1964 Dodge 426 Hemi Lightweight Walk Around

In this thorough walk around of our 1964 Dodge A864 Hemi, we cover the condition of the automobile as well as detailing in depth the features that make the A864 package significant. Be sure to check out our other videos to hear the 426 Race Hemi engine come alive.

[@LesAtlas]

Few might know how back in the 1960s dealers could hardly find buyers for these cars. When I was about 14, back in the late 1960s, I went with my father to a Dodge dealer. The dealer had a similar lightweight 67 in his lot, not yet sold and with the street hemi, and was trying to get rid of it. My father liked the reduced price, under $2000 if I remember correct. I thought the car was so cool, and it seemed special with the battery in the trunk and huge air cleaner. My father started to get serious until he learned that it had a much shorter warranty than other new Dodge's. So my father passed on it. But he did wrangle a deal on a new 67 Dart GT for my aunt, which had the full factory warranty. Dad was a race marshall, so he could take me out on the track and wound out the 273 in the Dart. That was fun, but I still would have preferred the hemi.

[@maximuswedgie5149]

Holy cow what a cool story. If I find my time machine I will let you borrow it to go back and get that car. 👍

[@ThePaulv12]

If they sold well then, they wouldn't be expensive now. I must say that I hate that the wealthy speculate in muscle cars, where once they turned their stuck up toffee noses up at them and us.

[@donaldlambert2407]

I'D BE SO PROUD TO HAVE THAT CAR.

[@scotthay1486]

Automotive muscle history right there. Factory built for the dragstrip. sublime condition and very original. Priceless. Thanks for sharing.

[@canoelicker]

Beautiful. I have the same car with a 500" max wedge, 4 speed & dana with 4.10s... Goodyear bias rubber all around n steelies with caps. It's a show car that I also don't drive much. Delete of everything & Magestic Red, just like this. The history in these cars is incredible.

[@davidrobins4025]

Gorgeous 1964 Dodge Hemi. Thanks for showing it to us. Dad bought a "run on the line 64 Dodge with a slant 6, three on the tree from Mac Tracy's Dodge dealership in Somerville, NB. (up the hill from the Hartland Covered Bridge) It would go like the wind and had lots of miles on it when dad traded it. I loved that car.

[@juano9833]

Such a badass example. I’m sure one would feel like a super hero driving this beauty around.

[@merlemorrison482]

I had a regular old 1964 Polara with a 383. Brings back memories....

[@JamesSmith-iy5nm]

sounds like someone pulled this kid out of computer class to do this walk around. nice car waldo.

[@charlieandhudsonspal1312]

Actually he sounds like a computer

[@mskfrutoz]

I can't believe how good of a good condition the car is

[@georgeseco91]

A truly American Muscle Car, beautiful Times.

[@JohnW1711stock]

Chevrolet missed the boat in 64. They should have built 427 Malibu's with lightweight body parts. The Thunderbolts, and Hemi cars are still competitive in NHRA SS. Amazing.

[@toecuttre]

GM ( not specifically Chevy) was actually ahead of the game with the '63 421 cid Pontiac Catalinas.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

@@toecuttre - Yes, lightweight Pontiacs with Super Duty Dual Quad 421's...

[@BuzzLOLOL]

GM wasn't missing any boats... they had 52% of the car market in those days... buyers loved GM's cars... all the other car makers on the planet split up the remaining 48% !!! And GTO was outselling everything muscle...

[@martinwarner1178]

Lovely car, thanks for the details.

[@CamaroWarrior]

I read an article where this car was ran brand new 0-60 in 4.1sec and 1/4 in 11.40sec @125mph

[@sunnymtnboy]

my uncle had a former highway patrol car, painted this same color, 383 with high gears, top end was scary

[@TheWhitetailrancher]

Absolutely gorgeous car! I would love to have that one for sure!

[@69bjgmopar]

Beautiful mopar

[@kylec166]

I love these cars awesome

[@keithoneil6711]

Perfect beautiful amazing looking car beautiful colour perfect thanks friend have a very nice day

[@79tazman]

One thing you did not mention on normal push button cars they go reverse, neutral, drive,second, first but on the race cars they go reverse, neutral, first, second, drive that way the driver would not hit neutral by accident when racing but you have hit on many of the facts and it's such a bad ass car and rare.

[@gregkistner1955]

An Amazing car indeed!!

[@srt8rocketship241]

Can you imagine owning and taking it on the street around the block? Your neighbors would love it or hate it.

[@dowen1511]

Its amazing it didn't end up with a roll bar in it .

[@raychasse2607]

Yes but ever the original light weight Darts did not come or raced with roll bars , unbelievable by today’s standards

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

Well now.....theres a retirement . Lol. Gorgeously done.

[@stefansellin7365]

Great vid. Thanks for sharing...

[@rtraymond]

Little old lady from Pasadena drove a shiny red Super Stock Dodge...

[@stevenschwartz1209]

Not to be a stickler but Super Stock refers to Plymouth engines. Dodge called their engines a Ram Charger.

[@billjamison2877]

This is one beautiful example of MoPar muscle! My first car was a 1964 Dodge 330 but NOT like this one!

[@timfremstad3434]

My grandmother had one of these, but it had a wedge motor, and not quite full on race car like this one , was B5......she got rid of it because it was hard to start in the winter

[@donaldpype7018]

Max Wedge o my god

[@thatruth10111111]

The only dodge that didn't rust

[@michaelgrubbs1618]

All of that coolness and you don't even freaking start it. I had a friend in 1985 who owned one of those cars. And I helped him work on it and I don't recall some of the things you said as being true. I know for a fact the Hemi didn't come with chrome valve covers. I don't believe the doors were aluminum. My friend showed me the thin bumper and the aluminum fenders and Hood. All the interior delete and no back seat. His car did 10.2 in the quarter mile. From the factory. And could light the tires up at 60 miles an hour in drive

[@joepilbeam4722]

C'mon, just give it to me!

[@zombywoof1072]

It's the little old lady from Pasadena The little old lady from Pasadena (Go granny, go granny, go granny, go) Has a pretty little flowerbed of white gardenias (Go granny, go granny, go granny, go) But parked in a rickety old garage There's a brand new shiny red super stock Dodge And everybody's sayin' that there's nobody meaner than Then little old lady from Pasadena She drives real fast and she drives real hard She's the terror of Colorado boulevard

[@kirbywaite1586]

And yet they chose to keep the decorative chrome trim on the sides! ( which I like)

[@mrkemblegilstrap]

Awesome!

[@bluesharp59]

Great car and video, Thumbs Up !

[@zxtenn]

Nice, funny to have the tach set at 4500. You should bring it to the track and make few passes just to see the performance in more or less 'stock' condition. Didnt they say no warranty, etc. with those?

[@anthonyholleran2721]

I believe with any HEMI equipped car, it was 90 days for the warranty and then it was, “You’re on your own pal,” in the famous words of our beloved Jay Leno.

[@thisisyourcaptainspeaking2259]

Perfect family car.

[@Richard4point6]

Mopar at its zenith.

[@mskfrutoz]

This is really kool

[@maximuswedgie5149]

Dream car

[@kylec166]

I would take this car Mopar heck yeah

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

Now what makes this car special ....$$$$$$$$

[@eddieadkins2954]

I had a 64 dodge push button 318 2brl 2 door

[@orionwarren4244]

You could buy these cars back then. But at $2K (up to $30K in today's Venezuel, er I mean, US dollars) and with no warranty or 90 days at most, they were just a little more risk than most average car buyers of the time were willing to take!

[@jaylestingi5418]

Was the 8 3/4" axle only with the Torqueflite cars? I thought the manuals got the Dana 60 with its 9 3/4" ring gear?

[@mikeslattery8715]

I, love the American Torque Thrust D's On the front needs the same on the rear. My opinion don't count.😂👌🧐☝️🙄☝️

[@maximuswedgie5149]

Probably a good thing I can’t afford this. First thing I would do is drive it, like it was meant to.

[@bnghjtyu767]

So I missed the weight on the car which would been high valuable information. I saw one of these a couple years ago at the Mopar Nationals in Columbus Ohio really cool cars. by the way what did these cars run in the quarter back in the day? Could they get 11's. I have a 64 polara 500 with Max wedge clone in it. 727 reverse valve body console bucket seats battery in the back 3-in exhaust disc brakes front, engine built to stock specifications a&a manifold a&a transmission work PPI headers.. wait I sound like this guy only I don't want to sell mine.

[@davidmiller8924]

Cars are meant to y driven. Start it up and take it for a spin. Drive it home in reverse if you're worried about the mileage....

[@waiting4aliens]

I believe they had 6 cyl brake drums to save weight They are of smaller diameter. . Look at the bolt circle.

[@Shade_tree_garage01]

trailered doesn't equal cool to me, i wanna see it driven like it should have been in 1964

[@brianreed7959]

You need too get your facts straight. Other than a few misrepresentations, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO.

[@bruceh92]

One Zillion dollars?

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

And a half.

[@gregturner1029]

Need it

[@candm9610]

Does it run???

[@joepilbeam4722]

Which body part do you want me to cut off for that car?

[@briansd2772]

On average.....would this beat a Hemi Dart in the quarter? Thanks.

[@HoosierRooster]

nope

[@steveflor9942]

Soooo,...... How much does this thing weigh?

[@doncurtis1462]

The doors were steel, not aluminum like he says on the video

[@bobblowhard8823]

I'll bet that car is worth at least $1,000. And possibly even more.

[@dowen1511]

Nice if it was a 4 speed but the auto was maybe quicker.

[@karstenramcke6637]

A Dream

[@dowen1511]

Yes but they were ment to be driven at least a quarter mile st a time . lol. Got to drive it some so the tires don't get flat spots on them.

[@mskfrutoz]

That's unreal

[@francorepici3586]

Anyone know the horse power for this race hemi?

[@francfurian8215]

Yeah 425HP. The Chrysler engineers always claimed every Hemi no matter what year or configuration was 425HP. Someone must know the actual figure! Cheers😊

[@claytongillaspy8847]

@@francfurian8215 more like 600 hp would be accurate or close these cars would run in the 10’s factory trim mid 10’s at that very few if cars could run with these back in 64

[@coolmoodee]

So where is the video of the car running ? Come on man....

[@drivexyz2297]

this car was basically a death trap on wheels

[@dowen1511]

Little old lady from Pasadena could of bought it new . lol.

[@stang1764]

why don;t you start the FN thing lol

[@rickbullock4331]

Gorgeous car but does it actually start and run. Nice piece of history but looks to be a trailer queen. Too bad Jay Leno doesn’t own it we would’ve got to see it run on the road and hear that engine with headers wide open. What was with that magnet test? I really don’t care if someone is trying to falsify the fact that it might actually have steel fenders and doors. Is this car for sale? That exhaust from headers back was so they could get the car from the assembly plant to the car transport, sounds a little ridiculous. We’re these sold as streets legal cars or for race only? No outside mirrors and no heater or defroster I’m guessing for track only. Looks really good but it may as well had a slant six in it. Where was the hood?

[@garyhopkinssr8561]

That's all cool but it ruined it when I couldn't hear it run

[@davsaltego]

You didn’t start it?????!!!???!!!???!!!

[@jimmyc6686]

Torque monster could pull a tree stump

[@robertburks2126]

Too restored.... any survivors? Those I like. Never liked the "totally restored". They are not used as was intended. Sad, but beautiful and powerful for sure.... when used.

[@rmax2]

All that...and no start...no sound...wish I hadn't clicked...

[@davidarford3719]

seems to me i heard there is no such thing as a super stock dodge . only plymouth . ! ?

[@SLJ2137694]

You heard wrong!

[@gilreeve4035]

In the Beach Boys song Little Old Lady from Pasadena the words “brand new shiny red super stock Dodge” comes to mind when seeing this car :)

[@marka.keaton3059]

MOPAR !!!

[@john2914]

Thats an ugly one for certain.

[@edwardrobertson2958]

Okay cool, low mileage. Kinda sad that no one ever really drove that car.

[@DanielLopez-tb2fl]

Hey a cream puff racecar!

[@jimmypickett9912]

Great car but it is so nice you really can’t drive it.

[@Lousasshol]

His magnet trick was fail , not the most desirable body style imo but it will sell for lots

[@chadkoch9026]

Car looks phony