Back in 1965 I was looking to build me a '55-'56 Chev. to run in modified production (NHRA). I asked a friend if he new anyone with a 327 Chev. for sale and he replied "why don't you buy my Rammy?" Rammy meaning Ramcharger 426 max wedge. Turns out that he wanted $350 for a 415 HP max wedge 426 WITH the torqueflite! How could I say no to that?. I installed it into a '55 Chev. and as the saying goes the rest is history. I bracket raced a '63 Max Wedge Plymouth in the 70's and built a bracket race '67 Cuda (440) in 1974. Quit racing in 1980 but re-emerged in '93 when I built the 'Cuda into a tube chassis Super Street racer. I now run an '88 T-Bird with a 511 B-1 in Super Gas.
Ken Bowers

..back in '68 through'70 it seemed the car to beat was usually a 340 A body.
..still maybe the best all around retro combo.

The movie Vanishing Point, saw it when it came out, I was 12-13 years old.That's why I'm here today.
Have never raced a door car but have raced a blown hemi!!

The first drag race I ever saw was in April, 1965, at old Pittsburgh International Dragway. My dad had always drove Chryslers, so that was the direction I was pulled in.

Anyway, it was a NASCAR drag division track then, and the NASCAR "Ultra Stock" circuit was in town. There was Bud Faubel, Al Joniec, Bill Lawton, etc., but the winner was Melvin Yow with the Big #1 65 Hemi Dodge S/US-2 from NC. He was also the NASCAR champ that year. Anyway, I fell in love with that car and promised myself that one day I would race one like it.

So, I bought my 65 in March 1969, and have been racing the car I was inspired by since then...

Easy answer....

I like the look of the 70' Cuda' and 70' Dart.

Had every mopar muscle car brochure out there from the mid 60's thru the early 70's......go figure my first new car would be a 70 Hemi Cuda & race car a 72 Challenger

Rickster

Max wedge cars are some of the coolest cars ever built. I always wanted one just never happened. I also like but have never owned the 69 A12 cars. I have mostly owned 340 Darts and Barracudas. I did build a 71 440 Challenger street driven and raced high 11s on pump gas. I now have a 340s fastback Barracuda runs 12:50s street car and a 71 340 Duster runs 11:70s. If I get a chance and can afford it I would like to turn my Barracuda into a Hemi car,as it is not numbers matching and missing the fender tag. As I get older 50 plus I see greatness in all the mopars of the sixties and early 70s. I now would like to build a D dart clone. Any Mopar is cool. Keep it up all.

my 1st car was a 68 340 gts 4 spd. at 18, it was bad azz. like mopars ever since. besides that, camaros & mustangs are a dime a dozen. mopars just have that cool factor. stay safe, seeya.

I wanted something different and LIGHT.. you see
plenty of A and B bodies... I could have built any
body style I wanted but I went with the P-body because
you dont see many out there... the only other car
would have been a G-body(Daytona)

my 1st car was a 1970 dart-------


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o'yea,i still have it 33 years now--i cant divorce her and scrap her or crush her------so i made her go fast---8.90s@152mph TT5 all-motor

When I was 19, the year was 1975 I traded for a r4 white interior A12 Bee. I truly loved that car but a fellow racer Ed West had a black 1963 Savoy with black and white interior that I would have traded my bee for in a second. It was a 12 year old car but looked brand new. Hopefully my 63 Savoy will meet all my expectations.

I was Mopar from day one learning to drive in a 64 Chrysler (and a chev truck) first car was a 64 Valiant 273 then a 65 Fury III vert 383 then a slant six valiant to a 66 Coronet 500 440 car. Then a 66 slant six Monaco. Then in 1976 a friend working at a GM dealer said we have this traded in perfect for you right colour and everything!!!

then

then mine.

Have had the Rampage so long, as a part chaser.
Hated to get rid of it.


once the uni-body started splitting, time for a change.

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First drag race I ever went to was in 1964 at the now closed Maryville Dragstrip. The one Don Garlits set the speed record (as the time) at. I went with my cousin to a match race. Did not know what it meant as I had never been to a drag race. There was a 64 Chevelle (The Fugitive) a 64 Red Falcon (Daddy Warbucks) and a red no name 64 Dodge with onl 2 head lights. IT sounded different, louder/badder than the ford and chevy. It outran both of them twice each and after that I was hooked on anything MOPAR. I don't know if it was HEMI or Max Wedge car, but it was fast.
Some guys got shot when the fence/rail birds had a shootout just before the finals. They were arguing over some $5.00 bet and they closed the track after that for the rest of the year. BUT it was too late, I was hooked for life on drag racing.

because the starter fit all motors. i would laugh at my friends that made endless trips to the parts stors with their chevy starters and shims or the ford guys that couldnt figure out what water pump is supposed to be on their engine. hell, they couldnt even figure out what their engine was. and fords firing order is retarded also.


i do like ponchos though

When I was 12 my uncle had this 1960 2dr. New Yorker. He would take me everywhere in that car. It was awesome. It had a 413 with the long ram induction and a push button trans. What a car! Well that was the first car I remember that had some get up and go. When I could drive my first rig was a 1960 Cubby pu. My uncle laughed at me and said we could make it run way better than it did. So I bought a 69 383 and torqueflite for $10 and put it in my pick up. When we were done it was running 14.00 at 80MPH. Not bad for a brick. Any way that was what made me fall in love with mopars. 30 plus years latter and many mopars later I still have the first mopar I loved. Yep, my uncle sold me the 1960 New Yorker. Of all the mopars I have and did have, it is still my favorite one of all!

Mike