63 Max Wedge 426 Dodge 440

[616Studios]

Mopar for Life

[MrMetalica11]

@MrNitro65 I was joking about the person that disliked the vid I don't drive a prius an I never will

[MrNitro65]

my gradpa used to race one of those in the early sixties at the kohler dragstrip, to bad the car is long gone

[Mudddrider108]

Clone right? I believe the factory model had only the low beam lights, they didn't have the lights in the grill. still a great car though looks great, one of my favorite models hard to find 2 doors now to make clones, at least where I'm from.

[xXCREEKSTARXx]

wow

[coldfarted]

my dad had a "440" Polara.. unfortunately 440 was just the model name.. it was a 4 door with a 318. Still a cool car.

[coldfarted]

love those push button automatics

[coldfarted]

lol... GTO was NOT the first muscle car

[spahjrp]

Mine was a '64 convertible with Hurst 4-speed...I'd kill to have that car back...I have NEVER driven anything with that kind of "kick".

[MrNitro65]

WHO THE HELL DISLIKED THIS.

[MrMetalica11]

@MrNitro65 someone driving a damn Prius

[MrNitro65]

@MrMetalica11 afte ll these years there is still nothing better than a mean old mopar. great job with the car. i would love to put a supercharged 426 wedge in my altered just to fit thearly sixties time period but for now my 400 dodge will do.

have fun with it

[takoma5]

Ohh..That 1963 Dodge sure is a beauty...

[Hesam0000]

Poor neighbors.

[iplayveryloud]

how much horse power and torque does 8 barrel carb make?

[billnmarilyn]

Contrary to what most people think, there were quite a few purchased, Dodges and Plymouths, for street racing. I had a 63 Sport Fury 426 W 3 Spd stick and ran into lots of others driving them on the street. We currently have the only 426 Max Wedge wagon ahat was produced. It was owned and raced on the street by Ron Mandella in So Cal. and held the A stock NHRA record.

[summitdrinker]

@billnmarilyn you are correct, there were more made than people think.

in 1963 Model year there may have been about 3000 total for both Dodge and Plymouth. I am not sure what the actual production number is, but 3000 is a very large QTY for car like this. It's the race hemi that were low prduction number.

[LitterboxDiorama]

Often an overlooked & forgotten time in the early 60s when you could purchase a barebones base model new with a big block... although more popularly known, the late 60s muscle cars, given their lesser power to weight ratio by comparison, had nothing on these earlier setups.

[marcusedell]

@LitterboxDiorama unfortuneately they never built alot of these cars and offered them to the public.They were really intended for Super Stock Drag Racing and Chrysler only built enough to make it legal for NHRA.But now days you can build a damn good clone, actually even better than the real thing.This car was a very fun sleeper..Car was in the 11's in the 1/4 mile.

[gunny426plymouth]

@marcusedell

yeah but in 64 they made like 76,000 330's wich is low for the time but hell modern companys dont sell that many in 2 to 3 years its amazing how things have changed! for the worst i may add

[ogive]

Beeee-uu-tifull!!



[DGKall2010]

LOL at the idiot who said all american V8's are the same. yeah, lets compare a 305 to this factory beast of a mopar. 426 max wedge dude? those things are powerhouses, they were so underrated, they were really around 500hp. for a factory engine? shit i like copo camaros, and a 428 SCJ aint bad either, but this damn beast?? blow the competition out of the water

[MiracleMileV8]

@marcusedell: Nice! Only thing you need to do now is get rid of the 4.56{unless originality is a major issue}and put in a 3.50 or something, and you've got an instant highway monster. ;-)

[marcusedell]

@MiracleMileV8 I sold the car last year.theres an update video of this car before i sold it.My big mistake was the 4.56 gears for sure.Sold the car and the guy installed 3.55's in it

[MiracleMileV8]

@marcusedell: Oh, okay then. ;-)...............I really would've put 3.55s in there as well; with the revs these engines can make, coupled with all the horsepower, these cars can become highway monsters.

[coldfarted]

@marcusedell a friend of mine had a big block challenger.. he decided to put 4.88 Zoom gears in it.. the package said FOR RACING USE ONLY!! DO NOT USE ON THE STREET.. he was playing around one day racing another guy and the drive shaft came thru the floor board.. lol.

[marcusedell]

@GoaM6 not really..but thanks..

[1965Davey]

Nice pair of Dodges. The 63 is my dream car.

[1965Davey]

Great automobiles. The 63 is my dream car.

[coldfarted]

sweeeet

[jbyrd0861]

that is sweet.  nice mopar

[marcusedell]

@jbyrd0861 Thanks it was indeed..theres another video of it before i sold it with the Max Wedge Hood Scoop...Its now in New Hampshier

[naderchaser]

@marcusedell Would it be improper of me to ask approx. how much the 63 went for in the private sale?

My other question, did you ever time that thing in the quarter...just in street trim like we're seeing it here?

Lastly, a comment: It must've been one cool mofo that ordered that car back in the "day". I wonder if he's still alive...and wishes he had his old car back?

Thanks for posting. Both cars have made me drool heavily. Joel in Tucson

[careks]

I love the Mopar's from the early 60ies with their 413/426 wedge motors. truly awesome machines!!!

[Jim4575]

Nice to see you kept the cross ram induction. Two beautiful cars. Hell 413ci with stock 410 hp. You turned it into a 426 must be way more than 425 hp. 

[marcusedell]

The 426 Street Hemi may have only had 425HP but I assure you the First 426 Hemis in 1964 and 65 were well over 500HP!

[nugget4204206]

the 426 max wedge and the 426 hemi both have 425 hp pwizzard665 so no their both the same

[mercmarc]

Not my favorite bodystyle but that engine sure sounds good.

[loungecruz]

nice

[pwizard665]

thank you for the help i always wondered about that

[pwizard665]

will the max wedge stock, out do a stock hemi i always wanted to know that ty

[marcusedell]

There are way too many variables to answer that question.I will say in 1964 when the new 426 Hemi came out, they had a few issues and lot of racers were sticking with the Max Wedge even into the 1965 season.

[greenmetal1]

426 Wedge witha typewriter - Nice - old school Mopar at it's finest! Do I hear mechanical lifters in there at teh beginning of the clip when looking in the engine bay? Sweet ride!

[oldandannoying]

I once owned a 62 Polara. Best looking

of a line of mopars that were truly the

ugliest cars in the known universe. It

had a surprisingly strong 361 inch

"interceptor" whatever that meant at the time. Cop car, I guess.

[marcusedell]

Thats what my 62 was a 361 305HP.I have the original engine for it in the garage.Now has a 69 393 out of a Roadrunner with a 484 Purple Cam.

[middsteve]

Chrysler never made an "interceptor engine" Ford did.

[montroclq]

great car very rare what's the price?

[mrtheroosterdude]

I'm planning on buying and fixing up a car exactally like this, can someone please tell me if this would be a good car?

[plumcrazypurp]

the only problem would be that this car is pretty rare, so the car and any replacement parts you need would not be cheap

[MrMopar4268]

LONG LIVE

MOTHER MOPAR

[marcusedell]

You bet!

[mrtheroosterdude]

Thank you so much, but i also forgot to ask, do you think it would sound good with Flowtech Purple Hornies?

[marcusedell]

Do you have a Big Block Mopar? Its really about sound as much as performance.I've been using the 2 chamber Flowmasters for a while and I like them alot.This car has 3" exhaust, so its sounds real good.

[mrtheroosterdude]

Ok thanks again, i really appericiate all of the help!

[gtarz38]

the 62 is sweet too! 472! lol , what about the 413? rock on the mopar

[marcusedell]

Thanks.. The 413 is what started it all in 62.

[o56kid]

stock bad asses. just imagin!!

[pwizard665]

listen I have a 1963 dodge polara with a 472 hemi in it now your telling me I dont have it go see the clip on you tube put in 1963 dodge polara hemi and watch one run down the road

[marcusedell]

I'm not telling you that? What? Yes you have a stroker 472 Hemi that someone or yourself installed.I know that..I am simply saying the factory didnt release the 426 HEMI's until mid 1964.Thus a Hemi wouldnt have been installed in those cars in 1963 a 426 Max Wedge would.

[marcusedell]

1965 would be the first full year with the New 426 HEMI A-990 it became the Mopars Super Stock Drag Racing and NASCAR Engine.Banned by NASCAR PEtty Drag Raced for 6 months before returning back to NASCAR.

[marcusedell]

1965 was a great year for Drag Racing,The Altered Wheelbase cars in A/FX quickly turned into "Funny Cars" The new Hemi was being injected blown on Nitro and running harder and faster than Mopar was really ready for.

[marcusedell]

1962 The Max Wedge Program Began with the 413,1963 NHRA allowed up to 427 CID in Super Stock Drag Racing and the .060 over 413 was now a 426.Mid 63 the Factory Lightweight Aluminum front end cars debuted, more compression,larger cam and carbs.1964 would be the last year for the Max Wedge 426 with the introduction of the all new 426 HEMI.

[pwizard665]

not true i have a 1963 dodge 472 hemi polara

[marcusedell]

You do know the 426 Hemi Debuted in Mid 1964 right?

[moparrules1968]

marcusedell is right pwizard665, the 426 didn't debut until '64.I think he's just trying to point out the engine in your '63 is not the factory original. It may be a "HEMI", but it isn't the original motor-sorry!

[pwizard665]

two bad its not a 742 hemi be worth allot more bucks

[marcusedell]

Well they didn't use Hemi's until 64 in Super Stock Mopars.I actually prefer the Wedge engine over the over priced Hemi.Wedges run just as fast and hard.

[okumahowa]

That is one fine bad ass hot rod man. The roots of American Muscle.

[gtarz38]

i'm in love with your car dude, i have had a 64 wedge was originally a 318, but me and my dad tweeked it a bit ,and put wedge in it...i love the red black combo,with push button tourqeflight...awsome ride! thanks for vid!

[marcusedell]

Thanks!! I'm going to make another movie soon,this is old..Stay tuned..

[powersguy]

my dads got a 68 plymouth sport fury with a 440 super commando factory 4-speed. that thing hauls ass. nice car btw!

[2bad440]

Nice, i love the Hemis but i am a sucker for a 413 or 426 wedge...

[robwiley01]

Its amazing how us guys brains cells always gravitate to the ground pounding high horsepower. I guess it the car that provokes huh??

See how we are?

[robwiley01]

Nothin like American muscle!

[marcusedell]

Especially 1960's Chrysler Muscle!

[robwiley01]

I had a 63 cateye fury w\auto 383 golden commando power ragtop.

Miss her a lot!

think of it now and again.

[marcusedell]

Nice Car to have!!! The Plymouths actually had a shorter wheelbase in 63 than these Dodges,made the Plymouth a little more desireable for Drag Racing Duties.

[naderchaser]

@marcusedell Now THAT...I did not know....about the Plymouths having a shorter wheelbase than the Dodges in '63. Geez......how did that happen when they were drawing them up back at the factory. How that fact escaped me kinda boggles my head. Was there much of a weight difference as a result?

[marcusedell]

Was mine too! lol

[MrMopar4268]

the Headliner is AWESOME.

[windowwisher]

2-3 inch dents not 23 inch dent lol.

[windowwisher]

I just bought a 1966 Dodge monaco with a 383CI, And I have a 30 gallon custom gas tank installed on it. Any ideas where to get parts for it other than ebay? They dont have that many. Dart, Coronet,Monaco, and Polara are interchangable. I have all the trim and the body only has 2 3 inch dents in it and are barely visable. New paint, white with red interior. White seats. One minor rock mark in the windshield thats been filled to prevent cracking. only 29,000 miles.

[leofender22]

Try yearone, paddock, and maybe legendary for interior parts as well as upholstery.

[a93gmc]

What a pair of beautiful cars. Real Mopar suvivors! Amazing!!!!

[marcusedell]

Thank You Very Much.I Love Mopars and especially 62-65 B Body Super Stockers...

[marcusedell]

Thanks my favorite Two as Well!! I got both of these cars at a steal actually.I'm a very happy camper...

[EdMiF]

My dream is to own an early 60's B-body one day. Great cars!

[scatpack440]

Awesome cars! What a great pair to have, my 2 favorite years of nostalgia Dodges! You got the 63 for a steal as well.