When everyone talks about old cars they always talk about how simple they looked or how great the carburetors were but nobody talks about the beautiful steering wheels and gauges.
I was lucky enough to get a ride in one like this when it was brand new. In 63, i was impressed and ended up working at Chrysler engineering in 68. Mopar baby.
I was lucky enough to rebuild 1 of these for a customer. He has a 440 6bbl Road Runner, a 340 6 pack T/A CHALLENGER, A 340 6 BBL AAR CUDA AND A 71 HEMI CHARGER I HAD WORKED ON THEM ALL AND ONE DAY HE TOWED ONE OF THESE IN AND ASKED ME IF I COULD/WOULD DO A BUILD FOR HIM. I told him i absolutely can but..... There are guys that probably are still around that have built them before if you want me to find one? He luckily said " no, i would like you to build it" He then said i trust you with my HEMI CAR so why not this one?? I was so freaking glad. I ended up building it back in 06 and he still brings it to the strip 5 or 6 times a year and every Sunday there is no snow or salt on the roads you can see him driving on Lake Shore Drive from the North to the Stevenson Express way, out to La Grange and back. About 55 miles every Sunday. Man i love seeing him pull in with it. I am also so glad i did a solid build!! Never been so happy but nervous when i started a car before and honestly.... Never been so excited when it fired right up. Except my first engine maybe. I was 14 yrs old and my grandfather took a 440 apart after a couple yrs of me helping him and listening and watching him and told me.... " BUILD IT" He said if it starts i have something for you. It started. That something?? I still have and im 53. It was his all original numbers matching RT/SE 1970 CHARGER 440 MAGNUM. I nearly had a stroke. We never got along good but compared to his 6 kids and other grandkids i was the only one that would stay near him. Glad i did, i became a mechanic( which i still am) got the RT , bought a 69 4406bbl Road Runner and rebuilt that and by 25years old had both cars in mint condition and opened a garage in Chicago. He may have been a jerk to us but he gave me the 2 things i love in life more than anything except my mom, gram and family ( wife 2 kids) he gave me the charger and my career. That also turned into 33 yrs of Racing mopar products!
*I am 71 Years old. Man this just tickles me! The cars we had to build and play with. Sadly, you $buy$ your power at the dealer, the days of DIY are all gone....*
In late 1962 & early 1963. I lived in Riverside, California on Benecia Drive. These was a Black 1963 Fury across the street. I knew very little about hot rods at 13 years old. I heard him start the car one day (open headers) and I walked across the street to see & hear this. I remember seeing the Orange intake manifold with two carburetors. It sounded good, and he let me sit in the drivers seat (motor not running or course) and I remember the push button automatic. I liked what I saw and heard, and have liked street machines (not muscle cars) ever since. Never owned one of these, but a few GTO's and even ran one of the Mickey Thompson Pontiac cross rams on a 1967 GTO. They were very similar to the Mopar cross ram. We had to modify the cross ram to fit the later Pontiac heads. I had a lot of fun in the 1960's through the early 1980's. I wish I knew who that was that had the 426 Max Wedge across the street that stated all my love for drag racing...
this engine was so damn good it impressed the hell outa many racers back in the day, not the least of which was the man himself: Big Daddy Don Garlits.
Definitely my kinda "MOPOP"! The 426 dual quad wedges would run with the best of them. Many thanks for sharing with us all. A well preserved beautiful classic muscle car if there ever was one!
LOL Don -- so we've got u to blame for some of those go-fast mopars of the day. Well God bless you. BTW I was bitten at a young age and have never been the same since. Keep the rubber down my friend.
I have owned several. But back in the mid to late 80’s. I bought a FENNER TUBBS ‘64 Dodge high compression aluminum front battery in trunk ROLLER in West Texas. It was painted black at the time. I was one of a few at the time who knew how to decode these cars. We got the car in the shop and took it apart. The perfect original upholstery was under black covers. And a broadcast sheet was found in the back seat. This car was a one year only 50th Anniversary Gold, white sweep, 440 HARD TOP - unusual, radio delete BUT had a heater, 13.5:1 426, aluminum front, battery in the trunk. The steering wheel was perfect. The car was restored to exact factory specs. It sold to FL well before it was done. If you know these cars, this one is an odd duck!!
Real nice car and a good presentation! I can't figure out why some folks call the GTO the first muscle car; I think that was just a marketing ploy......very wrong, there were SO many cars before the GTO that could smoke it.......the competition for horsepower started back in 55 with the Chrysler 300. That car actually started the ball rolling, as you notice that horsepower ratings and cubic inches increased quite drastically over time among the big three.
This very well might be the car that Mr Tubbs son, Tommy Tubbs raced back in the day. Tommy, Tonky Murphy (Lincoln/Mercury) and Pam Alderson (Alderson Cadillac) all had Fathers that owned car dealerships back in the day and we all went to Lubbock High School graduating in 1964, 1965 and 1966.
@westbender 820 It was a basic, simple brutal engine. That 13 1/2 compression ratio engine was really cool. Heck the "LOW" COMPRESSION ENGINE Was amazing as well. If you know how to tune a Race HEMI OR STREET HEMI IT WILL beat the 426 MW BUT........ its a big one too BUT.... You not only be able to tune the HEMI the right way which ones you learned its temperamental settings and parts you were good to go IF you did some things either before everyday you raced or weekend you ran. There were things like CHANGE THE DAMN PLUGS!!! I knew a couple guys with HEMI'S. And they would change plugs as often as a 318 would. Not a great idea if you want an awesome running HEMI. Then you want to always adjust the carbs. After awhile with that monster ENGINE and those Dual's you would adjust the carbs by ear very quick but it needed to be done alot. The timing was another key. You needed to do this and a couple more little things VERY OFTEN. If you did and got good at it... You most likely had a HEMI THAT WOULD NOT ONLY TAKE A BEATING BUT...... YOU WOULD ON THE STRIP 98% OF THE TIME IF YOU DID THISE THINGS AND KEPT IT UP. IN ANOTHER WORDS, DID'NT GET LAZY. 1 WEEK , GET IT DONE, THE NEXT 3 WEEKS SAY FORGET IT , LETS JUST RUN. THEN YOUR HEMI MAY HAVE A FEW "OFF" DAYS 😀😤 IF YOU TREATED HER RIGHT? THAT ENGINE WAS VERY HARD TO BEAT.
@@soxfunny98 I too was lucky enough to help out on a '62 Plymouth 413 Max Wedge and race it -- wasn't as pretty as this Dodge but sure was fast. AAAAAAhhhhh the memories. It sure is nice that the Brothers share their collection with us with Kevin hosting. Awesome!!!!
Mr. Oeste, Thank you for this cool video! Very cool car. Don't mistake this Max wedge intake manifold for the Cross Ram intakes...there was both a short and long ram version of the earlier Cross Rams/Sonoramics.
I like all cars,& I have had a lot of them , some really rare, a mustang fox owner now,but! I gotta say when u own an old mopar there is just something about them, u kinda go mopar, & I did for Quite a while. Much respect for them, great video keep'em coming thanks.
Trust me, there are "today" hot rodders who don't know what "cheater slicks" were. 🙂 I remember having to jack up the rear axle with a floor jack ... no jack stands were required back then 😬 ... and use the engine to rotate the rear tires while using a "cheese" grater to narrow the tread of tires that had several runs on them until they could pass the 7" maximum width "wet tire rolled across paper" test performed by NHRA Stocker Tech.
My dad use to take me and my brother and sister to school everyday in one exactly like the one in the video Black with red interior his also was a four speed he had the car until 1984 someone from Walter P Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills Michigan bought it needless to say we were never late for school
In 63 I had the Fury and in 64 I got the polara and both had the wedge head but the 64 came with a nice console and buckets, the 63 was black and red trim and the 64 was two tone blue and white. I traded that motor out for the hemi thinking it would go right in but it took me like forever to make mounts for the engine build a scatter shield over the flywheel. I crashed that one and I mean stuffed it in a bank and that ground didn't give but the engine was right beside me with the four speed busted all to heck.
Vintage Mopars like this projected a no-nonsense, even slightly sinister aura of speed without decoration that to purists represented the ultimate muscle car aesthetic. And Chrysler stuck to this spartan approach through the coming glory years, its ultimate expression of austere design and industry-beating performance being, IMO, the late-60s big-engined Road Runners. They were the anti-GTO Judge. As much as I love the purity of those cars, I think this ‘63 is just so bad-ass and almost unknown, that were I able to own a single classic Mopar, this would edge out the rest of them. It’s got to be the ultimate sleeper. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, and thanks to the curators of the collection you draw your weekly cars from for having such a discerning eye.
I'm a Mopar guy and to me the ultimate Mopar muscle car I would want to own is either one of these Max Wedge cars or a 66 Belvedere 1,the most basic model Plymouth offered that year, with the 426 Hemi, 4 speed, and 4.10 rear end. With plain steelies and dog dish caps. I also prefer sleepers to the later Mopars with bright colors, graphics, and spoilers. But I love all muscle cars from that era, even Ford and GM cars, specifically Pontiac.
Of all the cars in the collection, this is the one I would pick... but I have 5 cats, a master's degree and an empty bank account. Ahhhh. Just the font on the dials is incredible. I like how they go all original on these cars especially with the exhaust and not those horrible chrome exhaust extensions.
Lots of people did:) people almost expected it back then from what i was told. My grandfather was a mopar guy and my uncles and me i grew up in the 60s and 70s so luckily had great cars around me. Loved every.minute of it. Yes the cars are faster today and drive nicer. There was just something about those older mopars that were a blast to drive, race and build.
I honestly think the ‘49 Oldsmobile 88 was the first muscle car. You could get the 303 or the 324 rocket V8 in a small 2 door, 2 door convertible and the 4 door. I work at a Oldsmobile museum and we have a ‘53 olds 88 with the 303 and that thing will screech the tires.
I think it is the first. The 55 Chrysler 300 and Dodge D-500 were the first American cars to make 300 horsepower since Duesenberg in 1928. Some say the 49 Olds Rocket 88 is the first. They were really fast for their day but they only had 180 horsepower. Not really muscle car type numbers in my book. The early 50s Hudson Hornets were fast too until 1955 when the new Chrysler 300 started dominating NASCAR.
I almost got a used one for my 16th birthday. It had 2 nhra stickers on it. Probably would have got it but when I hit 2nd gear it pulled the front wheels off the ground and my dad refused to allow me to get it.
Using drum brakes front and rear had an advantage beyond saving money so they were used in some muscle cars even into the late 60s: The shoes don't rub on the drums when the brakes are not applied so they don't have any inherent drag like disc brakes do. It's worth a tenth or two in the quarter mile.
i raced a guy in a 63 max wedge back in 87 with my 454 camaRO 4 SPEED , he was beating me until he went sideways and hit a curb and rolled it, luckily he put a lap belt in the car ............he was hanging upside down, i stayed to help until i heard sirens
He smoked you didn't he? Lol, I loved watching the old wedge fury's and Belvideres smoke the 396 and 454 Chevelle's... Fastest stock automobile from that era
I had a '62 Michigan State Troopers car, I don't know what motor it came with someone took the original motor and put a 383 Magnum in it it was still fast, pure positive traction.
I was 16 then and i really started paying attention to horsepower and was there some horsepower going around. LOL 415 hp for the max wedge was a joke -- prob more like 515. Some goooooood times back then. Looking back tho it's a miracle most of us made it thru with such crap brakes and rubber behind so much power.
You should look up the 1962 Dart with a 413. Talk about early muscle cars... right there in the early 60s all of the automotive American manufacturers were getting pretty serious with big engines and dual carbs
Do The Brothers have any AFX Dodges that ran in the early '70's with an altered wheelbase? I remember seeing a couple of them at a drag strip as a young fella and seeing them lay down some very impressive times in the quarter mile. If I remember correctly, the Dodge Boys were pretty secretive about what was under the hood and i believe a lot of experimental research was done with these cars. If my memory serves me correctly, I got a peek under the hood of one of them and saw a wonderful cross-ram set-up with the four-barrels sitting clear in the back corners of the engine compartment. If anyone remembers/has info I'd sure like to hear about it as I am an old guy and my memory isn't so hot these days. The cars I am trying to recall were called "Factory Experimental", I believe. Any thoughts, Kevin? Keep the Faith, Tom
Thanks for the info. Now that I research my memory I did see one back about '64 on a strip in NE and the carbs were not in the back of the engine compartment (saw that on the street) but, rather had the short-ram set up like the one featured here. Fantastic weight-transfer and very loud.
mitym64 very true, I have a diecast model of the 409 Belair, I Believe the police used them as interceptors, but were originally made because of high demand from the public...
mitym64 Plenty of high performance 50s cars wore fuel injection, multiple carbs, or super charging. The early 60s cars were just an extension of the 50s cars. The 50s cars were just getting around to exploring hi performance technology being used in the 1930s.
My cousin and I were invited to ride along in my uncle's new 62 Chevy 409, 4spd bubble top. We wore no seatbelts, of course, and us two little boys bounced around in the back seat like pinballs as he ran through the gears. Monstrous torque.
Beautiful car, but is would have had full Sport Fury hub caps (which don't look as good as those small ones). Another interesting fact is that aluminum manifold with carbs weighs less than an empty cast iron single four manifold.
415 HP, please? I read article once that said they rebuilt a 426 hemi to factory specs and dynode it at 510 or 520, can't remember. these thing must have gotten a bare minimum of 450hp. As we now know they advertised these engines a lot lower than what they were actually pushing.
For 'factory claimes', how HP is measured now, and how it was measured then, is different. Now, you have all the accessories connected, then, you took the belts off the front of the motor before hitting the dyno.
Those slicks are definitely "wrinkle wall' based upon the footage of the sidewall. A lot of straight line traction there but I certainly would not want to do much cornering with them. That sidewall is very thin. Were they available in the early 60's?
The GTO is mentioned s first muscle car because it started the bid engine into a "mid size" car, but Chrysler downsized its full size care to close to mid size so you have a point if you say this max Wedge beats out the GTO.
the first true muscle car was from dodge in nineteen fifty five the d-500 the first true muscle car because the true definition of a muscle car is the biggest motor you can put in a intermediate body which the dodge d-500 was not the 49 caddy or anything in the sixty's like the g.t.o. mopar came out with intermediate body's with the biggest motor you could put in a car the max wedge cars starting in 62 with the 413 max wedge cars they ate chevy's and pontiacs and fords all day long at the tracks all over north america upping the anti with the 426 max wedge then the most wickedest and most revered motor on the planet came into existence the 426 hemi it was game over for everybody else mopar rules.
I would argue it was the Chrysler 300, which was in 55'. Biggest motor they made - 331 hemi - in the mid size chrysler. The D500 dodges would come out in 56' after the success the 300 had in racing.
no 55 d-500 is it if your a true nmopar man you know these things check it out there's a 55 d-500 the 57 c-300 was the ultimate beast with a 375 horse 392 hemi in the fifty's
Sorry, but you are wrong on both counts. There is no 55' D-500. It wasn't released until Dec. 22 1955 for the 1956 model year. There was also a hotter D-500-1 made for racing, but was rated at the same HP. The hottest 50's mopar is the 59' Chrysler 300E - 380hp 413 with dual 4 brls.
Nope. The Chrysler 300 was King of Daytona way before the '56 D 500 existed in '55. In '56 the 300 had the most powerful engine at 350HP - the D500 wasn't close. . 🚗
When everyone talks about old cars they always talk about how simple they looked or how great the carburetors were but nobody talks about the beautiful steering wheels and gauges.
I was lucky enough to get a ride in one like this when it was brand new. In 63, i was impressed and ended up working at Chrysler engineering in 68. Mopar baby.
I was lucky enough to rebuild 1 of these for a customer.
He has a 440 6bbl Road Runner, a 340 6 pack T/A CHALLENGER, A 340 6 BBL AAR CUDA AND A 71 HEMI CHARGER I HAD WORKED ON THEM ALL AND ONE DAY HE TOWED ONE OF THESE IN AND ASKED ME IF I COULD/WOULD DO A BUILD FOR HIM.
I told him i absolutely can but..... There are guys that probably are still around that have built them before if you want me to find one?
He luckily said " no, i would like you to build it" He then said i trust you with my HEMI CAR so why not this one??
I was so freaking glad.
I ended up building it back in 06 and he still brings it to the strip 5 or 6 times a year and every Sunday there is no snow or salt on the roads you can see him driving on Lake Shore Drive from the North to the Stevenson Express way, out to La Grange and back.
About 55 miles every Sunday.
Man i love seeing him pull in with it.
I am also so glad i did a solid build!!
Never been so happy but nervous when i started a car before and honestly.... Never been so excited when it fired right up.
Except my first engine maybe. I was 14 yrs old and my grandfather took a 440 apart after a couple yrs of me helping him and listening and watching him and told me.... " BUILD IT"
He said if it starts i have something for you.
It started.
That something?? I still have and im 53.
It was his all original numbers matching RT/SE 1970 CHARGER 440 MAGNUM.
I nearly had a stroke.
We never got along good but compared to his 6 kids and other grandkids i was the only one that would stay near him.
Glad i did, i became a mechanic( which i still am) got the RT , bought a 69 4406bbl Road Runner and rebuilt that and by 25years old had both cars in mint condition and opened a garage in Chicago.
He may have been a jerk to us but he gave me the 2 things i love in life more than anything except my mom, gram and family ( wife 2 kids) he gave me the charger and my career.
That also turned into 33 yrs of Racing mopar products!
Nice story.
@@albertlehmann2758
Thank You.
Its my life
Ofcourse its only the good stuff but its all i think about and it makes everything better.
Outstanding & well done!
*I am 71 Years old. Man this just tickles me! The cars we had to build and play with. Sadly, you $buy$ your power at the dealer, the days of DIY are all gone....*
In late 1962 & early 1963. I lived in Riverside, California on Benecia Drive. These was a Black 1963 Fury across the street. I knew very little about hot rods at 13 years old. I heard him start the car one day (open headers) and I walked across the street to see & hear this. I remember seeing the Orange intake manifold with two carburetors. It sounded good, and he let me sit in the drivers seat (motor not running or course) and I remember the push button automatic. I liked what I saw and heard, and have liked street machines (not muscle cars) ever since. Never owned one of these, but a few GTO's and even ran one of the Mickey Thompson Pontiac cross rams on a 1967 GTO. They were very similar to the Mopar cross ram. We had to modify the cross ram to fit the later Pontiac heads. I had a lot of fun in the 1960's through the early 1980's. I wish I knew who that was that had the 426 Max Wedge across the street that stated all my love for drag racing...
Very nice come back after the shrunk down 1962 models. The '63 and '64 are my favorites.
this engine was so damn good it impressed the hell outa many racers back in the day, not the least of which was the man himself: Big Daddy Don Garlits.
Garlits used the HEMI, not the Max Wedge.
I believe Dodge also put the Max Wedge in the 330 in '63, Beautiful car...
Never saw these till recently, born in 66, what a car! Got to love a sleeper!
Definitely my kinda "MOPOP"! The 426 dual quad wedges would run with the best of them. Many thanks for sharing with us all. A well preserved beautiful classic muscle car if there ever was one!
with them ,my ass ,they ran over them !!!!!
They ran past the rest of them .what a bad ass car
It's a sport fury, that was the top model! Basic model was a savoy 2 door sedan, now those were basic!
This is in my memory. I got a ride in one like this when it was new. Funny I ended up working at Chrysler performance engineering.
LOL Don -- so we've got u to blame for some of those go-fast mopars of the day. Well God bless you. BTW I was bitten at a young age and have never been the same since. Keep the rubber down my friend.
the Hellcat of it's time
Damn right man
I’d take this over any hellcat
Yes
More like a Scat Pack
The original muscle car !!! Not the gto
I have owned several. But back in the mid to late 80’s. I bought a FENNER TUBBS ‘64 Dodge high compression aluminum front battery in trunk ROLLER in West Texas. It was painted black at the time. I was one of a few at the time who knew how to decode these cars. We got the car in the shop and took it apart. The perfect original upholstery was under black covers. And a broadcast sheet was found in the back seat. This car was a one year only 50th Anniversary Gold, white sweep, 440 HARD TOP - unusual, radio delete BUT had a heater, 13.5:1 426, aluminum front, battery in the trunk. The steering wheel was perfect. The car was restored to exact factory specs. It sold to FL well before it was done. If you know these cars, this one is an odd duck!!
Absolutely beautiful car!!!
Real nice car and a good presentation! I can't figure out why some folks call the GTO the first muscle car; I think that was just a marketing ploy......very wrong, there were SO many cars before the GTO that could smoke it.......the competition for horsepower started back in 55 with the Chrysler 300. That car actually started the ball rolling, as you notice that horsepower ratings and cubic inches increased quite drastically over time among the big three.
Love it I'd take it over a GTO any day
Sometimes my favorite muscle cars are the ones that don't look like muscle cars.
Chuck Norris exactly , nothing more fun than sleeper
@@deborahchesser7375 Yep.
This very well might be the car that Mr Tubbs son, Tommy Tubbs raced back in the day. Tommy, Tonky Murphy (Lincoln/Mercury) and Pam Alderson (Alderson Cadillac) all had Fathers that owned car dealerships back in the day and we all went to Lubbock High School graduating in 1964, 1965 and 1966.
man did you hear the specs on that engine.... now that's badass.
They were amazing. They are awesome to build and a. Dream to drive
Wish i owned one. Just lucky enough to build the engine in one and make good money for doing one of the highlights of my life.
@westbender 820
It was a basic, simple brutal engine.
That 13 1/2 compression ratio engine was really cool. Heck the "LOW" COMPRESSION ENGINE Was amazing as well.
If you know how to tune a Race HEMI OR STREET HEMI IT WILL beat the 426 MW BUT........ its a big one too BUT.... You not only be able to tune the HEMI the right way which ones you learned its temperamental settings and parts you were good to go IF you did some things either before everyday you raced or weekend you ran.
There were things like CHANGE THE DAMN PLUGS!!! I knew a couple guys with HEMI'S. And they would change plugs as often as a 318 would. Not a great idea if you want an awesome running HEMI.
Then you want to always adjust the carbs. After awhile with that monster ENGINE and those Dual's you would adjust the carbs by ear very quick but it needed to be done alot.
The timing was another key.
You needed to do this and a couple more little things VERY OFTEN. If you did and got good at it... You most likely had a HEMI THAT WOULD NOT ONLY TAKE A BEATING BUT...... YOU WOULD ON THE STRIP 98% OF THE TIME IF YOU DID THISE THINGS AND KEPT IT UP. IN ANOTHER WORDS, DID'NT GET LAZY. 1 WEEK , GET IT DONE, THE NEXT 3 WEEKS SAY FORGET IT , LETS JUST RUN. THEN YOUR HEMI MAY HAVE A FEW "OFF" DAYS 😀😤
IF YOU TREATED HER RIGHT? THAT ENGINE WAS VERY HARD TO BEAT.
@@soxfunny98 I too was lucky enough to help out on a '62 Plymouth 413 Max Wedge and race it -- wasn't as pretty as this Dodge but sure was fast. AAAAAAhhhhh the memories. It sure is nice that the Brothers share their collection with us with Kevin hosting. Awesome!!!!
@@colin6769 this is a 63 Sport Fury. PLYMOUTH.. it's not a dodge.
The black body sure contrasts awesome with the blue smoke.
I had the 361 V8 Commando engine in my '63 Fury, it was awesome !
Mr. Oeste, Thank you for this cool video! Very cool car.
Don't mistake this Max wedge intake manifold for the Cross Ram intakes...there was both a short and long ram version of the earlier Cross Rams/Sonoramics.
The Brothers own everything.
Everything I would like to have for sure.
Awesome Mopar from 1963 :)
I like all cars,& I have had a lot of them , some really rare, a mustang fox owner now,but! I gotta say when u own an old mopar there is just something about them, u kinda go mopar, & I did for Quite a while. Much respect for them, great video keep'em coming thanks.
Got to get me one of these full size Plymouths!
Awesome car and thanks for uploading, what a treat to watch.
A lot of cars are all show and no go, this Plymouth Sport Fury defines a Q car! stunning.
Can't picture one of these in my mind without a pair of cheater slicks on them. Nice video. Great era for cars.
Trust me, there are "today" hot rodders who don't know what "cheater slicks" were. 🙂
I remember having to jack up the rear axle with a floor jack ... no jack stands were required back then 😬 ... and use the engine to rotate the rear tires while using a "cheese" grater to narrow the tread of tires that had several runs on them until they could pass the 7" maximum width "wet tire rolled across paper" test performed by NHRA Stocker Tech.
Bought one brand new from Milne Bros in Pasadena, Black/red/ push button auto, God damn it was fun
Excellent! My pick for the first muscle car is the Chrysler 300D
actually it was 1955 C300
My dad use to take me and my brother and sister to school everyday in one exactly like the one in the video Black with red interior his also was a four speed he had the car until 1984 someone from Walter P Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills Michigan bought it needless to say we were never late for school
In 63 I had the Fury and in 64 I got the polara and both had the wedge head but the 64 came with a nice console and buckets, the 63 was black and red trim and the 64 was two tone blue and white. I traded that motor out for the hemi thinking it would go right in but it took me like forever to make mounts for the engine build a scatter shield over the flywheel. I crashed that one and I mean stuffed it in a bank and that ground didn't give but the engine was right beside me with the four speed busted all to heck.
Love the skinny 75 series bias play tires they put on the early muscle cars...talk about Smoke!
Vintage Mopars like this projected a no-nonsense, even slightly sinister aura of speed without decoration that to purists represented the ultimate muscle car aesthetic. And Chrysler stuck to this spartan approach through the coming glory years, its ultimate expression of austere design and industry-beating performance being, IMO, the late-60s big-engined Road Runners. They were the anti-GTO Judge.
As much as I love the purity of those cars, I think this ‘63 is just so bad-ass and almost unknown, that were I able to own a single classic Mopar, this would edge out the rest of them. It’s got to be the ultimate sleeper. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, and thanks to the curators of the collection you draw your weekly cars from for having such a discerning eye.
I'm a Mopar guy and to me the ultimate Mopar muscle car I would want to own is either one of these Max Wedge cars or a 66 Belvedere 1,the most basic model Plymouth offered that year, with the 426 Hemi, 4 speed, and 4.10 rear end. With plain steelies and dog dish caps. I also prefer sleepers to the later Mopars with bright colors, graphics, and spoilers. But I love all muscle cars from that era, even Ford and GM cars, specifically Pontiac.
So basic and so "brutal" at the same time. :)
Just the kind of car I like.
I want my time machine so I can go buy one of these and just cruise and maybe get into a stop light challenge or two......
I sure looks like a nice car just cruise in. Also to surprise some people with.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! ONE OF MY FAVORITES!!!
Of all the cars in the collection, this is the one I would pick... but I have 5 cats, a master's degree and an empty bank account. Ahhhh. Just the font on the dials is incredible. I like how they go all original on these cars especially with the exhaust and not those horrible chrome exhaust extensions.
My dad bought a 67 charger from a guy that owned 63 max wedge 426 fury, he said "ill never sell it ".....
"Plymouth on the move" was the sloagan of the NEW way.
ok I'm sold..
The rock Band KISS came up with their name whilst driving around in Paul Stanley's 1963 Fury!
There is no debate this is a muscle car!!
Love the 60s B body Mopars.👍👍 Had several back in the 80s and 90s
That sounds like the first muscle car to me. I like it.
This IS the original muscle car!!!!! Period!!!!
I Love this Car. One of the Sweetest 63 I've seen. Ever I would Love To have that. Car. YA"
loved growing up in Chicago. two blocks to my east was was Mr. Norms dodge, and three blocks west was Nikki chevrolet
That brochure is priceless. Awesome car
A friend campaigned this exact model to a NHRA National Championship.
My buddy had 69 roadrunner 440 with that crossram intake.
Bad ass-
Can't believe he never mentioned the factory special exhaust street and strip
I believe adding Willwood vented discs brakes would do just fine.
The best muscle car ever made
One of my favorite cars.
Dodge and Plymouth were made by Chrysler but not the same car. The hottest car was a dodge named “Color Me Gone”.
That was Roger Lindamood's car.
My 62 Triumph Bonneville and I got our ass whupped by one of these exact cars in 1964.
Lots of people did:) people almost expected it back then from what i was told.
My grandfather was a mopar guy and my uncles and me i grew up in the 60s and 70s so luckily had great cars around me.
Loved every.minute of it.
Yes the cars are faster today and drive nicer. There was just something about those older mopars that were a blast to drive, race and build.
I never understood the '64 gto claim either.
I honestly think the ‘49 Oldsmobile 88 was the first muscle car. You could get the 303 or the 324 rocket V8 in a small 2 door, 2 door convertible and the 4 door. I work at a Oldsmobile museum and we have a ‘53 olds 88 with the 303 and that thing will screech the tires.
1955 Chrysler 300 was the first production car with 300 horsepower hence the name
@@michaelwallbrown3726 the Oldsmobile V8’s don’t have 300 hp but I think it’s around 200 or 210
gorgeous car! I would love to have it!
you wont see any turbos or superchargers in these classic musclecars
I still like the Max Wedge better than the Hemi. Beautiful car!!
1 word = WOW!
Some folks say the 55 chrysler 300 is the 1st muscle car... hemi why not
I think it is the first. The 55 Chrysler 300 and Dodge D-500 were the first American cars to make 300 horsepower since Duesenberg in 1928. Some say the 49 Olds Rocket 88 is the first. They were really fast for their day but they only had 180 horsepower. Not really muscle car type numbers in my book. The early 50s Hudson Hornets were fast too until 1955 when the new Chrysler 300 started dominating NASCAR.
I almost got a used one for my 16th birthday. It had 2 nhra stickers on it. Probably would have got it but when I hit 2nd gear it pulled the front wheels off the ground and my dad refused to allow me to get it.
I had the same color but mine was a Torqueflite AND....had a radio and a heater from the factory with complete docs.
A very cool looking engine!
Specifications
Following are the specifications for 1962 to 1964 Max Wedge engines:
Dodge Plymouth
1962 "Ramcharger 413"
413 cubic inches
410 horsepower (11.0:1 compression) or 420 horsepower (13.5:1 compression)
"Super Stock 413"
413 cubic inches
410 horsepower (11.0:1 compression) or 420 horsepower (13.5:1 compression)
1963 "Ramcharger 426" and "Ramcharger 426 II"
426 cubic inches
415 horsepower (11.0:1 compression) or 425 horsepower (13.5:1 compression)
"Super Stock 426" and "Super Stock 426 II"
426 cubic inches
415 horsepower (11.0:1 compression) or 425 horsepower (13.5:1 compression)
1964 "Ramcharger 426 III"
426 cubic inches
415 horsepower (11.0:1 compression) or 425 horsepower (12.5:1 compression)
"Super Stock 426 III"
426 cubic inches
415 horsepower (11.0:1 compression) or 425 horsepower (12.5:1 compression)
Using drum brakes front and rear had an advantage beyond saving money so they were used in some muscle cars even into the late 60s: The shoes don't rub on the drums when the brakes are not applied so they don't have any inherent drag like disc brakes do. It's worth a tenth or two in the quarter mile.
i raced a guy in a 63 max wedge back in 87 with my 454 camaRO 4 SPEED , he was beating me until he went sideways and hit a curb and rolled it, luckily he put a lap belt in the car ............he was hanging upside down, i stayed to help until i heard sirens
He smoked you didn't he?
Lol, I loved watching the old wedge fury's and Belvideres smoke the 396 and 454 Chevelle's...
Fastest stock automobile from that era
I want that car!!!
I had a '62 Michigan State Troopers car, I don't know what motor it came with someone took the original motor and put a 383 Magnum in it it was still fast, pure positive traction.
man this bitch roars....I love it.
I was 16 then and i really started paying attention to horsepower and was there some horsepower going around. LOL 415 hp for the max wedge was a joke -- prob more like 515. Some goooooood times back then. Looking back tho it's a miracle most of us made it thru with such crap brakes and rubber behind so much power.
You should look up the 1962 Dart with a 413. Talk about early muscle cars... right there in the early 60s all of the automotive American manufacturers were getting pretty serious with big engines and dual carbs
Do The Brothers have any AFX Dodges that ran in the early '70's with an altered wheelbase? I remember seeing a couple of them at a drag strip as a young fella and seeing them lay down some very impressive times in the quarter mile. If I remember correctly, the Dodge Boys were pretty secretive about what was under the hood and i believe a lot of experimental research was done with these cars. If my memory serves me correctly, I got a peek under the hood of one of them and saw a wonderful cross-ram set-up with the four-barrels sitting clear in the back corners of the engine compartment. If anyone remembers/has info I'd sure like to hear about it as I am an old guy and my memory isn't so hot these days. The cars I am trying to recall were called "Factory Experimental", I believe. Any thoughts, Kevin? Keep the Faith, Tom
Mopar Started the altered wheelbase cars in 1965.
Thanks for the info. Now that I research my memory I did see one back about '64 on a strip in NE and the carbs were not in the back of the engine compartment (saw that on the street) but, rather had the short-ram set up like the one featured here. Fantastic weight-transfer and very loud.
So bad ASS, with all those goodies you'd think it would run harder. I know they didn't have tires back then, the power seems underrated also.
i always thought the 62 409/409 belair deserved to be the first musclecar but any early 60`s car was magnificent!
mitym64 very true, I have a diecast model of the 409 Belair, I Believe the police used them as interceptors, but were originally made because of high demand from the public...
mitym64
Plenty of high performance 50s cars wore fuel injection, multiple carbs, or super charging. The early 60s cars were just an extension of the 50s cars. The 50s cars were just getting around to exploring hi performance technology being used in the 1930s.
The 55 Chrysler C300 was truly the first muscle car
My cousin and I were invited to ride along in my uncle's new 62 Chevy 409, 4spd bubble top. We wore no seatbelts, of course, and us two little boys bounced around in the back seat like pinballs as he ran through the gears. Monstrous torque.
Parked inside of her rickety garage, is a brand new, shining (Black) Super Stock Dodge....the Terror of Colorado Boulevard
Best looking car ever built
Love these videos, Kevin
Beautiful vehicle.
the first car i ever got a ride in was this very car right after i was born
Beautiful car, but is would have had full Sport Fury hub caps (which don't look as good as those small ones). Another interesting fact is that aluminum manifold with carbs weighs less than an empty cast iron single four manifold.
Is this the 11 to 1 or the 13.5 to 1 version?
Could be high compression 13.5 to1 motor run on pump gas ? What what is the minimum octane rating needed for this compression at the time ?
Back then, 100 octane leaded gas was available, and much different from today's fuels for sure!
It would look good with 6 additional inches of tire width in the rear.
415 HP, please? I read article once that said they rebuilt a 426 hemi to factory specs and dynode it at 510 or 520, can't remember. these thing must have gotten a bare minimum of 450hp. As we now know they advertised these engines a lot lower than what they were actually pushing.
For 'factory claimes', how HP is measured now, and how it was measured then, is different.
Now, you have all the accessories connected, then, you took the belts off the front of the motor before hitting the dyno.
What accessories.
They weren't over rated lke 327 corvette motors!
Bad to the bone
Another muscle car back in the day was the 1962 409c.i. 409h.p. Impala .
Those slicks are definitely "wrinkle wall' based upon the footage of the sidewall. A lot of straight line traction there but I certainly would not want to do much cornering with them. That sidewall is very thin. Were they available in the early 60's?
Beautiful car, should have green caps on the battery.
Ohhhhhhhhhhh, that is nice.
The GTO is mentioned s first muscle car because it started the bid engine into a "mid size" car, but Chrysler downsized its full size care to close to mid size so you have a point if you say this max Wedge beats out the GTO.
pontiac 1963 lemans 421 super duty, and 1962 421 super duty catalina, but that was more of a full size
Consider engine changes from 1954 to 1963. Brave new world.
the first true muscle car was from dodge in nineteen fifty five the d-500 the first true muscle car because the true definition of a muscle car is the biggest motor you can put in a intermediate body which the dodge d-500 was not the 49 caddy or anything in the sixty's like the g.t.o. mopar came out with intermediate body's with the biggest motor you could put in a car the max wedge cars starting in 62 with the 413 max wedge cars they ate chevy's and pontiacs and fords all day long at the tracks all over north america upping the anti with the 426 max wedge then the most wickedest and most revered motor on the planet came into existence the 426 hemi it was game over for everybody else mopar rules.
I would argue it was the Chrysler 300, which was in 55'. Biggest motor they made - 331 hemi - in the mid size chrysler. The D500 dodges would come out in 56' after the success the 300 had in racing.
no 55 d-500 is it if your a true nmopar man you know these things check it out there's a 55 d-500 the 57 c-300 was the ultimate beast with a 375 horse 392 hemi in the fifty's
Sorry, but you are wrong on both counts. There is no 55' D-500. It wasn't released until Dec. 22 1955 for the 1956 model year. There was also a hotter D-500-1 made for racing, but was rated at the same HP. The hottest 50's mopar is the 59' Chrysler 300E - 380hp 413 with dual 4 brls.
Nope. The Chrysler 300 was King of Daytona way before the '56 D 500 existed in '55. In '56 the 300 had the most powerful engine at 350HP - the D500 wasn't close. . 🚗
Darren - a '56 Plymouth Fury had more horsepower than a D500. Research.
I had a 64 sport fury 383 four barrel 4 speed. It would fly.
Look like the 1/38 slots car I had as kig growing up