62 bowtie car--50-mile trip at 102 degrees

[Mike E.]

Took my 300 hp almond/fawn bowtie award car to a show today. Car has original factory-installed fan belt, radiator and heater hoses and clamps, radiator and cap, etc. Some stop and go, some 60 mph. Temp gauge never topped 190. Had the a/c on high (cowl vent wide open). Never missed a beat. GM built some of them well! (47k mile car)
It was just plain fun to drive, in spite of the 102 temp. That's why they built them.

[Tim S.]

Re: 62 bowtie car--50-mile trip at 102 degrees

Good for losing a couple of pounds. Good to see ya today Mike!

[Bruce B.]

Re: 62 bowtie car--50-mile trip at 102 degrees

Mike,

Driving is what Corvettes were made for.

Taking my Almond/red 62 to Goodguys in Columbus, Ohio on Friday, high 90s but what the heck.
Right around 200 miles round trip.

Glad to see your enjoying retirement.

Bruce B

[Mark D.]

Re: 62 bowtie car--50-mile trip at 102 degrees

Sounds like a blast, you guys!

8 yrs 10 months 9 days 3 hours 50 minutes and I'll be right there with y'all. Until then it's work, work, work, fly, fly, fly...

[Duke W.]

Re: 62 bowtie car--50-mile trip at 102 degrees

If all the OE-spec cooling system components are performing as designed, these old cars should not overheat. GM was pretty diligent about hot weather testing to ensure that engines would not overheat in severe conditions - stop and go driving in 100-plus degree temperatures.

What amazes me is the original radiator. Even with diligent coolant changes, the high silicate antifreeze products of the sixties through the nineties tended to from deposits in the radiator tubes, which eventually reduced heat transfer efficiency to unacceptable levels and led to hot running or boilover.

Congratulations!

Duke