How cool is this?

[thebankerstoy]

Can you imagine pulling up behind some kid in a 350 powered Camaro, or a 5.0 Mustang in this beast and simply sucking them in the air cleaner and spitting them out the tail pipes? I know that everybody LOVES the hood scoops and flashy stripes that came on the later model Mopar's, but there's just something evil about "Grandpa's" car with a 426 Hemi and a 4 speed! Absolutely nothing to let on what it really is except for the exhaust tone and a VERY small HP2 emblem! Man, what a BEAUTIFUL car!

Richard

 

[268RTs4ME]

I always called that a Sleeper..

 

[Histoy]

That's an awesome old Mopar muscle car!

 

[69HEMICORONETR/TCONV]

That goes to show that "Grandpa" wasn't Bullsh*ting !

 

[thebankerstoy]

That goes to show that "Grandpa" wasn't Bullsh*ting !

Yep, "Grandpa" kicked some SERIOUS A$$ with a car like that one! :grin:

Richard

 

[daredevil]

and bought a lot of tires. can you imagine trying to hook that up?

 

[69HEMICORONETR/TCONV]

and bought a lot of tires. can you imagine trying to hook that up?

Image this Beast on a wet road,...........I have driven Hemi cars on wet roads with bias ply tires,........They will get out from under you like Greased Lightning if your not very careful. :grin:

 

[1badstroker]

That is for sure a sleeper!! It is for sure one bad-*** MOPAR. The old HEMI cars were a riot to drive with the bias ply tires. I bought a new1968 Dodge Charger Hemi car from Grand Spaulding in Chicago and tried to drive it in the winter back in 1968. The car would not move in the snow and that was if you could get it to run when it was 0 degrees outside. It was a very cold blooded car. I parked it after about a week and rode the motorcycle the 1 mile to work, It was easier.

 

[thebankerstoy]

That's why I find it pretty funny when I hear the younger folks who were not even born yet when these cars were new, say that the old Hemi cars were not very fast! I have driven a Hemi 4 speed car and even with slicks and more modern tires on the front, these cars are just BEASTS! The original bias-ply tires were a JOKE. They sure made for AWESOME burn-outs though! :devil4:

Richard

 

[69HEMICORONETR/TCONV]

That's why I find it pretty funny when I hear the younger folks who were not even born yet when these cars were new, say that the old Hemi cars were not very fast! I have driven a Hemi 4 speed car and even with slicks and more modern tires on the front, these cars are just BEASTS! The original bias-ply tires were a JOKE. They sure made for AWESOME burn-outs though! :devil4:

Richard

It's funny you said that, ....back when these cars were new and all the magazines were reviewing, road testing, and draging these cars , then publishing the numbers on quarter mile times, All this was done on those primitive bias ply tires which were jokes as you stated, ....It was all we had at the time..... the old Hemi cars could have been faster than they were, if we would have had the tires to hook them up.

 

[Revhendo]

It's funny you said that, ....back when these cars were new and all the magazines were reviewing, road testing, and draging these cars , then publishing the numbers on quarter mile times, All this was done on those primitive bias ply tires which were jokes as you stated, ....It was all we had at the time..... the old Hemi cars could have been faster than they were, if we would have had the tires to hook them up.

It really kinda makes you wonder what tricks were pulled on the ringer cars they sent to the magazines to pull the numbers they did. I've seen hemi cars today on modern tires grunt to pull the magazine numbers.

 

[696pack]

That appears to be a Bel. I and with the 4 speed would be 1 of 22 made. It is one trim level above the Bel. which would be the sister car to my BASE Coronet.

 

[696pack]

It really kinda makes you wonder what tricks were pulled on the ringer cars they sent to the magazines to pull the numbers they did. I've seen hemi cars today on modern tires grunt to pull the magazine numbers.

The same way most of the F.A.S.T. guys launch there cars today. Low tire pressure, soft launch out of the hole and then nail it. That was the best you could do on those tires.

 

[1badstroker]

You could not get anything to hook like you can today. The street slicks or the racing slicks were junk. Heck look at the front engine fuel cars in the day were nothing more than a quarter mile burnout. Its a no wonder you could not get any good numbers. The bias ply tires you were still hazing the tires at 70 MPH in third gear.

 

[696pack]

You could not get anything to hook like you can today. The street slicks or the racing slicks were junk. Heck look at the front engine fuel cars in the day were nothing more than a quarter mile burnout. Its a no wonder you could not get any good numbers. The bias ply tires you were still hazing the tires at 70 MPH in third gear.

I disagree.

yes the slicks are somewhat better today and even standard street radials can have pretty good traction.

However, how do you explain the NHRA stock and SS records from 40 years ago that are still within 100s of the current records for the same classes?

 

[big66440]

Man I'm jealous of you guys, I' wish I had some memories to chat about but I wasn't born anywere near the "era" I sure as heck have known that mopars were not to be messed with since my older brother took my for a ride in his 71 RR 383:yes:,,,I was hooked for life,mopar or no car. BTW that is one bad *** plymouth.

 

[moparstuart]

beauty

 

[Basoline]

Awesome. Just love the blue-streaks and boy do I love sleepers.

 

[66_B_Body4ever]

Now that's just nasty...

 

[Eddie Mopar]

I had a '67 Belvedere I two door with the same dark blue paint. Mine started life with a 225 L6 and died with a 318 in '88.