1964 426-S 'Street-Wedge'

[SuperStockDodge]

Originally Posted by Chris Barnes

"the 64' Dodge won't win any 'beauty pageant awards"

Easy there, big fella! 1964 was a great year for Mopar "B" bodies...compared to 1963 they looked pretty good. The worst are the '62s--the Mr Potatohead of cars!

Chris Barnes
Wagons of Steel
Stock 6621

X2, I will hold back on my original reply...

[Hemi Moose]

I don't think the 64 Dodges were ugly, but this one comes pretty close.


http://moparmuscle.automotive.com/11...art/index.html

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

I don't think the 64 Dodges were ugly, but this one comes pretty close.


http://moparmuscle.automotive.com/11...art/index.html

It looks like a 1962 to me and 62's didnt have hood scoops. Notice this picture shows a hemi scoop and in the article that you can click on the same car has a Max Wedge hood scoop.

[Paul Ceasrine]

OK,,,,,,,,,,,,maybe not the 'bride',,,,,,,,,,how about the 'bridesmaid',,,
for the 1964 Dodge

Too bad Mopar didn't go forth with the proposed 1964 426 Street-Wedge/Power-Pak.
A high-lift solid camshaft (.480 lift, with 284* duaration), and an in-line/dual-carb aluminum medium-riser intake manifold with twin Carter 500 AFB's.
A 426-S/375 HP package.

Would have been a great 'sleeper' street-killer for 1964.
The car still would have been classed in A/S or A/SA back in
1964 and 1965.

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

I don't think the 64 Dodges were ugly, but this one comes pretty close.


http://moparmuscle.automotive.com/11...art/index.html

Aw come on, these cars are just like a bulldog..........they're so ugly, they're cute

JimR

[GRAPE]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

Both local cars to me when I lived in Md. Steel front end Pink Panther with a 415 HP Max Wedge and the Dodge with an alum front end and a 425 HP combo owned by Herb Freels. I certified the Pink Panthers engine for an IHRA record back in around 1971/72 at the Colonial Beech Va. points race when Sonny Freeman owned it. .
P.S. That looks like the pits at Aquasco Speedway in Southern Md. when the Dodge pix was taken.

When Tom Morota got the1964 Ply it was a Alum. nose car .Black with red int.Then he Painted it pink.He traded a 1963 max Wedge Convert. with a 383 for the 1964 car.

[Paul Ceasrine]

HM,

Those Dodge cars you posted, are 1962 Models,,,,,,

The 64' Model 440 cars with the 426-S (365HP Street-Wedge)
were better looking.
On the later NHRA classifications, the 64' Model 440 weighed in at
#3384 lbs. and had a class factor of 9.26 wt/hp.
1964 = A/S
1965 = A/S
1966 = B/S
1967 = A/S or SS/D
1968 = C/S or SS/E
1969 = D/S or SS/G (early in the season), then SS/H (later in the season)
1970 = E/S
1971 = E/S
1972 = SS/G

To be honestly fair, I never saw a Stock-classed 64' 426-S 365HP Street-Wedge
run any quicker than 13.20's.
And a Super Stock-classed car run quicker than 12.40's.

The better drag race car, was the 1964 Dodge Polara (convertible).
At #3519 lbs., it had a better weight factor at 9.64 wt/hp for classification.
It fell better into its weight class, one class up than the 2-Door Sedans


pc

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

HM,
Those Dodge cars you posted, are 1962 Models,,,,,,
The 64' Model 440 cars with the 426-S (365HP Street-Wedge)
were better looking.
pc

If you're referring to the photo's in posts #36 and #38, yes those are 1964 Dodge & Plymouth hardtops...the only photo I posted was of the Blair's Speed Shop which is a 1962 Dodge Dart.

[Paul Ceasrine]

How about this,,,

February 1966,,,,,,
C/SA record of,,,,, 13.04
Held by a 1964 Dodge Polara convertible, 426/365HP Street-Wedge

[67RogueX-code]

...just having fun reading through some of these old threads, and ran across this one...

Back in '64, my next door neighbor, having just gotten out of the Marines and getting a job for IBM, came home with his new Plymouth Fury convertible... MAX-WEDGE 4-speed... what a neat car!!! I remember thinking how "expensive" that engine cost... seems like it was about a third of the window-sticker price. To this day, that was the MOST OUTRAGIOUSLY SCAREY car I've ever ridden in!!!

It seems like I remember reading somewhere that there were only 3 or 4 of these built... Max-wedge, 4-speed convertibles... is that true?

I've always wondered what happened to that car... dark-blue, light-blue interior (bench-seat), white top... anyone ever hear of it? This was in Toledo Ohio.

...and... to the best of my knowledge, it NEVER went down a quarter-mile track... always street driven...