1963 Plymouth Belvedere 'Station Wagon'

[Paul Ceasrine]

1963 Plymouth 'Station Wagons'

1963 Belvedere '6-Passenger' Production Numbers

* 383/330 HP..'Golden Commando 383'...................287
* 426/415 HP...'Super Stock'........................................12

63' Plymouth Belvedere '6-Passenger Station Wagon' 383/330 HP.........#3600 lbs. = 10.91 Wt/Hp = C/S or C/SA

63' Plymouth Belvedere '6-Passenger Station Wagon' 426/415 HP..........#3612 lbs = 8.72 Wt/Hp = A/SA

Sketchy Numbers on the 426/415 HP, but apparently '12' were built.

All were 'steel nose' 416/415 HP engines, with Automatic Transmissions, and qualified for NHRA 'A/SA'.

[Paul Ceasrine]

In 1968,

Could run....
* B/SA.......{ 8.50 - 8.99 Wt/Hp }
or
* SS/EA....{ 8.70 - 9.49 Wt/Hp } with the 426/415 HP Engine Combination

[Chuck Norton]

Paul, it has never been entirely clear to me how widely the factory 415 horsepower Stage 1 wagons were distributed. The combination was commonly cloned during the 1960s and keeping track of the "real" ones was not a simple task. The attached pictures show three of the twelve possible units you mentioned. Also, it has been suggested that the Ramchargers took delivery of a Dodge wagon.

The wagon that my friend, Ron Mandella, bought new was sold by Milne Brothers in Pasadena and was campaigned by ron for only a short while but it was the A/SA class record holder, the class winner at the 1964 U.S. Nationals and the Stock Eliminator winner at the 1964 Hot Rod Magazine meet at Riverside, California.

In 1966 it was sold to Rod Phillips of Arcadia, California and is pictured in the B/SA class run-off at Pomona, racing Tom Crutchfield. Shortly after that event, the car was sold to racers in the Pacific Northwest who raced it competitively under the name "War Ax."

More recently, the car has been located, documented, and reportedly is undergoing restoration.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Tom Crutchfield running in B/SA at the 1966 Super Stock Magazine Nationals at
New York National Speedway.

B/SA......National Record.........12.50 @ 114.21 MPH

[Paul Ceasrine]

The 'first' 1963 426 Maximum Performance Engines were called,

Plymouth = '426 Super Stock'


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Dodge = 'Ramcharger 426'

[Paul Ceasrine]

Dave Duell

1963 Dodge Model #440......426/415 HP

[Paul Ceasrine]

1964 NHRA National Record Holder.

A/SA.........Ron Mandella

[jim morgan]

Paul you have a PM

[Chuck Norton]

Ron Mandella, Junior Stock Eliminator - Hot Rod Magazine Meet, Riverside California, 1964

[Glenn Hayes]

I love these Wagons .... and all Wagons.