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Originally Posted by HEMIDARTDAVE
I think you could only get an aluminum clip on a 2 dr sedan or 2 dr hardtop from the factory, but I'm sure some racers changed to the lighter front end. One of the 63 Polara 500 max convertibles supposedly got an aluminum nose installed 2 weeks after it was bought new. It had no trouble winning street races in Yonkers, and was dubbed " King of the hill" .
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Dave,
In 1963 the NHRA put pressure on Mother Mopar because not enough aluminum cars were built, so the owners of an unknown number of '63 Max Wedge cars were sent complete aluminum front ends whether they asked for them or not. The object was to get enough of them out there to satisfy the NHRA.
JimR