67 4 dr hemi belvedere

[John Lang]

I really beg to differ with some of you gentlemen, BUT I was a Car Salesman in Milwaukee, WI in 1966--1968, and I sold a lot of Hemi cars , and we also got a lot of the Factory Screw ups from the zone office when they saw the job we were doing on Hi-Performance cars, at North Avenue Chrysler Plymouth, on 29th & North Ave ! There was at least 4 Hemi 4 doors in the Doge line and 3 in the Plymouth line ! And regardless of what was supposedly a rumor we did sell a Hemi Wagon ! That was bought by a man from Racine,Wis, and turned into a race car which at the time was tubbed,a cage, it was also a 4/speed, a C/MP class ! Back then the car was running in the low 10.Teens ! I believe that car is now in Elkton Minnesota , owned by Fred Engelhart ! I also think a gentleman name Lee Smith from Illinois ran the wagon ! This is a real test of the memory of a 78 year old mind ! And I do know this to be for real ! ! That's also the reason for me to sell my Car !...John

[John Lang]

Mister Stasko posted just above this about a Powder Blue Dodge 4dr Hemi car, you might want to check if that Blue Dodge came from the Midwest, as I had a Powder Blue Coronet II,W/Blue interior, that I used as a Demo at the North Ave Dealership ! And it was a 4sp Hemi Car !... John

[Steve Stasko]

Originally Posted by John Lang

Mister Stasko posted just above this about a Powder Blue Dodge 4dr Hemi car, you might want to check if that Blue Dodge came from the Midwest, as I had a Powder Blue Coronet II,W/Blue interior, that I used as a Demo at the North Ave Dealership ! And it was a 4sp Hemi Car !... John

The blue car is in Minnesota last I knew. It was an EE1 Dark Blue Metallic car, with all of it's original paperwork. It's the only known 440 Model 4-door with a Hemi.

Here is the bronze automatic car. Sold new in Canada, restored in Ohio.

[Rag71]

the brown coronett is likely the one i saw a few times in the 70's /80's . Once at barrie auto flea market . was bought new by a vet in southern ontario

[John Lang]

The Powder Blue Hemi car was purchased from the dealer was sold to Edward Feldner, of Milwaukee, WI., who then moved to Southern California, it was a city in the neighbor hood around the Pomona area, then pulled the Hemi, and installed a 383 for the street car it became ! Last trace I have no idea ! The first part is also reality ! Old Age can be pretty accurate at times, like this !...John

[Superscott426]

The light metallic blue 1966 Hemi Coronet 440 four door, factory 4 speed, and was a dealer order shipped new to Oswald Motors in Cloquet, Minnesota. The car has never left the state, and I have owned the car for 36 years. The car was a street racer and drag raced from day one, and I have most of the history for the car, except for who the first owner was. I also have all the documentation including the fender tag, broadcast sheet, IBM punch card, letter from Chrysler Historical Society, and Galen Govier decoding of the broadcast sheet.

As far as any Hemi Wagons built, I have my doubts. It may have been an option for a 1966 Coronet wagon, and noted in the NHRA classifications guides, but did Chrysler build one - doubtful. Gary Ostrich was a personal friend of mine, and he had told me his wagon was originally a 318, and the same goes for Lee Smiths Wagon. So if a Hemi Wagon was built.......................Like the 4 doors, it would be quite rare.

[Steve Hagberg]

I have a copy of a "Stock Engine Test" published by the GM Engineering Staff dated Oct. 17, 1966. The Forward to the report states "As part of the Stock Engine Test Program, a a 1966 Plymouth 426 cubic inch, Hemi-Head, 425 horsepower engine, as used in the Plymouth Belvedere I four door sedan, was tested in the Engineering Staff Test Department at the General Motors Technical Center". This report was an amazingly thorough dyno flog of this engine. The Forward goes on to state that the engine was removed from the car with 29 miles on the odometer, was run for 50 hours to break it in. The combustion chambers were cleaned and the valves lapped, and then it was tested on the dyno. Unfortunately there is no other information on the color, Vin number, or mention of what was done with the car when the test was completed. Interestingly the horsepower numbers were almost exactly the same a what the Engineering Street Hemi Development Report published by Chrysler showed, And it was significantly more than the published 425 Hp. There must have been a four door on a showroom floor that GM bought to satisfy their curiosity.