A 1972 what??

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Browsing car related sites for cool cars, I found nothing less than a 1972 Chevrolet Veraneio, a genuine Brazilian made Chevy, in Maine!!!!

Now, how did she get there?

Looking at the pictures I noticed a recent Brazilian fire extinguisher, and the tiny VW specific fake whitewall on the tires. The tires are also recent, and also Brazilian made Pirelli Sempione in 7,10X15 size, bias ply. A tire Pirelli still makes for the classic car and truck market.

The model for sale in Maine is a Standard Veraneio, without power steering, or vinyl roof, or full wheel covers. On the ad, they say "possibly the best one" Nope, not even close to being the best one. Even the '73 Veraneio Deluxo I had was better, as almost all the paint was still factory. Only the top section of the front doors had being painted in the '80s as my dad had huge mirrors on her to haul a trailer. The paint changed color on the touched up places over the years, but the rest was all GM.

Sold her in 2005 to get a Galaxie. 

The stereo is not original, as it's a period correct accessory. Original equipment would be a Motorradio GM labeled AM/FM radio.

Here is the site:

 http://motorlandamerica.com/gtcd/chevrolet-veraneio/

Here is the one I had:

1973 Chevrolet veraneio by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

1973 Chevrolet veraneio by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

1973 Chevrolet veraneio by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

1973 Chevrolet veraneio by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

1973 Chevrolet veraneio by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

1973 Chevrolet veraneio by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

 

This one is for sale here. A little newer (1979) but in far better shape:

1979 Chevrolet Veraneio by hartogrob, on Flickr

1979 Chevrolet Veraneio by hartogrob, on Flickr

1979 Chevrolet Veraneio by hartogrob, on Flickr

1979 Chevrolet Veraneio by hartogrob, on Flickr

 

[cobraman]

Kind of strange but also kind of cool. The grill of one reminds me of an Opel and the grill of the other reminds me of a Ford pick up from the 70"s.

[ChrisBcritter]

I'd qualify that by saying "the best one in the U.S.A." And probably the only one.

So Tulio, what's the market for these like in Brazil? Would this sell for the equivalent of $30k where you are?

[Lovefordgalaxie]

I'd qualify that by saying "the best one in the U.S.A." And probably the only one.

So Tulio, what's the market for these like in Brazil? Would this sell for the equivalent of $30k where you are?

Not in the condition it is. The beige one I posted was up for sale for 78K Reais. That's 24K Dollars. And the beige one is unrestored original. The blue one on Maine was clearly "prepared" to look better than it is. The frame, shock absorbers, exhaust, were all poorly painted, as was the oil pan, that is not supposed to be black. 

It all depends on condition and on having being restored or not. 

For example, this '73 LTD Landau is fully restored and is for sale for 75.000 Reais:

http://www.brunelliveiculosantigos.com.br/veiculos/fordlandau1973branco

This one, a '75, that is even the same color, is for sale for 119.000 Reais. What the difference? This one is unrestored original, factory everything:

http://www.brunelliveiculosantigos.com.br/veiculos/fordltdbranconevasca

[THarrison351]

OMG, they're 292 Y-blocks!

[unclescott58]

Always interesting in seeing vehicles designed for markets outside of the United States. And not sold in the U.S.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

OMG, they're 292 Y-blocks!

Yes. From 1967 to 1969, they were 272s, and from 1970 and up, 292s. 

The cars started being made in 1966 as a 1967 model year, and as Ford was already manufacturing the 272 here since 1956, they decided to keep the car 100% domestic made, and changed the truck camshaft, by a car camshaft, changed the heads, the intake mafifold to work with the more modern Webber 444 two barrel (equivalent to a 1.08 Autolite 2100), and replaced the exhaust manifolds from the truck crossover setup, to the car setup. 

In 1976 Ford replaced the Y-Block by the 302 Windsor, and pissed lot's of Galaxie enthusiasts. My '82 Galaxie has the 302, and my '74 has the 292. Engine by engine, I like the Y-Block better. All stock, with a restrictive 2 barrel carburetor (due to the '73 oil crisis) it had 190 hp. On mine, I bored the engine 0.30 over, did some porting on the heads, replaced the factory cam with a Isky E-4, kicked the compression up using 1957 heads, added a four barrel intake from a '57 Fairlane (spread bore "B" intake) and installed a Autolite 4100 carburetor (1.12 venture, 600 cfm). Got 220 hp (dyno tested). This with the stock points ignition. I don't trust electronic conversions. 

[Bill J]

Cool, never heard of that one or ever seen one like it. Looks very old Rambler like to me.

[dartman]

The first chevrolet (red?),the grill looks like a scaled down late 60's chevy truck.The dash looks like the truck also and it even has the

large truck style peddles.