1964 S/SA National Record Setter with a Hemi

[Hemi Moose]

I think some of you were talking about Vernon Rowley's 1964 426 Hemi Dodge earlier on in this thread.

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Paul C have you ever come across any dealers list of who got these Race Hemi Dodges & Plymouth's back in 1964, (dealerships or owners)

Mopar Collectors Guide printed a list of all the '65 A990 Hemi cars and the dealers they went to but that was 3 or 4 years ago.

JimR

[Paul Ceasrine]

Originally Posted by treessavoy

Mopar Collectors Guide printed a list of all the '65 A990 Hemi cars and the dealers they went to but that was 3 or 4 years ago.

JimR

Maximum Performance by Jim Schild,,,,,,,,,
has the complete list of 65' factory owners list,

The 64's,,,,,,,saw only a partial list,,,,,
bet one guy who would know,,,,,,,,Bud Faubel 'Hemi Honker'

pc

[Steve Stasko]

Darrell Davis probably has the most complete list of anyone for the '64 and '65 Hemi cars since he searched out all of the IBM cars at Chrysler for these cars to write his books.

[davidhuff]

Originally Posted by Mike Bassin

The first hemi car to hit the track at 75-80 in Maryland was owned and driven by Fred Leigh of Rockville, Md. I was the announcer at that time on Wed. nite test & tune sessions and we knew Fred had a new brown 64 Ply hemi automatic car on order. The date was about mid May 1964. Here comes Fred towing the new hemi car in, there were probably 50 cars and maybe 150 people total at the track, everything stopped to watch the new hemi make some runs. Fred drove it easy down the track and came back up to make the first run. I can remember this like it was yesterday. The car left fairly soft but by the time he went by the tower [ its about 150 ft. down track] I knew it was faster than all the stuff from '63. First run, 12.00 @ 120mph! Think of that, 48 years ago, just like it left the factory, no tuning, 120 mph. The sound of that car and all the hemi cars since will always take me back to that night. By the end of the evening, Fred ran in the 11.70s at 122 mph. Several weeks later, better headers and tuning the car would run mid elevens at 124.
Those were the days. Just got done announcing at Cecil County last Sat, John Pressley's nostalgia event, hemi cars were there, what a show!

Great story!

[Geerhead55]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Thanks Paul C, always thought that car looked pretty cool !!!

And Geerhead, that first Ramcharger's Dodge sedan started off as an original 426 Max-Wedge car before the 426 Hemi mod's were done to it.

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Thanks Moose,,,those are the little "tidbits" I love about these threads,,the unknown,and sometimes forgotten details of all these fabulous cars, regardless of make, that we've grown up with and admired for many decades.
Take care,,,, Danny Durham

[Chris Barnes]

I've got to say it again. If you haven't read "We Were the Ramchargers", do so. You are in for a treat!

Chris Barnes
Wagons of Steel
Stock 6621

[Hemi Moose]

Here's a few shots of Dave Strickler & Bill Jenkins and their 'Dodge Boys' 1964 Race Hemi Dodge 2 door sedan...another 2% car.

[jackarnew]

HM
Vernon was a good frend of mine, we raced together for years.
The last few years I raced Vernon had a hand in the engins of my SS/A cuda. We traveled together his car on tralier behind my van truck.
Vernon did engines and I did suspension on the cars. It was a good match as it keep cost down for both of us.
Someone earler said that Vernon had raced Chev. engins for a time, don't think that is correct. He ran an Olds. in the roadster(which was a coupe till he cut the top of to run as roadster),and then went to 33 or 34
Ford coupe that had a supercharged Olds in B/G charger. I never knew him to run Chev. engins.

[ron standley]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Anyone here remember this 1964 426 Hemi Dodge station wagon...I think I owned this car in 1972.