1964 S/SA National Record Setter with a Hemi

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

I e-mailed Bill Smrtic of 'Storm King' fame.
1964 Dodge 426 Max-wedge, steel nose.(S/SA car) out of
Orange County, New York.

Before he could get his car, he was telephoned and questioned by a
Dodge Performance rep, who asked him about his qualifications and
plans to race the car at a legal-track.

He said, the Dodge rep did not want any 'street racing hooligan' to get
his hands on a Max-Wedge S/SA and race it on the street.
It would give Chrysler a bad name.

He was also, told (asked), to get a Dodge Dealer to co-sponsor the car,
and get Dodge lettering and/or the dealership name on the car.

pc

What? Street race a max wedge , surely not !

JimR

[Paul Ceasrine]

Jim R,,,

Like you said,,,,,,,,Street-race a Max-Wedge,,,,,,,,,,,

Bill was classed in S/SA in early 64', and then into AA/SA later that year.
His car was street-driven,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Luckily, his was a steel-nosed, Ram-Air car.

Engine was left alone,
He just added headers and tricked up the torque-flite a bit,
re-curved the distributor.
With 4.56 gears,,,,,,,,,,12.30's

He did have the car lettered with a local Newburgh, New York
Dodge Dealership.
But the dealer made him take off the name,,,,,,,,,,,,'insurance reasons'.

pc

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Larry,

Hank Taylor in his 1964 Plymouth S/SA 'Mayflower V'
was the first S/SA to go under 11.50.

He did it at Phenix City, Alabama in August 1964.
He re-set the S/SA National Record.

pc

Paul, is this the one...

[Paul Ceasrine]

Moose,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,you are the MAN,,,,,,,

That's the ONE,,,,,,,,,," Mayflower V"
And on 7' slicks and, Jardine Headers with only 3" collectors.

Hank Taylor's father was 'very wealthy', and purchased new
Super/Stockers for his son.
Also, a 64' Plymouth Belvedere hardtop (next to the 'Mayflower V' car.

And a 65' Plymouth Belvedere 'Race Hemi' S/SA car in December 1964.

Both the 64' and 65' cars were 'Southern Killers'.

pc

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Moose,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,you are the MAN,,,,,,,

That's the ONE.
And on 7' slicks and headers with only 3" collectors.

Hank Taylor's father was 'very wealthy', and purchased a new
Super/Stocker for his son.
Also, a 65' Plymouth red S/SA.

Both the 64' and 65' cars were 'Southern Killers'.

pc

Hank Taylor also owned Hayden Proffits Black1963 alum front end max wedge car. This was his "Trainning wheels" before the 64 Hemi car.

[Paul Ceasrine]

JT,

I'm not sure who's record Bud Faubel broke in May 1964.
He ran an 11.53.

I'm not sure if one of the Melrose Missle cars had the S/SA record
at that time.

Charlie Di Bari (sic) was the one running the automatics.

The 63' and 64" Max-Wedge Automatics were stuck around 11.90's or so.

pc

[Hemi Moose]

Maybe some of you will remember some of these names and their 1964 Hemi Dodge's seen here at U.S 30 drag strip. Notice there isn't any 1964 Hemi Plymouth's in this shot.

[X-TECH MAN]

How did that FED get in there.......LOL. It should have been in the back.

[Hemi Moose]

Here's a rare one of a 1964 Dodge hardtop with either a Race Hemi or a Max Wedge.

[04GTOMan]

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