Hemi Belvedere

[@johntechwriter]

Fascinating “slice of life” video clip of some down-home folks enjoying a legendary machine. This car is all business, not even a radio, and when the driver briefly gets on it, the Hemi delivers the goods. Too bad about the steering problem but it’s an old car and this stuff happens. The girl has a great attitude. Three people I wouldn’t mind having a beer with.

[@bradjacobs1844]

Great video, one that us "old timers" can appreciate. A 4-speed behind a big-block is an intoxicating thing. Thanks again!

[@easygoing2479]

Brad Jacobs - Yes, I love that sound... like driving a Hemi dump truck.

[@samuelegbert2199]

LOVE THAT GEAR WHINE !! more please!!!

[@411member]

This vid brings back so many memories. I used to ride in the back of our 64 sport fury 383 magnum with a 4 speed and my Dad drove, and Mom in the pass seat! Early B-Bodies are in a class by themselves.

[@Mod1032]

I neglected to replace a rubber sleeve around the column at the dash clamp. I must have unconsciously pulled on the steering column as I dumped the clutch (this car really pulls), and the clamp alone was not enough to hold the column. At the steering box, the shaft goes straight into a coupling, it separated there. It pushed right back in, but I've re-fit the sleeve to prevent it from happening again. Lesson learned!

[@johntechwriter]

Mod1032 Your quote is seven years old. Despite the breakdown I bet this vid brings back great memories.

[@M21L35]

Quite the incredibly dangerous oversight!....wouldn't 'ya say?!

[@LoneWolf-yp2mo]

Sure glad it was a minor setback for that ride and you got it corrected.

[@mrkemblegilstrap]

hi! how about an update? it's been a long time. I love your car. it sounds awesome.

[@thomasrose6962]

Risky drive

[@GearheadExplorer85]

Powerful v8, no brakes, and no steering. Sounds reasonable. Murica!

[@retthok]

Back in 1975 I had a 1970 Hemi Challenger and the same thing happened to me luckily puttering around at 15 mph. The idler arm completely came off and thus no steering. You have a nice car.

[@jomamma1750]

That's the best car video I've ever watched. Thanks for posting!

[@Butters65]

Cool car!! love the old mopars...I had a '65 coronet 2dr 383 back in the early '80's,loved the car have always regretted selling it

[@tduross]

Sweet ride. I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum, my 65 Belv2 has a factory 273, 3 speed.

[@aaroncollins1763]

WOOH!!! Thank you! I hope the fix wasn’t too expensive. 🤠👍

[@rickward9845]

Kristin " I feel freat" . That is awesome!!!!

[@gphilipc2031]

I owned a '64 back in the late '60s. Loved that car. Miss it. If I still owned it, I would install a dual master cylinder for the brake system. To install some headers I had to remove the power steering and install the shorter manual box. I was young, wild, and dumb in those days to my poor old pops dismay. But, hell, he taught me mechanic work. Be careful what you wish for pop. The "Knack" is a powerful force.

[@openroad6522]

I remember my dad saying, 44 years ago, If I would have known you were going to do this to this car,, I never would have cosigned that loan 😄

[@tdibent1]

Great video. Kristin's response reminds me of my first ride in a muscle car back in 1976, a 68 tri-power GTO 4spd. Being pinned to the back seat was unforgettable. Had a similar loss of steering on a 68 SS427 Impala, dropped the drag link exiting the driveway (castle nut not torqued & no carter pin). Glad to see you kept the radio delete, anything transmitted through speakers couldn't compete with the mechanical sound of this sweet drive train.

[@gphilipc2031]

I owned a '64 Bevedere. 2 dr sedan, 318 cid from factory. I installed a '68 model Road Runner 383 in it to my dad's dismay back in 1969. I wish like HELL I would have left that car alone and kept it stock. I have 60+ years knowledge now and would install a dual master cylinder on the brake system...too late, that car is long gone. Regrets.

[@samuelegbert2199]

"Old school" Gear Whine !! Love and miss that sound.

[@jakoberickson2218]

"Good thing that didn't happen at 100." "We were?!?" "No, I said good thing we weren't" lol

[@classic-kool]

I know ... I let it slide..

[@bicylindrico]

She feels great, she feels fine.

[@LoneWolf-yp2mo]

Tastes sweet too I bet !!

[@timgarcia5213]

Hemis are a beast of an engine

[@Arcadia89]

Such amazing power still!!

[@woody95124]

Totally cool....Raw super power!

[@deepfreezevideo]

Oh come on now, show us another ride after you got the steering fixed!

[@richardyoung7018]

love this car and ,kristens hair!

[@vintagesavoiur]

Not her brains

[@4thstooge]

Boy.. It's a good thing he got out of it when he did, Those trees would have been the beginning of the end for a nice car & 3 people!

[@lorenhewitt8279]

That gear sound in the driveway sounded like my uncle’s 1950 F1 flathead ford pickups

[@matrox]

Does she know what losing the steering really means?

[@4thstooge75]

She would have if they crashed into one of those trees lining the side of the road.

[@gabe7722]

I think she was still recovering from the acceleration... lol

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

She's blond

[@airdave1961]

who cares. curly hair! hot

[@airdave1961]

@@MrJohnnyDistortion dumb fuck

[@Mod1032]

Originally 426 wedge, and you're right, it's just the radio delete panel, still have the working AM it came with. It's a Belvederer II, does that explain the steering wheel? Thanks for the comments!

[@1980bwc]

We just lost all steering. What do you think about that? I feel great! I feel fine!

[@125southernnh2]

I'm old enough to remember when real hot rods sounded like pickup trucks.

[@kc-6837]

Nice Mopar!

[@muly1725]

Cool vid! Did the intermediate shaft fall off the box? Who forgot to tighten the bolt?!

[@kaischmidt8030]

Old muscle car and a pretty girl. You have it all my friend

[@basoline]

That is a great car man and do I looooooove the 4speed!! What clutch are you using?

[@t18amgr]

More please.

[@easygoing2479]

So, in the end what was the problem? My guess is that the Belvedere fell off the pitman arm.

[@yosam5184]

I don't care watching this never gets old!!!! LOL

[@RexCars1]

So glad the happened at slow speed.. and NO Wreck

[@shockingguy]

Lmao, so glad you are alright, I used to have a 65' Coronet 500, Teal Blue with 426 wedge. Boy do I miss that car, I'm trying to find what happened to it.

[@Mod1032]

@realdeadendcruiser Thanks! The clutch is an 11" Hayes.

[@johnnysokko6533]

I had a GMC pick up the steering went out. You could spin the steering wheel in circle, and it had not effect on the direction of travel. Scary Crap

[@tdibent1]

Sweet car! Check the steering rod coupling as it's a known weak spot. Borgeson makes a solid intermediate steering shaft outfitted with U-Joints instead of the Saginaw coupler.

[@warrenjohnson9490]

So, was this car originally a push-button 727? And why did he pull up the "park" lever about 1/2 way through the video?

[@JRSmith06]

+Warren Johnson IIRC those are the heater/blower controls. If it had a push-button trans the controls for that would be on the other side of the steering wheel.

[@RexCars1]

Steering Delete For Sure..

[@cmf1965]

This car is a radio delete, but had a heater, as the controls are there. Odd that it has the deluxe steering wheel...What engine did it have originally?

[@jo6pak]

is this still available?

[@carnut7615]

She looks great! car is cool too.

[@michaelcuff5780]

Thats the only thing I didn't like about the old muscle cars was how long the shifter throw was. My brother inlaw cured that with a Hurst Super shifter! I think the throw was like 3 inches between gears. Big difference!

[@kctransplant70]

She is freaking HOT!!! The car is nice too!

[@anthonybrookey5468]

they looked a little shaky the first time you got off of ityou got lucky right thereI'm not a Mopar fan but that looked funand it sounded pretty mean

[@fireballrobbie1744]

Love the sound. But sometimes things break.

[@rmcustom9573]

MORE POWER !!!! I LOOOOVE MOPARS W/NO STEERIN' TA BOOT BY THE JASUS !!! And I absolutely LOOOOOVE adorable, ditzey, curly headed blondes who also loves no steerin' !!!!!! Ha ! Ha ! One of the BEST natural, but yet awesome video's I've ever seen on this incredibly typically stupid Video-"FEED" called KZbin ! Thank you for a damn good honest laugh, some well needed reminder of real (Old) HP, and of purdy blondes !!! Plus, she reminded me of my Ex. I miss her now........ Ha ! ha ! NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@PsychobabbleRapp]

OMFG that same thing happened to my 65 Belvidere when I was taking a girl a ride, ahahaha, the little tabs that hold the turn buckle sleeve in the steering box receiver pulled out some how,... I ended up hitting a fence and denting the fender,.. Mine was dark blue with a 426, 4 speed, same dash with no radio, I had no wipers either, just plugged holes where the wipers went , I wish I still had that car, they sell for 1/4 million these days

[@Gerk8]

Rag joint failure?

[@markclark1247]

liked that little squeal

[@peterterry398]

Neat stuff!!

[@FunkmassaDJVip]

Nice ride,but dam she was purrdddddddyyyyyyyyy!

[@zxtenn]

You're all LUCKY

[@blipco5]

The American dream right there til Chrysler intervened at 3:00.

[@Chris-gc1hw]

Interesting, I thought those came... Interesting. Kris' hair is hot

[@crazycanuck2578]

This video is 10 yrs old and I'm willing to bet that this pretty blond woman has a few gray hairs today, lol BTW, this is a great video of a very nice car and very rare with a Hemi???

[@rosscohenderson1651]

I have the real deal show car 67 440-4 speed , I'll show Kristen if she will come to knoxville TN.

[@ianmilne1185]

Cool car

[@mrblack6467]

The steering shaft came undone from the box?

[@Mod1032]

I had the steering column out, didn't have it indexed properly at the dash mount. The coupling is not a sufficient retention device. And you're right, the hemi was not meant to go in that engine bay! Easily, anyway.

[@dickjones6159]

So when you grabbed 2nd gear that last time it was forceful enough to pull the coupling the rest of the way off the steering shaft? I didnt know that they index the shaft to the coupling back then. ? I thought they only had to be 180 degrees from each other when you couple the 2 together. Any way well the most important thing is knowbody hurt car repaired and got back home with no damage right.?

[@dickjones6159]

My dad was a gear head. He told me a story of a guy he grew up with who had a 55 Ford with a 312cid. in it. They had a Paxton blower on it and they were racing somebody out on Woodward Ave. one night. They were going from 3rd to 4th (old super T10 BW 4spd) The guy missed 4th gear. with no rev limiters like now the motor came unglued. The fly wheel came off and right up through the bellhousing where it continued going in the direction of the top left side of the dash. As it did, it cut the steering column in 2 and kept going where it removed the master cylinder off the fire wall. My dad said by the time they had mentally processed the explosion of the motor and the noise from the fly wheel coming out of the bellhousing it had already left the top of the drives side fender. The windshield was all busted up and the hood hinge was twisted and mangled. By the time all that had set in they had coasted down from about 90mph to 55 or so before his buddy even realized there was no steering or brakes. he said the trans started bucking and jerking and at about 40 just locked up and brought the car to a stop right in the same lane they were in when they started. I asked him, how hard he thinks they turning the motor. he said back then even with good head work and a good isky cam that the guy did have they would maybe make power to 6800 and so he figured it came un glued about 7200 to 7400 maybe. he said it wasnt the rpm but the fact that the fly wheel was probably 27 - 30 lbs he said that is where and why all the destruction came from.

[@bigfootoneshot]

Nice Ride! I used a Weber Street/Strip Clutch in my old 69 Roadrunner and it worked pretty good for only being a 383 with a high riser and Holley electric fuel pump. Comment by mercmarc made me shake my head. I thought it went pretty good considering Mod1032 wasn't powershifting and had Company along for the Ride. As far as I'm concerned, a good driver only hangs full power shifts when he/she is alone not with first timers in the Jumpseat. Kudos to u Mod1032 and your Car!

[@paulrose6359]

Not a heater delete. If it was a heater delete it won't have the heater controls like this one. Itwill have a delete plate instead of the push buttons and temp lever that this car has. Itwill look like the radio delete plate next to it.

[@Mod1032]

Heater delete was an inside joke (it doesn't have heat). I didn't expect anyone to look at this video! I've had a few knowledgeable Mopar guys make good comments, thanks. Hope you have a good project going...

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

I wonder what happened?

[@zxtenn]

Wow, you are all very lucky people could could have had a serious accident if that happened at speed-- how are those drum brakes?? I used to have a 67 BB Camaro with drum brakes, when they fade the pedal was like a like a rock-- still you have a great car but you better triple check that steering

[@SteveP-vm1uc]

Mod1032, That is about what I thought. All it take is not tightening the slide bolts in the column clamp enough and getting thrown hard into the seat, everyone hold on tight to the wheel.. There is a FORD part for steering that I am looking to use.It incorporates a cross joint with a collapsible sliding rod. I plan to go to R&P steering and love that the sliding action will keep me alive in case of a front end collision and the wheel can sink into the dash without driving the column through me... Not that i wouldn't be wearing a seat belt or anything!! lol....

[@onetimer13541]

Great road for testing your car. Loaded with trees that dont move

[@mrkemblegilstrap]

More, more, more!!!!???

[@classic-kool]

Lost your steering .... break a belt??

[@cl7player]

No A/C either, but it has a full horn ring!😆

[@Fradias11]

dude! Christine was a 58 not a 65!!

[@whatdoyoufreakingknowTJC]

Dear Lord baby Jesus!

[@Erniegrow]

No offense but that ain’t power shifting

[@atfigure]

awesome

[@easygoing2479]

Cute... should have let her drive ! ! !

[@willlichdepuzi6085]

I was worried it was Weird Al until she turned around.

[@deanlangan837]

guys a wimping out snd someones car building ability should be questioned brakes,steering ??

[@muggyinthisduggy]

what transmission??

[@user-eu9ub8kj9j]

A-833 18 spline 4 speed

[@RealBriMax75]

Must be the vantage point of the camera. Hemi seems sorta docile.... Till he got on it Lol

[@SteveP-vm1uc]

@MrNova1969,,, I have owned many, many cars and trucks. The first 3 were all 1970 GM's. Had fun with them and enjoyed each, but the biggest turd of all times that I ever owned was a 1969 NOVA.... It was in great shape, but it was a turd. I'm not here to say it could not have been made a nice car, but it had shit for a ride and the radio wasn't loud enough to cover the road noise. I really want to say something else about people like you. I understand BRAND LOYALTY. But here is a fact for you. ALL BRANDS have their greats and their turds. I didn't stop driving GM just because the Nova was a pile of shit with zero class. It was a grocery getter with just enough power to tow a small boat. I have been driving an 02' F-250 Super Crew for the last 10 years and absolutely love the truck.. Never a breakdown or anything outside of normal maintenance needed. But my all time favorite car is a 65' Coronet 500. I have owned and raced many and own one now. Everything has come a hell of a long ways since the 60's and racers have a hell of a lot to do with that, but to come on here and badmouth someone's car just because you like something else is pretty fucking childish. Brand loyalty is great, but it doesn't make it right for you to act foolish. :(

[@MrNova1969]

+Steve 1961P. The fact that your Nova was a turd only speaks of your abilities as a "mechanic" and I am sorry that you are one of those insecure "car guys" who has to have a car labeled as a muscle car. Couldn't build your own huh? Mine is black with polished centerlines and a nasty 355. The car has run a best (so far) of 11.28 @ 119. With a 1.51 60 foot. Grocery getter huh? And all you have to brag about is a fucking 2002 ford truck?? lol! Who's the fool? There were 4 door 6 cylinder cars, all the way up to two door big block ss cars. Hey just like the Chevelle! Chevrolet's prime MUSCLE car.

[@SteveP-vm1uc]

WOW!!! So much class from one person. You are a shining example of why education is so important. Maybe before you spout off you should actually read. I did not post anything to BRAG. (UNLIKE YOU)!! Maybe had you spent a minute to read what I wrote, you wouldn't have made yourself look like an even bigger fool with your last try at a stab for me. Well, maybe it took you much longer than a minute to read it and couldn't get though a few phrases. By the way, with not much more than some home work on the heads and a few aftermarket parts, I broke into the 10's with a street car more than 30 years ago, so I am completely unimpressed with your 11:28 with your "NASTY" 355". Please!!! With what is available today you are boasting about what most of us did without any of today's technology. I honestly don't know why I even bothered to take the extra minute to answer your childish BS. Have a nice life.

[@1980bwc]

WE WERE???

[@fastfordman1965]

Damnit Dodge!

[@sandypoint63]

I was saying 'hi' to Kristin ( the passenger) I wasn't talking about the car.

[@sonnyblack9028]

nice!

[@morderca95]

There is much noise coming from rear axle lol

[@billstickly1]

sweet!

[@tonysoprano6651]

NO STEERING NO BRAKES typical chrysler

[@Moparmaga-1]

Bad ass , totally fuckin awesome . get out of the car and help your friend. What the hell film it.

[@sandypoint63]

hello Kristin...

[@mercmarc]

didn't look that fast to me

[@twistedtaipan3862]

Cool car but it could have been a 4 speed Corolla and we would have never known...

[@bicylindrico]

Should have upgraded to the Satellite

[@johntechwriter]

bicylindrico I disagree. The plainest mid-sized car on the road was the base Belvedere and that made it the purest platform for the classic original musclecar. You can have your look-at-me factory showboats like Pontiac’s The Judge GTO. Far more appealing to me would be a debadged, no-option gray Belvedere with Hemi, posi, and four-speed. It would blend in with the traffic, unnoticed by all except the true motorheads.

[@1980bwc]

John Techwriter I'm pretty sure he was joking.

[@farmhand6524]

Power venting machine

[@NEW_Stuff_for_RVs]

Her comment about losing the steering, I feel great, lol what the heck, lol Nice Car, but lose the ding bat comments, other wise great video. This makes your lady look foolish, and I am sure she is a great woman, if she is into Cars. Keep up the great car, p.s I wish I had your ride, I had a 1971 Charger, and looking to get another one soon.

[@TheXopony]

Cut her some slack ,she was probably in shock .

[@runninonmt8259]

ya...have it happen when your driving girl!!...Not a great feeling for sure !

[@mcleanartists]

Change the wipers!

[@airdave1961]

hot curly hair. shes sweet

[@Livingwater1994]

The intelligence of that woman is zero.

[@jeffrobodine1850]

Get it man shit😁😁

[@ledheadbobh]

shifting pattern is way too damned long,i like mine about 1 inch from gear to gear,by the time most people get to nuetral i'm in the next gear and on the throttle,an sayin see ya!!!!!!