1964 Mopar 426 Hemi Super Stock Racing A-864 Ramchargers

[@bumsharvest5493]

I used to deliver the newspaper (Detroit News) to Mr. Roger Lindamood when he lived in Warren, Mi. in the 70's. One day he took me into the back barn and showed me his funny car he was working on. It was insane! He was a real terrific guy to take the time and show his paper boy of 12 years old this amazing car. A real cool dude.

[@hamlinsondra]

This is my favorite era of drag racing. I stopped going in 1967 when the funny cars displaced stock-looking cars. Detroit Dragway was my favorite place to go. For a few bucks extra one could be in the 'pits' and see them icing the intake and the Ramchargers moving lead weights in and out of the trunk. Great times, the early '60s.

[@SuperChuckRaney]

I have a buddy that raced dirt track... he was a real plumber with 6 crews, so they had TONS of lead around. One day we went to the track and someone had stuck a bunch of tools in the trunk of the dirt car.. So, Andy moved them out ... people see him taking a huge amount of weight out. Soooo, he soon became the guy to buy lead from.......

[@carlcampbell6827]

Those early 60s Mopars were real monsters. The cool thing is guys with street legal Hemis designed for drag racing would be cruising around on weekend nights intimidating everyone. My favorites were the early light weight Hemi Plymouth coupes. Those things hauled ass from the dealer, but clever pro tuners had a bag of tricks to make them go markedly faster!

[@daryllect6659]

Larry Apodaca bout the '63 "Melrose Missile" and drove it on the street.

[@sambiden6020]

Enjoyed it, thank you. Also would go to Ramcharges Dodge on Woodward Ave south of 9 mile I believe. While at Chrysler Engineering, I worked in the Engine Design Area. I would Design Pistons, Cams, Valves, the drive train. Right across the hall from the Seat Design studios. On Weekends us Engineeris would go to the drag strips to support both Golden Commandos and Dodge Ramchargers. Quite the time.

[@raymondszumski1335]

I can only say with memories That was the golden age of drag Racing that I cherish .

[@raymondszumski1335]

1962 the scurge of the drag strip,Mopar 426 max wedge . I didn't forget G.M. and Blue Oval boys.,playing catchup. I hope I didn't tick off anyone, it's only for discussion .race on !!

[@Adam-lj7et]

Great win for Roger. Always loved the "Color me gone" logo.

[@polycarphunter2257]

growing up in the 60s in the Detroit suburbs, my older brother would take me with him to the Detroit dragway to race his 55 ford with tri-power. i remember seeing color me gone, the ramcharges, hemi under glass, little red wagon all the cool cars at the time. saw Don Garlits, connie Kalitta, Tommy Ivo trying to hit that elusive 200mph in the quarter. good times.

[@whodo4893]

Polycarp Hunter Did your brother take you to any of the street racing in the hood??? I had my brother and sister and brother in law take me all the time and I feel in Love with it real young. Woodward was cool and on Nothline Rd was far out before they expanded the airport and the Silver Bullet was the king of Woodward and Terry was in Bob Seagers band... Man those were the days!!!

[@carllandensack7621]

The first car I drag raced was a 1957 Plymouth called Running Wild at the age of 14, The last I raced at Motor City Stage at was a 1962 Dodge Dart that was formerly a Ramchargers car from Hodges Dodge from Ferndale, The really KOOL thing was that I was able to make a good friend Dan Mancini.

[@ulijohnne]

My dad's toughest loss... Roger Lindamood passed away a month before Jim in 2014. They reunited a few years earlier when Roger lived in Maumee, a 1/2 mile from our car wash and by chance came by to wash his car (both still drove Mopars lol) when Dad and I were working. It was a nice day... I was only 3 when '64 Nationals took place.

[@Adam-lj7et]

Thank you for a really neat insight into this part of racing history.

[@70stunes71]

ulijohnne yeah man . we are same age . I miss the 1970s but I still mess around with the Mopars and I've had a lot of them six pack cars xcetera. The 70's era was really something else either racing or on the street. And they have gotten so much more out of the super stock cars these days. The ET times are truly incredible and the horsepower figures of the super stock race hemis really astounding these days

[@jimnitire]

sorry

[@SuperChuckRaney]

You ever see a black Mopar with "The Man from D.O.D.G.E." on it? 4 speed Hemi car. A buddy owns the car now. NW car from Lithia Motors

[@strangelyfamiliar1729]

i could watch this all day long. thnx!

[@whodo4893]

I remember that they had their shop just down the road from where I grew up and you could hear the Detroit Dragway on the weekends during the summer as they were ripping it up and no one worried about all the safety crap then because if they died in a drag race it was doing what they loved....

[@rodendz3153]

Thanks for uploading this. That's my cousin Dick Branstner standing in the trophy line with Roger Lindamood.

[@iamgriff]

Hearing the crowd go wild over a 11.39 ET. Amazing to think how far we have come in the automotive world. A factory V8 powered Dodge sedan can run that ET in 2022.

[@jamespn]

Hodges Dodges, Color Me Gone Dodge, awesome teams.

[@CamaroAmx]

the last race was used for a Dodge ad in 64. it was a picture of Color Me Gone and the Ramchrger on the line and said "sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. but when a Dodge loses to usually to anther Dodge." great ad.

[@justenough730]

I remember seeing that, Mopar was king of the dragstrip.great ad truth in advertising

[@Britspence381]

Good racing days! Cool to see Dan Smoker, Newport News was my hometown. We used to race at the now defunct Suffolk Raceway, or the Lions Bridge in Newport News until the police showed up. :)

[@633rex100]

Dave Strickler asleep at the line! Very rare for Strickler!

[@covinomartinez6048]

High Eleven's in '64! Impressive!

[@topenddean]

Stock 413 Max Wedge car's were running high 11's in '62 right out of the gate. I don't think the Max Wedge cars were pulling near 130 mph trap speed though. That's Hemi territory!!!

[@captjim007]

Some mid 11's

[@davegeisler7802]

All Mopars too

[@saneauto]

A little before my time I was born on LRAFB in 67. Didnt get into cars till mid 70s and then just worked on em. I couldnt drive till 1980

[@13spdRoadranger]

Awesome! Thanks for posting.

[@kurtpoblenz2741]

Once Chrysler unleashed the hemi , it was all over for Ford & Chevy. It would stay that way until the nhra started adding weight to only the mopars & not Ford or Chevy. Great time in drag racing history ( 64 - 71 )

[@tomglorius5091]

Yeh I agree😀

[@zubitron5]

Yep, NHRA could not stand that the Mopars were so dominant. If it had been a Chevy with that sort of domination, they would have been fine with it. NASCAR did the same thing, after the Hemi came out and dominated, they let the Fords and Chevies continue with two four barrel carbs and allowed only one on the Hemis. When the Hemis started to win with just a single carb, they made them start putting Restrictor Plates between the carb and the manifold to choke them down. If that hadn't worked, they would have come up with some other way to restrict them.

[@justenough730]

Wally parks said we don't care about Chrysler we want this to be a Ford and Chevy battle,and that's when they added weight to the Mopar pro stocks in order to slow them down.talk about blatant hate for mopar.in my view Wally parks was a piece of Shit💩

[@circaseventies]

@@justenough730 Doing it again to Factory Stock Challengers

[@randywatkins2359]

Yep, GM = Big Money . Something Chrysler couldn’t compete with.

[@antizakkonic7789]

I grew up on drag racing in that era, very impressive as a kid and I still love the old MoPars but it's almost comical to watch the leaves in light of what's going on today isn't it?

[@HEMISUPERBEE426]

MOPAR FOREVER !

[@davegeisler7802]

Ramcharger vs Color Me Gone in the finals .. classic 👍

[@g.stephens263]

I used to watch those cars at the old Detroit Dragway ("Be there SUNDAY! at Sibley and Dix!") back in the 60's. I've always been a Generous Motors guy, but liked the Ramcharger Dodge. Favorites in those days were the Royal Pontiac "Bobcats".

[@polycarphunter2257]

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! me to.

[@davidcentofanti4283]

just fantastic

[@whodo4893]

Because they didn’t have the torque converter technology back then, used to take off doing a neutral start and with push buttons gear selectors it was cool to have it revved up and push the low gear button but it didn’t last long because they were dropping tyranny’s left and right and the mess of fluids & parts was a lot to clean up, so they banned neutral starts as a result....

[@peteloomis8456]

There were what was called the clutch flite trans which was a 727 set up for drag racing that had its bell housing removed for a bolt on piece then a clutch adapted to the input shaft of the trans so the pump would work the automatic transmission half of it. Basically you use the clutch to launch & stop with but once under way you shifted the automatic by either push button or just letting it shift on its own . Not sure if they ever used them in Super Stock though being the cars had to be pretty much stock from the factory but I do know they used them in the altereds that were alcohol or nitro enderle injected Hemi's just for the fact that torque converter technology at the time wasn't very good especially on engines that had huge duration cams & needed a loose converter to get the engine in a better rpm range to launch hard . The other reason for the ban on neutral drops was because with the 727 if you neutral drop at high rpm's then drop it into low gear that shocks the rear sprag which back then they didn't have the better bolt in sprag with more roller bearings on it to take more abuse from racing but once that sprag let's go the clutch drums can also explode tearing the transmission in half or possibly even cutting the drivers foot or leg off which eventually led to better made parts for the 727 & the development of the trans blankets .

[@bluesharp59]

Nice video and you got my thumbs up.

[@4thstooge75]

You could see these cars left the line sluggishly, Torque converter technology really made these cars launch hard in later years.

[@summitdrinker]

Some of it is the low stall TQ's, but I think it's all the tires could put to the ground also. tires were only 9 inchs wide and not very good, they didn't want to break traction and spin the tires

[@zubitron5]

@@summitdrinker I agree. I went to the drag races back at that time and the worst thing that a driver could do would be to smoke the tires and lose traction. Any time you saw a stock or Super Stock car smoke the tires, they almost always lost the race.

[@paulanger2048]

Traction was a killer. That's why Landy moved the rear wheels forward for better weight transfer.

[@TheRoguelement]

The Lindamood "Color Me Gone" 1964 Dodge model 330 was my favorite model as a kid . in 1992 I found a 1964 Dodge 330 2 dr 6 cly 3 spd all original with certicard I purchased but wasn't in the best shape from windshield leak so the floors foot pans were awful. I spent the nest 2 yrs when time allowed Restoring it and getting the blue as close to the Color Me gone car as I could. And was looking for a motor and trans combo at the time it was stolen. No I never saw the car again .

[@topenddean]

Wow, that needs to be turned into a country western song! That was rough. Condolences Dude!

[@fourfortyroadrunner]

"Some" of us, LOL, "were there."

[@summitdrinker]

+fourfortyroadrunner I wish I was, but I was a little kid in 1964

[@MrPappysCobra]

Awesome days.

[@frostroxie2740]

All mopar’s and they give them a mustang!😳

[@strangelyfamiliar1729]

a first year mustang!

[@justenough730]

@@strangelyfamiliar1729 booby prize

[@Milesco]

I know, right? I was thinking the same thing!

[@michiganmafiamx5543]

I just bought Herm Mozer's helmet at his estate sale. I have lots of RAMCHARGERS and Chrysler stuff for sale.

[@davidrose6375]

I went to the 50th anniversary birthday party for the HEMI at the CHRYSLER MUSEUM in March '03. Some of the RAMCHARGERS team were there. A great evening!

[@whodo4893]

Michigan Mafia MX That’s farout did you meet any of the guys from Ramchargers???

[@brtshmvne]

🗣RAMCHARGERS!!!

[@justenough730]

And that Ford thunderbolt was demolished.Mopar for the win.Mopar the heartbreak of Ford thunderbolt.

[@daryllect6659]

The 4 speed 'bolts would beat the MoPars in stick shift classes. The MoPar 4 gear was not easy to powershift.

[@davidrose6375]

I love these early 60's period drag races when Fords, Chevrolet and other brands were just fodder for the Dodges and Plymouth drag teams.

[@jameswinter6125]

In your dreams.

[@davidrose6375]

@@jameswinter6125 And to top it off, the MOPARS were running an automatic transmission, a pushbutton beating those also rans," yes, we were there but we were not even close to those MOPARS".

[@Bruningable]

Dragstrip Terror Machines

[@summitdrinker]

I surely wasn't there since i was just a Toddler. I have the full video posted on my you tube page, up loaded by somebody else. this is just the super stock part of it.

[@donaldpowers5557]

And with that comment, I just went to you page and subbed, I got drafted miss my shot a getting involved in 70s, my first pass in a 69 dart, 340 4 speed was 2 ths under the record for that sanctioning boady, the owner of the would let me drive his car again i was all most .4ths quicker than him, did eventualy ge my own mopar to the track and took a 4 spd. 69 road runner to a best of 10.69 at 124. Its amazing to see the difference in the evolution of traction of tires and suspension, but to be honest with a 440 6 pac. Motor with a tm⁷, intake , 4:10 gears and 10 inch tires 485 lift comp cam factory rear springs, to a best of 11.38 at 118. Before i worked on suspension, talked to MR. 4 spd. Back in 83 and he told me if i wanted to run 10.90s 4.88 and 14x32 slicks, and ladder bars, the guys name way HERB MC CANDLESS. THANKS HERB. THEN the divorce that was it the old bird is decaying like so many (hopes) do .. the car was so consistant, at five different track it varried only .020 .. loved the pro tree, the last year it varried only .022 reaction time, but did get to play With some other daily drivers, won a mopar event back to back in the truck class . It got totaled, stuffed the 5.9 magnum in 94 dakota, last time out .. the trans failed with 245k, but got to enjoy the .005, .008, and .004 reaction times, told this part to a professional driver who I knew and he said it was luck... said in my mind luck? Right. I will enjoy your hard work by watching you videos. Thanks for your love of the sport.

[@chadshepard3449]

When mopar brought out that hemi in 1964 that was it for the other car makers.

[@jimnitire]

never was beet by a Hemi sorry my lady with a 355 chevy

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

@@jimnitire street hemis were garbage. 440s would eat your 355 though. so would a 340.

[@andrewrcmadwilkinson6999]

BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@zxtenn]

They might have been ugly but I didnt see any 409's running with them

[@paulanger2048]

It's almost like they are so ugly their cooler than the good looking cars. That they were so fast helps too!

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

409s were garbage lol.

[@zxtenn]

@@frigglebiscuit7484 Thats why it was replaced by the 396/427

[@r5t6y7u8]

2:50 A fifteen year old kid driving at Nationals? O-o

[@whodo4893]

I was racing a 63 impala with a 327 and power glide when I was 11 years old at Detroit Drag Way!!!!

[@blankphonk4889]

they should bring back the two tone wheel paint job. i'm gonna do that on my car

[@kurtweggler4880]

Back when 1/4 mile was 1/4 mile!

[@summitdrinker]

I'm not sure If Have seen that ad, I could have but don't remember. I posted a link above of others ads from the hamtramck website

[@TimMartin62]

MOPAR or NO CAR.....NUFF SAID

[@427dynodon]

Those names are the whos who of drag racing.

[@andrecasey4265]

4:06 into this film. Is that Hugh Tucker collecting his slip?

[@summitdrinker]

+Andre Casey I don't know

[@orange70383]

Cigar chomper takes the win'

[@Clunk49]

Was that INDY?

[@davidhorner5655]

Move Over People Are Racing...

[@donaldrosing6753]

I was at that race,,saw color me gone up on a trailer,looked underneath and it had 3 electrical fuel pumps under right rear by bumper. I guese this is what you get when you buy a stock dodge car. many good memories, sneaky pete beat don garlets. he had 2 powered jacks under his chev dragster.gas he gave full power in air then dropped down onto track nhra banned this after race. it was dangers.but it worked once

[@71superbee39]

he...he...Mopar ..

[@hogdick5867]

More top fuel. Fed. Forever

[@allenoshana7461]

Gee no Chevys…………..oh too bad!

[@2x4barrels40]

forced adds are a no view

[@jimnitire]

Ramchargers what a joke for Dodge !