Reader's Rides
1962 METEOR'S
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1962 Meteor Custom 2 door Sedan
Owned by: Andrew
San Jose, California, USA
Andrew got this car for $500. It has 130,000 miles on the 260 V8 and 2 speed auto transmission. View his 5.0 engine swap project on the 5.0 engine swap page, its currently in progress.
1962 Meteor Custom 4 Door Sedan
Owned by: Scott Bailey
Belfair, WA, USA
The car is powered by the original 221 V8 with a 4bbl carb, intake and a hotter cam. The trans is a 1968 C4 3 speed automatic. The paint and interior are original and showing fairly well. Scott uses this car as a daily driver and has plans to restore the parts that need it.
1962 Meteor S-33
Owned By: Angel Mendoza
California, USA
The car was acquired as a daily driver that will be restored to original condition - one day. It is powered by a 260 V8 and is fully optioned.
1962 Meteor Custom 2dr sedan
Owned by: Daniel Hirsty
Southern CA, USA
1962 Meteor Custom S-33
Owned by: Daniel Hirsty
Southern CA, USA
1962 Meteor Custom S-33
Owned by: Dan Carstens
Old Saybrook, CT, USA
Dan just bought this car so there will be more info to come.
1962 S-33 2 Door Sedan
Owned By: Eric Floan
Norco, California, USA
The car has no interior. The body is primer gray but has all chrome trim intact. The engine and trans have been swapped out for a 302 and C4 out of an early '80s mustang. Plans include to upgrade the motor's performance. Give the body a two-tone paint job with Copperhead Orange (House of Color) for the body and a white roof. The interior will go black and white.
1962 Meteor Custom 4 door sedan
Owned by : Arnold Dechene
Reno, Nevada
This car is shared by Arnold and his wife. Someone tried to steal it recently while they were at the movies!!! They broke the ignition by breaking a screw drive off in the switch.
1962 Meteor S-33
Owned by : Marc Pellicano
Clearwater, Florida
This car is an older restoration, all original except for fender skirts. The trunk, floor and frame are very solid. The interior has been redone. The exterior will have to been done in the next year or so. He intends to improve the car over the next few months, with the trunk, upper chrome pieces, upper body work being refurbished, as well as painting the top areas of the car. The engine compartment is all original (221 V-8). The car has manual steering, manual brakes, and a two-speed automatic transmission. It is registered as an 'antique' in Florida, and will see limited use as a Sunday driver. He bought it from Philadelphia in January of 2005.
1962 Custom 2 door sedan
Owned by : Jim & Jodi Snyder
Rosamond, CA.
The car has the original engine with 180,000 miles showing on the odometer.
The engine was rebuilt at 155,000 miles.
1962 Meteor Custom 2dr Sedan
Owned by : Rich Romano
Staten Island, NY
Rich purchased his meteor in September 2004. From the information he could get, he believe's he's the 4th owner. The car is the original paint, with 78,000 miles. It has the original 260-V8, but was modified with a 4-barrel Edelbrock carburetor. The previous owner chromed a good portion of the engine compartment as you can see from the pictures. The car is a definite head turner at the few shows he's attended. The great thing with this purchase was that the owner gave him duplicate parts from another meteor which included a complete set of every chrome part on the car including grill, taillights, light housings, side and body mouldings. He also has an air conditioning unit from the other car, which if all goes well he'll install by July. He's just enjoying the hell out of it.
1962 4 Door Sedan
Owned by : Tom and Sandra McGee
Ontario, New York
Our car was purchased in the late 70's at a GARAGE SALE. We drove it for about a couple of months (no winters). While it was parked in the driveway, a stone went through the back window, by our son (mowing the lawn). Vehicle sat in the garage until 2004 (15yrs). We hauled it out of the garage and within 5 minutes, had it RUNNING AGAIN!!!!!! Can you believe it??? Our long lost love has returned. It is all original, repainted through the local technical high school using the original paint and color. It drives like a charm, got quite a bit of notice at a local Cruise In. It has 58,600 original miles. Interior excellent. This car is solid as a rock and we love it!
1962 Meteor Custom 2dr Sedan
Owned by : Don and Deb
St-Louis, Missouri
Don bought the car May of 2000 for a song. The interior was trashed, the body, frame, and floor boards in good shape. The car is now black, interior is now 2 tone expresso brown and and tan simulated leather designed by his wife Deb to match the original dashboard. which was mint. It is powered by a 289/C4 combo with 2x4 induction and a 150 shot of nitrous.
1962 Meteor Custom 4dr Sedan
Owned by : Bill Robinson
USA
It's got the original 221V8. Its the original dark metallic blue that's been recently re-done with a new white vinyl top and white headliner. I bought it about 3 weeks ago as my first project car. Its 100% except for the right side hood spring. In the future I'm planning on putting in a 302 with a 347 stroker kit.
1962 Meteor 2 door sedan
Owned by : Harry Greene
Texas, USA
I bought the car sight unseen on ebay from a guy in Oregon. The car was rough- very rough but 100% complete. On or around March 1st, 2007 a 100% ground up restoration to the original condition will be completed (it's taken 2 Years ). The only change made was to add dual exhaust with Magna Flow mufflers. Sounds sweet.....