In 1964 Dodge and Plymouth made 100 of these each. They were made to do one thing......Drag Race.
Previous to 1964 they did have the 426 but it was the Max Wedge. In 1964 it was the 426 race and street Hemi.
I give you the baddest Boy on the block.....the lightweight!
You'll notice only one windshield wiper,no radio, heater etc. One badazz quarter miler. They rooled!
Some went so far as to acid dip the chassis and body to shed weight.
I've owned hypo MOPARS since the mid 60s'.....65Fury IIIs (383 335hp 4speed, 69 roadrunner 383 also, and a 70 Coronet with a 440)
Nutin' could touch a 440 for low end grunt...even a Hemi. Hemis were difficult, they'd flood etc. and be a pain in the arse unless ya
had a great crew to keep'em happy, and MOPAR did. Race Hemis came with dual quads on a crossram intake. Streeters came with dual
quads also but with a conventional dual quad intake. Unless you were licensed and sponsored you couldn't purchase a race Hemi.
I'm thinkin' "Color me Gone" painted on the side of this bad boy in the picture. (You Old MOPAR guys will remember that name)
This would be my dream project.
