1964 S/SA National Record Setter with a Hemi

[lstanford]

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.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by FECARMAN

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.

He was probably testing for Chrysler as Eckstrand ended up running a 64 Plymouth in 1964. Both a Max Wedge Belvedere hard top early on and a Hemi 2% altered wheelbase A/FX sedan later. .

[treessavoy]

This is for the East Coast Boys.

Bobby Harrop raced a Max Wedge Dodge and was given an A990 car and a altered wheelbase car buy I never remember seeing him in a '64 Alum. Hemi car.

Anybody?

JimR

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by treessavoy

This is for the East Coast Boys.

Bobby Harrop raced a Max Wedge Dodge and was given an A990 car and a altered wheelbase car buy I never remember seeing him in a '64 Alum. Hemi car.

Anybody?

JimR

I believe your correct. Bob ended up with a 2nd altered wheelbase car later (the RamChargers car) after he wrecked his. If I remember right he went over the guard rail at Cecil County with his original car at about half track. Is this correct.....anyone.

[X-TECH MAN]

P.S. The RamChargers car that Bob Harrop ended up with also had been wrecked also but not as bad. It was slid on its side and some pictures are around someplace in my old magazines with some of the striped paint and an all white door and quarter pannel without lettering showing on it, These cars were really a hand full when running nitro instead of gas on 10 inch tires.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Car prices back then,

Bud Faubel sold his car at the end of the 1964 drag race season for
$3500.

With a guarantee that it could run right on the S/SA record of 11.47

[lstanford]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Car prices back then,

Bud Faubel sold his car at the end of the 1964 drag race season for
$3500.

With a guarantee that it could run right on the S/SA record of 11.47

It could have been $350,000, it didn't matter I didn't have the money. lol. I think you should be born with money and go out broke.

[04GTOMan]

I had a 63 max wedge station wagon that I sold for $2,000 I should kick myself

[chris3racing]

I dont want to steal the post and have enjoyed reading these. I think I will have some fun with this post. Most of the people and some of the cars referred to in this post will be at the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame in Henderson in October. At the Friday night bench racing session, I will get the Ramchargers, Bud, Bonner and any others included, an kinda shake their memory and take some notes. This kind of thing is always fun when a lot of the people there each year are the designers and builders of the history of the sport of drag racing.

If you are there for the Saturday event and happen to see a group of old racers around and under a old race car kinda move in and listen. A lot of old cars show up there for old racer, builders and owners to try to identify who built an raced a particular car for documentation.

[jackarnew]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

I believe your correct. Bob ended up with a 2nd altered wheelbase car later (the RamChargers car) after he wrecked his. If I remember right he went over the guard rail at Cecil County with his original car at about half track. Is this correct.....anyone.

Yes, there are shots of the wreck at Cicle Co. someware on this site.