Aussie 63 Max Wedge

[ozymaxwedge]

Hi all have just joined up, hope to learn some more about these fantastic cars and maybe learn some more about the USA race history with my car.
The 1963 ex Milne Bros Belvedere has been in Australia since December 64 but was deffinately raced over there before that.
Driver from Milne Bros Plymouth Center Pasedena that came over with the car was Bob Fuerhelm but there is a chance that Bob McDaniel was a driver ?? Any info ?

All the best
AL

The car in it's USA war paint when first run in Australia.

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Very quiet here, maybe some more pics will get a response

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[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by ozymaxwedge

Very quiet here, maybe some more pics will get a response

Saw this over on the H.A.M.B. but that is really about all I could find on this car. And, because you had already seen that, wasn't any need to post it here. Neat story. Wish there was more out there on your car.

[mopar68]

Originally Posted by ozymaxwedge

Hi all have just joined up, hope to learn some more about these fantastic cars and maybe learn some more about the USA race history with my car.
The 1963 ex Milne Bros Belvedere has been in Australia since December 64 but was deffinately raced over there before that.
Driver from Milne Bros Plymouth Center Pasedena that came over with the car was Bob Fuerhelm but there is a chance that Bob McDaniel was a driver ?? Any info ?

All the best
Al

Welcome aboard, mate. Sorry, don't have an info to help you.



Btw, is this your web site?

http://63plymouth.com/Super%20Stock%20Down%20Under.html

M68

[mopar68]

Originally Posted by ozymaxwedge

Driver from Milne Bros Plymouth Center Pasedena that came over with the car was Bob Fuerhelm but there is a chance that Bob McDaniel was a driver ?? Any info ?

Found this:

Reading the "Barn Finds" story in the October issue was like seeing an old friend. My father won Stock Eliminator at the '64 Bakersfield Fuel and Gas Championships in Ron Mandella's '63 Max Wedge station wagon (shown on page 56 of that issue, and below left from back in the day). Mandella couldn't make the race, so he loaned the car to Robert T "Slash" McDaniel, who was then the district service manager for Chrysler-Plymouth and who also ran the HOT ROD magazine Spl. S/SA Suddenly Too with Ray Brock.

He made the trip to Bakersfield with Bob Fuerhelm and Bill Hanyon, who drove the Milne Brothers' two Hemi-powered '64 Petty Blue Super Stocks. Robert was the one, though, who came home with the trophy, and I still have it proudly on my shelf. In another wagon, he was also instrumental in Fred Cutler's "Hemi Wagon" B/FX win at Indy in the '64 U.S. Nationals. Robert then went on to be "the factory guy" for all the Dodge teams running NASCAR in the late '60s and early '70s before retiring.

Gary McDaniel
Seattle, WA

http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicl...g/viewall.html

and

What makes the relationship between John and his car especially interesting is not that he finally has the car of his dreams, but that it’s entirely likely their paths have crossed before. John has the original Broadcast Sheet, IBM card, and shipping destination of the car: Milne Brothers Plymouth Center, 1951 Colorado Street, Pasadena, California—only 20 miles away from Whittier, where John grew up. To make it even more interesting, a guy came up to John at the ’99 Chrysler Classic and told John he knew the car. "He told me he remembered the car from when he was a kid," John says. "We think the car originally belonged to a guy named Ed Robinson in Pasadena. Ed worked at Milne Brothers, and worked at Pomona dragstrip on the weekends. In the January 1963 issue of Hot Rod magazine, they tested a new 426 Max Wedge at Pomona, and the tester's name was Bob McDaniels, who worked for Chrysler. The man who talked to me in Columbus was McDaniels' son, and he said he rode in the Fury many times when he was about 15 years old.

http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/f...y/viewall.html

M68

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Cheers for the replies guys, yes M68 that is my car in that site.

One day someone will come along and say "hey I know that car" Ive just got to keep asking, would love to catch up with Gary Mcdaniel I guess thats Bobs son ? he would would be able to tell me i bet.

A few more pics in the early days.



One of the cars earlier owners even gave it a hit on the circuit track.



Looked good and went like a bullet down the straights but apparently was bit hard on brakes

[ozymaxwedge]

Found !!!!!!!!!!


and through messages this guy has more pics of it

Pomona.

[OzzyMike]

A few more pics in the early days.



Bill Jane (above) is Bob Jane's brother.
I believe Bill at one time held the Australian A/MP record in this car.

One of the cars earlier owners even gave it a hit on the circuit track.



Looked good and went like a bullet down the straights but apparently was bit hard on brakes

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I have a vague recollection of hearing of this car being converted for Road Racing duties. This proves it.

P.S. Great to know another Australian likes this forum!

Regards from OzzyMike (Victoria)