radio, three spd. standard, with the four cylinder. I had all the parts for a v8 conversion, but I just couldn't do it so I sold it. It only had single speed wipers with no washer.

Pretty decent car for sitting out like that. Fun project! Looking forward to the "will it run" and clean up vids. If I had any metal working and welding skills (I don't), I'd pound out some sheet metal patches for the front fenders and rear quarters and tack them in. Sling a little bondo on it, spray some primer and call it good. It will still go with the patina of the rest of the car. That one will be a fun cruiser for not a lot of money. Although some hotrod guy will likely offer you big bucks for it so he can drop in a small block (insert eyes rolling here).

Cool Zenth time capsule love it thank you for the education on the Chevy II.

Your Chevy II looks pretty good. A buddy had a 63 Pontiac Acadian 2 dr hard too back in the yearly 1980s with some V8 transplanted in it. He rolled it in a accident. Your car has potential for sure. And you did a fine job of straightening out the grill!

153 cubic inch 4 cylinder engine, really were a good engine. Had a 1971 Massey Ferguson swather that had that engine in it always run good.

Nice card you got lucky on that one looks good Best of luck

Excellent find Tim That a car should be restored Too bad the scrap and got that farm truck

I would love to own a chevy II again

Most "car" people don't understand how rare that 4 cylinder engine is, much less the general public. They look like the standard 235 6 cylinder but with 2 cylinders cut off. And that grain truck looks to be a '63 according to the fender badging, even though it has a '62 style grille.

Hi Tim love the videos. In 1976 when I was 19 I had a 63 Chevy 2 six cylinder three on the tree two door sedan. Unfortunately I was out partying with some friends and crashed and totaled it. Young, dumb and drunk. But anyway keep up the great video work.

Clean her up and see how she looks. Thanks for saving her. Onward!

That 4 bang was mighty tough, buddy had one in a 68 4 door, 3 on the tree. It was used for his window cleaning biz and had over 180K in town miles. It just kept going and delivered about 22 mpg. great score, that will find a home fast. Would love to see a walk around of your 72 Fury, Weird Beard is doing one up and its drawing fat hits.

My late uncle traded in his 50 something Pontiac straight 8 for one of these, which as I recall his was less equipped. First US four cylinder I'd seen. His parents too poor to keep him, hired him out at age 9. At 17 he was off to fight in the Great War. Really knew the value of a dollar. Learned to drive behind a pair of mules, drove down the center of the road when he transitioned to fuel. Thanks. Narragansett Bay

Will it start? I can't wait. I love old cars like that. Good luck.

That's a sweet save!

My parents first new car was a '62 Chevy II Nova with the excellent 194 six and three on the tree, only thing was that the front suspension was crappy and wouldn't stay in line,Dad finally started putting recap tires on it and let it go.

Yes, hopefully someone will restore it back with this unique 4 cylinder, and not put a 350 crate motor or an LS in it, and it's history and uniqueness lost forever...The '62 grill was a one-year-only, and I like it better than the '63-'64 grill..and the '63-'64's seem to be the most common years you see of the first rendition of the Chevy II..the '65 is actually my favorite year out of the original body, followed by the '62..too bad they didn't make a convertible '65...and the '66-'67 are very well done facelifts of the original, very beautiful cars.. :)

Had a 2dr conv, 194 six, powerglide. Let it go for scrap. Some of the 2 spds you had to shift from lo to hi. Very nice on the grille.

The original Iron duke engine ! Never seen one in person though. Only 6's. Great find !

A person can see the difference plastic wheel inner protectors make by the rust over the headlight bezels on these old cars. That would make a good drag car.

The cowl tag having the wrong engine designation was very common on the Chevy cars of the time. Something to do with the body being built prior to final assembly by Chevrolet. Even into the 70s, it was not uncommon for the cowl tag to designate a V8, whereas the car was originally a 6 cylinder. The VIN info always overrides the cowl tag.

great find sir

My Dad had a red wagon with the 3spd on the tree and a 4cyl. Got totaled by a rogue cop crashing during a chase. A lot of interest in this find including me. Would love to keep it original

Nice car. Should be a ez one to resell and make some money. Great one to restore

Really interested in this one. I have a bunch of parts for the 62 Chevy two. I've had two of these but neither this solid or I'd still have them. I have everything to make it an original three on the tree. Anyway what's your bottom dollar? I have to haul it back to Ohio so if its worth it to me I'd like to have it.

Dang, I could have been able to use the 4 cylinder a year ago in a 72 Vega GT that I had. You can bore them out and run 327 10to1 flat top pistons and get the cam custom ground. They make an awesome little engine. Reliable, not like the Vega motor. Good luck with the Chevy II, I hope you do something with it. Or sell it to me for what you've got invested already... 😁Pul-Eezz!

This one is worth saving.

Cool old Chevy II, make a great cruiser for some one. 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍

That six number is common. It's a Fisher Body number. I have seen many with V8's and 4's with that six digit. A friend restored exactly the same car, with the 4 cylinder that had the digit for a six also. That four banger is used in boats too. Very common in Mercruiser powered smaller boats. They're extremely durable engines.

Like to see it back to original or just basic running without swap

My mom bought a 1962 chevy II 100 6 auto. I used the little car for years during high school . one day I got in it and forgot this car was a auto trans and went to shift it into 2end gear . and put it into park at about 15 mph. that park paw made a horable sound. But also had a lot of good times in that car. Your video gave me a lot of good memories . what are your plans with it? over. TZ

Would love to hear it run ❗️👌🇺🇸

Neat find! Hopefully it'll live on as is, but odds are slim there. So I noticed something on the trim tag, which is the low body#(1454). I'm thinking it's possible that the style # is mis-stamped. As you noticed it's an early car, built in late '61. Sometimes those mistakes still got through- that plant(or tag maker) may not have had their codes down yet. Not that it's worth chasing, but the only way to prove or disprove is via a build sheet, which I doubt would exist in that car given the mice factor. Being as the engine bay is so unmolested, I'd bet the tag just got stamped wrong. Hope it moves quickly for ya!

looks a lot like an Opel Rekord with a little Holden thrown in . interiors cook down here too .

..I love the countryside in your videos, as well as the cars!..still looks rural there...we used to be rural..technically still are, I guess, but getting too much like suburbs for me...this countryside looks like prime country for Tornado chasing, too..open country...do you get a lot of them here?..I always wanted to go Tornado chasing.. :)

One key for all locks and ignition

Hope it stays stock. Most everybody else would have had an LS in it already.

WOW " wot a gem. Good score 👍👍😃🇦🇺

Couple of things, it's a two door hard top not a post. Also if you have the ignition key that same key unlocks the trunk. I did see what I thought was a windshield washer button on the windshield wiper switch, that's an option. I have a mostly stock 1964 SS Nova with an L79 in it. They are really remarkable cars as mine has all the original starter, distributor, alternator, and voltage regulator. Best of luck with it...

there was three GM plants in Kansas City one in Kansas City Kansas at the Fairfax plant and one over Kansas City Missouri at the lease plant and they're the one in Lee's summit Missouri

Nice find

🤯🤯🤯🤯 I never knew that they could be had with a 4 cylinder!!

I’m 20 and my first car I got when 16 was a 63 Chevy two station wagon. It’s a plane Jane autumn gold with a fawn gold interior 100 trim model. But one of the things I can’t seem to figure out about the trim tag is that for selected options it has a “U”. After a lot of research i still can’t seem to figure out what “U” means. I’m thinking is short for utility 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

Pretty spiffy grille work, shows what just a little effort can accomplish. So I'm guessing when you talk about data plate confusion (03 vs 04) you know this car to be original as is and no engine swaps? Curious if it is yes. Gm was on a major backpedal with the corvair at the time realizing the rear engine wasn't going to compete with falcons and darts. 18 months was light speed in analog production days. Neat find

They do make mistakes on ID tags. I had a 69 Nova that had a 250 six. The cowl tag denoted a V8, but the VIN denoted a six.

The mid 60s vans also had the 4 as the base engine. Almost nobody ordered the 4.

I think it's worth restoring

Dam you need to put some timbers on your trailer mr good pliers

That old truck is definitely a '62. But I wonder if they replaced the fenders at some point. Those emblems look like '63 (?).

Can't call that engine the predecessor to the Vega etc. Totally different. This engine often used in boats and forklifts etc. I still have my 62 Chevy 2. 4 door 6 cylinder powerglide sitting on the farm. About the same shape as this one only a car wash took most of the grill out. Should try to sell it.

The Chevy II 4 cyl engine was used in a lot of boats & Hyster lift trucks up into the 1970's you might even find a propane set up from a lift truck that you could use on the car.

Rare 4 cylinder Chevy 2. 😎👍😎

Skaggs was a Ford dealership in Manhattan

Dear GP, 6/10/22 guy on FB in KS has a 62 300 4 door Honduras Maroon up for parts. Will not ship but he's in KS. Had all the side 300 moldings. Might have the hood hinges. What's one more?

Love this car. Is it going g to be for sale?. Love your videos. Thank you

Local fella stuffed a 454 in one of those to build a Pro Street rod. Had a uncle that drove a Nova ll to work 10 miles for several years. Iron Trap Garage just bought a warehouse full of GM sheetmetal 40's to 70's including some hoods. I would email Matt and see if he has fenders. Matt is in Boyertown ', PA. He prolly has parts to fix some of the other rusty junk you and Joe have.AL B.

It'd be fun to see a pressure wash vid.

I never knew that Chevrolet made a 4 cylinder engine for it's early Novas. Please excuse my ignorance.

Also had a Canadian version. And also a left hand drive version.

I was in high school when that car was made. I wanted a Chevy II 2-door so badly...but never got one.

Hay atleast the key is in it lol

I’ve got a 62 Chevy two that looks just like that but the one I have is baby blue and it’s got a six cylinder in it but it’s the same model everything

I think that is the first automatic 4 cyl one I've seen they were almost all 3 speed trans.

All of the 1962 1963 1964 chevy2's came with a 4 cylinder. And the convertibles are the only actual rare chevy2's only 7,000 of them made and not very many living today with the roofs not protecting the insides from the weather....

We would use a paint stick to fix the grills when I was a kid...

I noticed the extra antenna on the trunklid.....

That is a 300 model, one notch down from a Nova, aka 400.

We have a guy bring one to our Chevy Nova show everyear it's black all stock original

My dad has plenty of trim for Nova if you need

You ever come across any COE’s?

Many of those few Chevy II four bangers went into midget racers.

Now that you mentioned “re-caps” do they still even make those???