1963 Plymouth Sport Fury 426 Max Wedge Muscle Car Of The Week Video #60

1963 Plymouth Sport Fury 426 Max Wedge Muscle Car Of The Week Video #60
This 1963 Plymouth Sport Fury was about as close to a drag-ready race car as you could buy from a dealer in '63. Besides its no-nonsense appearance, this car came equipped with the 426 Max Wedge Super Stock V8, a powerful competition engine boasting 11.1:1 compression and an advertised 415 HP at 5600 RPM. The dual-quad "short ram" intake, high-lift cam, free flowing exhaust, manual trans, Sure Grip differential, and a lack of accessories helped these cars stack up records in Super Stock drag racing. This one is from the Brothers Collection.
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[@jonathancohen479]

Ah, the Max Wedge. Aside from being a truly badass engine, the thing that makes this car so great is how unassuming it is. No fancy badges, limited chrome, dog dish wheels, but be rest assured if you pull up beside this baby, you're gettin' smoked!

[@wagurleyIII]

As a16 year old spoiled brat my dad bought me a 1965 Sport Fury with a 426 wedge with one big Carter AFB and 4 speed. Its only draw back was an open 323 rear end. It was a blast to drive but I kept burning that right side tire down. My friend's dad owned a tire shop and he would change that right tire to the left till I wore them down slick. He new he would probably get to sell me some new tires for the rear. He sold the famous Denman Slicks and that is what I switched to. I am a Chevy guy now but I would love to have that Red with Black Vinyl top Sport Fury back now.

[@allenroblin2372]

Neighbor had one of these,black like featured but it was a torque flute push button, and it had exhaust dumps

[@jameshardin1100]

I have had A,B,C, and E body 60-70 Mopars. Love em all. My current 64 Polara with a medium build 440 is among my favorite. The early 60s B bodies were brutes!

[@MrMopar-nv3ds]

Gotta love the B bodies, I love A bodies too

[@Joyboy13257]

One of the best looking cars in their collection. Stick some disc on all four corners (or at least the front) and it'd be perfect to show up in school with.

[@danieltubbs5422]

+Walter Joy No need for discs at all. I love my drums on my 62 Impala.

[@mattleonard5268]

That’s a 10 second car with modern race gas, a good tune, and real modern street/strip wheels and tires!

[@matrox]

The little old lady from Pasadena was running a 413 Max wedge.

[@reginaldbowls7180]

nerd?

[@Somethingisntright64]

And Dodge wasn't a Super Stock motor, the Plymouth line was.

[@SolamenteVees]

Still among the fastest Super Stock cars in NHRA racing.

[@michaeladamcaira9174]

The:62 Savoy with a 413 Max wedge was kicking ass in it's day

[@60viking]

I got a ride in one of these in 63 and a GTO a few days later, it's cool to be a greaser in Detroit.

[@johntechwriter]

It is so cool that this “mom's car” with its skinny 14” wheels and three-speed could outpull most of this collection's hemi cars through the quarter. I grew up in that era and remember my mom's ‘62 Chrysler Windsor (the Canadian version of the Newport). It was a total DOG. Its four teeny drum brakes were good for ONE stop from 70 mph. After that you had to push the pedal through the floorboards to get anything to happen.

[@matrox]

I have been saying for years that the 62 superstock Dodge was the first muscle car not the GTO.

[@Mercmad]

The 300 Series cars were on the market long before other manufactures sold anything with real power.

[@jeremythompson9895]

Really the first high performance car was the 55 Chrysler 300, but that was a luxury car that just happened to be fast and was way too expensive for the average working man to afford. So in my opinion, the 62 max wedge cars were the first muscle car, a mid size car with a huge engine and minimal options. I think the reason people say the 64 GTO was the first muscle car is because the max wedge cars were not really meant for everyday street use. But like the R-Code 427 Ford's, 409 Chevy's, and the 421SD Pontiacs, the Max Wegde cars all pre dated the GTO

[@jeremythompson9122]

The 55 Chrysler 300 was the first muscle car. First American car to come from the factory rated at 300hp since Duesenberg in 1928. The 56 Chrysler 300 was even more powerful than the 55. The 56 came with a 355hp 354ci Hemi...which made it the first American car to surpass the 1hp per cubic inch mark. Those cars completely dominated the 1955-56 Nascar seasons. Neither Ford or GM had anything that could touch it back then

[@jeffleblanc8850]

No doubt in my mind

[@jeffleblanc8850]

Jeremy Thompson no I say 62 super stocks with a wedge

[@jeffleblanc8850]

These body styles was the first muscle car 62 to 65 was awesome best looking mopars ever take this car over any car going they do not make a cooler car than these to me these were the ultimate I think the 62;wedge cars were the first muscle car no doubt in my mind

[@79tazman]

I agree because the were a mid size car compared to what else was on the road in them days

[@ezlypist]

my brother in law had the '65...but always said he wanted the '63...it was the best!

[@stanleysteemr1316]

Wow. That's a fantastically beautiful car. Amazing.!

[@Mercmad]

One was imported to Australia in 1964 ,initially owned by a dealership called Milnes in the US. 426 Max Wedge Alloy panels etc it is still around . I had a four door hardtop and it's still one of favorite cars.

[@60viking]

He keeps saying Dodge but it's a Plymouth. I worked at Chrysler engineering and seemed to spend more time with Plymouth performance (superbird) and barracuda. The 6 pack/6bbl was my first project.

[@mikelosinger7469]

I literally rewatched and listened, he said Dodge once in the opening and then said Plymouth 13 seconds later. The manufacturer was used three more times throughout, and it was Plymouth each time…so why the lie?

[@4406bbldb]

i had a 63 sport fury, black too. mine was a 318 for a week ,i swapped in a warmed up 361 for my wife, she talked about how cool it was for years, she was right.like B bodies.

[@billfeld5883]

Just a gorgeous car, simplicity at its best!!!! 2022

[@thegreenerthemeaner]

I have spent some time with one of these cars. The one I dealt with had an automatic but the same color scheme. It had a sticker in the middle of the windshield that said the car was for high performance use only and not for daily use. It also had an aluminum K frame under it from the factory, trunk mounted battery with two battery cables for each terminal. The automatic cars had a unique driveshaft with 2 roller type bearings that slid into a rectangular tube on the transmission rather than a u joint. It could travel a long distance, allowing the suspension to work and not pull the driveshaft out of the transmission. The thing was built tough and would take some abuse. I saw it more than once get neutral dropped at 6000 rpm while hitting the Nitrous. It had a pair of 200 HP plates, Holley carbs, tube headers, aluminum rods, roller camshaft and 12.5-1 pistons, 4.88 gears and a set of 8 inch slicks. Never saw the driveshaft ever come out of it, except when the tranny got renewed.

[@mitcholobe]

The GTO is the first muscle car because the 389 was the engine you got with a 4 barrel or tri power no special orders no mazes either 335 horse or 360. Not the fastest but the easiest production car for anyone to order. This is why so many GTO cars are still around and there are not many 63 426 sport Fury's. Just the 318 poly block fury's which I would restore in a heartbeat.

[@andrewlarson6805]

I really like GTOs but you said towards the end of this video exactly what I've been taking my whole life the GTO was not the first muscle car the best-known possibly one of the earliest absolutely same as The Chevelle's but they weren't the first

[@johnjohnsn7633]

What he failed to disclose when he mentioned the 3" exhaust was that both lead pipes from those beautiful ... but *extremely* heavy ... cast iron exhaust manifolds "kicked out" under the front seats and were capped with a 4-bolt square flange ... partially visible in at least one view during the video ... then that 2" remainder of the exhaust system takes off from the side of that 3" outlet. The purpose was that the system could be "uncapped" while racing, then capped off for the trip home. Quite a unique system for a factory-built, "streetable" race car.

[@dumpsterchicken6287]

Capped off when you get pulled over. Lol

[@slurpee27]

wish we could hear engine exhaust notes at idle and slight rev without narration or music.

[@79tazman]

MOPARS RULE!!! Nothing tops a old super stock mopar :)

[@BadLogan426]

Right on,GOD BLESS MOPAR (or he will lose to one on the track) ;-).

[@FYMASMD]

427 FE. Ford blows this heap away.

[@79tazman]

@@FYMASMD No I don't think so these cars were light compared to the heavy Fords

[@bigbline405]

So cool and beastly love the sleeper look its like Chrysler said ok gm has the flash (the SS GTO 442 GS) ford has the cash (Mustang) But we got the dash baby Max Wedge monsters !!

[@johntechwriter]

AMC had the trash.

[@MrJett1971]

@@johntechwriter no, your mother had the trash.

[@shrek_428]

Time and again I hear the 1964 GTO was the first muscle car, NO, THIS was the first muscle car. Mid sized body with a big engine, The best year GTO with the best engine couldn't beat this on it's best day.

[@hansgruber650]

Mine was the same color combo but had a torqueflite, also came with a radio and heater with the docs to verify.

[@M21L35]

'.........because Dodge knew, man, that this car was gonna' be raced.....' H E Y !!!.......it's a P L Y M O U T H !!!,......NOT @ Dodge !

[@dennisbraun5747]

That's an interesting typeface they used for the speedo and gauges. Looks like it belongs on an old west "wanted" poster.

[@butsqueaker]

I used to go to Aquasco dragstrip in Maryland and watch these Plymouths and Dodges in Super Stock class that had this motor and Trans. blow the doors off everything in their class. They ruled in the early sixties when I was 14 and I couldn't wait to watch these rigs run. Factory stock bad asses. The 409 Chevys couldnt stand the abuse and Fords couldnt either. Very nice Chrysler product before they cheapened them with plastic and stripped of chrome.

[@taylorpinkney7253]

So true these were dragstrip terrors back in the day and they still are to this very day

[@biffjones5398]

The forgotten Max Wedge/ King of the Super Stocker's

[@MrJett1971]

Forgotten max wedge? That’s like saying “forgotten Shelby” or “forgotten Yenko”…

[@WisdomVendor1]

Gotta feel sorry for those thin bias-ply tires with that engine :)

[@claudio4632]

If I want to buy one today to export to Brazil, what value would it be?

[@darrenbrisson4336]

the true definition of a muscle car is a intermediate body with the biggest motor you can stuff in it dodge came out with the first true muscle car in 1955 the dodge d-500 look it up check it out not the gto or the 49 cadillac mopar ruled the drag strip forever

[@1badhaircut]

The reason the 1964 GTO is the 1st muscle car is because that was the 1st time the auto magazines began using that term. Previous intermediate body cars were available with the full-sized car's powertrains -- such as earlier Mopars and the 1949 Olds 88 - but such cars did not have special names - appearance packages - wheels etc which identified them. A 1964 Olds F85 with the B09 Police Pkg was not a muscle car until its name became 442. Muscle cars did not invent performance - they identified it as a market segment. By-that-definition a "sleeper" such as a big-block no-frills Nova is not "musclecar" but a base 396/325 Chevelle automatic is. .

[@1badhaircut]

By your definition --- the '49 Olds 88 (intermediate) with the full-size 98 motor -- that ruled NASCAR and the drags should be the first --- but it wasn't.

[@79tazman]

Chrysler had the first American V8 that had 1 HP per cubic inch it was 1956 300B it had the 354CI with 355HP

[@louisbeausoleil4190]

anyone know where I can find some HD pictures of this particular Sport Fury?

[@bg147]

Within the collection, I can narrow the cars down to maybe 6 or so that I would place at the top of the list, and this is one. The Max Wedges don't get the attention they deserve. The long ram versions were wacky as well. I do appreciate how The Brothers don't have straight exhaust pipes along with chrome extension tips on of any of their cars.

[@timmitzlaff8960]

Dang, that motor's purdy!

[@duramax78]

I’m not a dodge guy, but how could anyone say that’s not beautiful.

[@wallacejeffery5786]

Very nice

[@mikescaffo4850]

I said it once and I will say it again dodge was really good at what they did in the 60s and early 70s and even today are the kings at putting in hp in there cars

[@billthompson5644]

I wonder how many people got suckered, at the stop lights.

[@StayingBack71]

Best Sleeper around

[@rollingstopp]

:::::::::::::::car broke 26 dragstrip records when it came out. M M < mean mother

[@mikediles2216]

Dam 8 years a go

[@MrMopar-nv3ds]

That's what my grandfather raced back in the 60s at vargo dragway. He called it the "Draft Dodger 1" as a joke because of the Vietnam draft going on. He said he wished he waited one year to buy a fury because the 64 sport Fury's looked better.

[@mothertree]

Vargo Dragway in p.a. wow...what a blast from our past...JV

[@christokinieriem8796]

Did he say this Fury had 7 1/2 in. wheels?

[@M21L35]

The Melrose Missle....'cept it's black.

[@wessmann]

B E A UTIFUL

[@MrJayrock620]

GM was trying to restrict the engine sizes in their cars in the 60’s by limiting the cubic inches based on size and weight of the platform. Meanwhile Dodge and Plymouth engineers were sitting there being told “that won’t fit in there” and saying “hold my beer and watch this”

[@82coxy]

That engine's a beast, was it used in any other cars? I'm English so I don't know too much about muscle cars, LOL.

[@summitdrinker]

For 1963 You could get the 426 max wedge package in any B body Plymouth or Dodge. This includes Plymouth Savoy, Belvedere, Fury or Sport Fury or Dodge 330, 440, Polara, Polara 500. You could get it in any body style including 4 doors, station wagon or convertible. About The Only thing you couldn't get one in ( for the most part) was a police package car. In about the Middle of the 63 model year the light weight max wedge package came out. Also The second version of the max wedge come out too ( often called the Stage II ) about the Middle of the model year. There were engine changes thru the year in 1963. Some changes for more power, some for improved durability.

[@mcinkyt]

A very good listing of MOPAR engines can be found here www.allpar.com/mopar.html

[@82coxy]

mcinkyt Thanks bud.

[@Hot80s]

summer of 2013 one day in lincoln park MI i was fitting front runners to my 15x4 cragars & returning home towards detroit on i-75 when a old man was driving a black 62 dart with pie-cutter slicks & frt skinnies & exhaust cutouts capped off with michigan plates REAL 1

[@summitdrinker]

I'm Not sure if this is a Stage 1 or Stage 2 Max Wedge ????? Note Stage 2 came out late (May or June) in the model year. When I say stage "I mean so called"

[@Joyboy13257]

I thought the valve covers said Stage III

[@summitdrinker]

I don't see any number, I going with stage I

[@bradfordeaton6558]

They weighed about the same as a Pontiac Le Mans.

[@TA-pp9jk]

I never lost a race. Blew alot of clutches.

[@richieyoung6788]

this is a replica.. still bad ass!

[@79tazman]

It's not a replica it's the real deal it was even raced in the 60's so where did you get the replica info from anyway

[@richieyoung6788]

+79tazman just to many fakes out there

[@jeremythompson9895]

This is not a replica

[@jeremythompson9895]

@@richieyoung6788 they have VIN numbers to tell whether they're fake or not. And judging by the collection of rare cars these guys have, I seriously doubt this car is a replica

[@Troy_Tempest]

GTO eater!

[@chrismechanic6164]

The reason the GTO is considered the first true muscle car is because it did not have a small engine option. The big block 389 was the standard size engine. It's what started the muscle car trend. Big engine midsize car. Yes this combination definitely qualifies under muscle car conditions but the big engines for this car such as the 383 413 and 426 Max wedge we're all options they weren't standard. The Pontiac GTO had a standard engine of 389. If you wanted a smaller engine than 389 you had to buy a LeMans or Tempest but you weren't going to get a GTO with anything smaller than a big engine. That is why the GTO is considered the first true muscle car.

[@CuChiKat]

I remember back in the 60's when the GTO first came out and it ran in A/ Compact which put it running against 260 and 289 CI Falcons mostly. Needless to say the GTO blew them in the dirt, ah ,the good ole days . Back in the day I was riding shotgun in my buddy's '62 409 ( Jahns Power slot pistons, Howard Aluminum rods, align bored and balanced) 4 speed , 411 positrac , you get the idea, Hot 426 SS Plymouth pulls up next to us sounding really mean, light turns red, buddyis about 1/2 car length ahead, goes for second gear, misses second gear. motor revs to the 6.5 K mark and blows number one piston out the side of the block. One expensive street race that took a while to recover from as we made about $1.50 per hour back in 1963

[@79tazman]

I like the 64 Sport Fury Style then the 63

[@rcrhinehart66]

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[@summitdrinker]

Is This the fastest production muscle car of 60's/70's ? Maybe So Ya there were a few faster and few that were close but................ Max wedges were assembly line production cars that anybody could buy, They were affordable and available. Example: 69 Camaro 427 ZL1 : less than 70 sold nobody could afford it and were they faster than a max wedge??? Example Ford Thunderbolt : Not a true assembly line production car, how many were made? 120 or so, only for the elite with connections But then again max wedges don't count because muscle cars were not invented yet.

[@billsouza4457]

Very fast but not the fastest. If your talking Thunderbolt or 427 ZL1 Camaro I'll say close but no cigar...68 S/S Hemi Dart and Barracuda. Street legal? maybe not, but they were production cars from the factory.

[@summitdrinker]

Bill Souza But they weren't assembly line production cars that the average Joe nobody could buy. Even if you had the cash you would be very luck to buy one unless you knew somebody. how many made 110 to 125, just like the Thunderbolt. is production made off line and made by a outside company? not to me

[@Ranman1]

The '62 - '63 Pontiac Catalina's, Tempest's and a few Grand prix's were hard to beat at the time, they werent mass produced but there were more then 250 of them made, plus GM killed their factory racing program in '63 so that killed the Super Dutys for the most part. www.oldride.com/library/pontiac_super_duty.html

[@taylorpinkney7253]

You must be joking no ZL1 camaro was never faster than the max wedge. Those were 11 second cars from the factory. The only cars that would give a max wedge trouble were the 68 hemi A bombers.

[@lorenjohnson7488]

This looks like a bubble top also

[@74superglide]

A new Volkswagen would outrun this thing today LMAO 🤣

[@79tazman]

yeah let me build the 426 with today's parts and tech and I promise you no VW will outrun that car but you are right todays VW will possibly outrun that 58 year old car but no VW would of came close in 63 when this car was new

[@scarletmacaw]

Seems like this was faster in the quarter mile than the Hemi Cuda, Challenger, Charger, Chevelle SS454 LS-6, etc. so that would mean that true power muscle cars peaked during the early 1960s rather than the late 1960s to 1970 which most people focus on as the “performance era” for factory muscle cars.

[@donhathaway3234]

Cars got so much heavier in the late 60s and again in the 70s plus smog controls came into being around then.