1964 S/SA National Record Setter with a Hemi

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Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

It is believed that the Ramchargers race team or perhaps Dick Landy received the first built 1964 Race-Hemi Dodge 330 from of the factory, can anyone here confirm this.

Al Eckstrand had a light weight Hemi Dodge at Detroit Dragway in the early Spring of 1964. He was probably testing an early prototype. Al had the inside track on the latest and greatest Mopar race equipment. As a Chrysler employee (attorney) and close friend of Byron Nichols (president of Dodge division), Al always had the first of the best race equipment.