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DeuceCoupe · 07-31-2018, 04:44 PM

An old thread I know and not all of us are here any more.
Paul's threads had SO much good info.

I'm (still) compiling old NHRA history and the idea that the MaxWedge was never refactored struck me.

WHERE DID THEY GO????

In all the old records and results sheets, the 63-64 MaxWedge just seems to VANISH after mid-1964 when the Hemi came out. Unfactored, the MaxWedge would've landed in the new AA/S=7.00 class with the 64 Ford LWG 427 HiRiser. Instead, the MaxWedge just vanishes.

It makes me think that NHRA either banned aluminum, or factored the MaxWedge at say 480hp back up into S/S against the Hemi, or something. What happened there????

Paul covered the re-start of the history in 1969 but why doesn't the MaxWedge show up in AA/S=7.00 or A/S=7.00 from late 1964 to early 1967?

07-31-2018, 04:44 PM	#9
DeuceCoupe Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 267 Likes: 96 Liked 45 Times in 41 Posts	Re: 1969,,A/SA,,63' Max Wedge vs. Street Hemi An old thread I know and not all of us are here any more. Paul's threads had SO much good info. I'm (still) compiling old NHRA history and the idea that the MaxWedge was never refactored struck me. WHERE DID THEY GO???? In all the old records and results sheets, the 63-64 MaxWedge just seems to VANISH after mid-1964 when the Hemi came out. Unfactored, the MaxWedge would've landed in the new AA/S=7.00 class with the 64 Ford LWG 427 HiRiser. Instead, the MaxWedge just vanishes. It makes me think that NHRA either banned aluminum, or factored the MaxWedge at say 480hp back up into S/S against the Hemi, or something. What happened there???? Paul covered the re-start of the history in 1969 but why doesn't the MaxWedge show up in AA/S=7.00 or A/S=7.00 from late 1964 to early 1967?