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[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by chris3racing

The thing is a 1965 Plymouth Max Wedge "is" a true Super Stock Car, as the factory built "Super Stock" cars. All descriptions of Super Stock cars are those cars not a car with all of the modifications you see acceptable today and still be a Super Stock car.

I am guessing that the 65 Plymouth driven by Bill Jenkins at the 65 Winter Nationals was incorrectly classed as S/SA or the cars driven by Ronnie Sox SS/B, Bud Faubel. Why would you want to criticize the man about his car if you did not know all about the car. There are at least four of these "true" max wedge, cross ram cars, 4 speed cars and one with the lightweight front fenders, at shows and on the street in the Raleigh, North Carolina area. Kind of funny isn't it to day people still don't want to accept the factory MOPAR cars as "Super Stock" cars.

The last "MAX WEDGE" was built sometime around the end of March1964. The 64 Hemi drag cars were "formally" anounced around March the 9th 1964 even though they ran a single 4 Hemi steel Hard Top car at Daytona in NASCAR in Febuary 1964. The 65 Ply and Dodge was never avaliable as a Max wedge in any body style. Only as a 426 STREET wedge or smaller combos. It was just an over grown 383 with one AFB. The class designations and wt breaks changed between 1965 and 1968. The 65 cars were the top of the mountian cars in 1965. Thus S/SA (not SS/A) like Jenkins (Black Arrow) drove or S/S with a stick....All were Hemis and 2 dr post cars. The 68 cars were also the top of the heap for 68. NHRA had a SS/A (not S/SA) class that was never contested. None of the manufactures ever made a car to fit the SS/A class in 1968 thus the Hemi 'Cudas and Darts ran SS/B and SS/BA for that year then went into SS/A for 1969 when the original 1968 SS/A class was dropped due to no participation.

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

The last "MAX WEDGE" was built sometime around the end of March1964. The 64 Hemi drag cars were "formally" anounced around March the 9th 1964 even though they ran a single 4 Hemi steel Hard Top car at Daytona in NASCAR in Febuary 1964. The 65 Ply and Dodge was never avaliable as a Max wedge in any body style. Only as a 426 STREET wedge or smaller combos. It was just an over grown 383 with one AFB. The class designations and wt breaks changed between 1965 and 1968. The 65 cars were the top of the mountian cars in 1965. Thus S/SA (not SS/A) like Jenkins (Black Arrow) drove or S/S with a stick....All were Hemis and 2 dr post cars. The 68 cars were also the top of the heap for 68. NHRA had a SS/A (not S/SA) class that was never contested. None of the manufactures ever made a car to fit the SS/A class in 1968 thus the Hemi 'Cudas and Darts ran SS/B and SS/BA for that year then went into SS/A for 1969 when the original 1968 SS/A class was dropped due to no participation.

Absolutly !

No Max Wedge were put in '65 cars, 426 street wedges rated at 365hp with a single 4bbl.

JimR

[TOM KASCH]

http://public.fotki.com/tk3300/redoing_our_1968_ss/

http://public.fotki.com/fwd3300/rebuilding-our-68-c/

Here is a link to our restored 68 Camaro. Ran ss/ha from 72 to 75 Winternationals.

I cann't say we are having as much fun going to car shows, but when your done racing it's better than setting home watching T.V.

[X-TECH MAN]

[QUOTE=TOM KASCH;

I cann't say we are having as much fun going to car shows, but when your done racing it's better than setting home watching T.V.[/QUOTE]

X's 2......Your Camaro looks really nice. Enjoy....quitting racing isnt the end of life as we know it.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by treessavoy

Absolutly !

No Max Wedge were put in '65 cars, 426 street wedges rated at 365hp with a single 4bbl.

JimR

How is your Max Wedge coming Jim? With the high cost of diesel and gas for towing maybe building a nice pump gas street combo would be the way to go. I do remember them being hard on gas though when new and only running 3.91 gears for the couple of guys who drove them on the street back in the day. But boy were they ever fast and could whip a 409 pretty easy.

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

How is your Max Wedge coming Jim? With the high cost of diesel and gas for towing maybe building a nice pump gas street combo would be the way to go. I do remember them being hard on gas though when new and only running 3.91 gears for the couple of guys who drove them on the street back in the day. But boy were they ever fast and could whip a 409 pretty easy.

Dvorak has the short block and I have all the parts except a driveshaft ready to go but a severe thunderstorm came through about 4 weeks ago and blew the roof and back wall off my garage and ruining a number of parts.

I do have a low compression 440 shortblock set aside for the day I can't go on with this madness any more.

I had the car on the street at one time, it got 4 to 6 mpg, idled at 30 mph and overheated a lot.

JimR

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by treessavoy

Dvorak has the short block and I have all the parts except a driveshaft ready to go but a severe thunderstorm came through about 4 weeks ago and blew the roof and back wall off my garage and ruining a number of parts.

I do have a low compression 440 shortblock set aside for the day I can't go on with this madness any more.

I had the car on the street at one time, it got 4 to 6 mpg, idled at 30 mph and overheated a lot.

JimR

Sorry to hear about the storm doing damage. Ouch on the gas milage....that remids me of my old 435 HP Vette at 4 1/2 MPG with a 4.88 gear. When you see Dan again please tell him I said hi.