Mopar Muscle Cars

[@darolfitch8917]

When I was a kid, these cars were still around. I remember thinking how ugly they were, but now I wish, I had one. I would love to have the green one. Super cool, My mother drove a Dodge Dart for years, it was super dependable. My dad did all the maintenance on it. Man have times changed. Nice to see these old cars.

[@danmoore6107]

My dad bought a LOADED, white on white, with red striping and red interior, '64 Sport Fury convertible brand new and financed it to the hilt. It had the 426 Street Wedge and TF727 with console shifter. The next door neighbor's brother had just bought a new but leftover blue '63 Dodge with 383 and pushbutton automatic and paid in cash. The neighbor kept trying to buy/trade for dad's convertible and after about 6 months, he finally made an offer dad couldn't refuse. He took the convertible AND its payments and gave dad his PAID-FOR Dodge AND $900.00 cash (which was a TON in 1964/65). About 10 years back, I ran into an old guy at a cruise night that had an identical Sport Fury to what dad's had been. I have no idea if it was the same car but I guess it could have been. The old guy claimed there were only 7 Sport Fury convertibles in that color combo, with the Street Wedge and auto on the floor. I have no idea if there's any truth to that. I think ALL Sport Furies had a console shift but I could easily be wrong about that. After my parents divorced in 1973, my older brother got his first car, a blue '63 Dodge. No, it wasn't the one dad had earlier but it was nearly identical. It looked exactly the same but my brother's car had a 318 Poly in it. 5 years after that, mom bought a '64 Belvedere that was also a 318 Poly. All those cars are long since gone and I've wanted a '63 Dodge OR '64 Plymouth my whole life but I've never had one.

[@mrc4912]

Fremont drag strip, early 1960s: my buddy came to race his '57 Ford and they had a couple of these white Mopars there and they looked like grannymobiles until they blasted down the strip, turning mid to high 12 second runs. My friend and I looked at one another, absolutely flabbergasted at the quickness of these cars. Wow! 413 became an important number to us that day.

[@dukeallen432]

Learned a lot. Great episode. Thanks Dennis and crew.

[@79tazman]

1962/65 Mopars are the cars that got me loving Mopars as a kid my uncle had a 62 330 with a 413 street wedge with dual quads and I remember that car shaking me at first I was afraid of the car because of the sound and how it use to shake my body and no other car did that to me and once I was use to the car I was in love with it my uncle would take me for a ride in it and use to make me lock to the back of the seat it was so much fun and to this day I am in total love with them even more with the Max Wedge cars

[@vargohoat9950]

im a mopar guy till i die, love these cars

[@billwilliamson9842]

I'm pretty much a ford guy but I love these early mopar max wedge and hemi cars, just way too cool. i'd rock one in a heartbeat

[@matrox]

I've been preaching all along that the old Plymouths and super stock Dodges were the original factory muscle cars, not GTO.

[@1972lovinglife]

matrox I can't believe somebody else just said what I've been saying for so long I seen public comments about the GTO and you're exactly right my friend all us Mighty Mopar guys know the real gods honest truth these cars were the original muscle cars and they cleaned house when It came to going on the strip and Showing who is the real boss is!

[@jeremythompson9122]

Really the first American muscle car was the 1955 Chrysler 300...the first American car with a 300 horsepower factory rating since Duesenberg in 1928. In 1955-56 the hottest V8's from Ford and GM were making about 180 horsepower and the Chrysler 331 Hemi with two 4 barrels was factory rated at 300 horses in 1955 and in 1956 the 354 Hemi with dual quads was rated at 340 horses and there was also an optional 355 horsepower version that was strictly for racing. Also the high performance Dodge D-500 came out in 1956. Between the Chrysler 300 and Dodge D-500 the Mopar teams completely dominated NASCAR in 1955-56. Ford and GM finally had to use superchargers and fuel injection to be able to compete with the Mopars in 1957

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

The GTO was the car that brought it all to the mainstream. Everybody who knows anything about cars knows it wasn't the first. But if it wasn't for the GTO, muscle cars would've stayed in the background. With only us power hungry gearheads knowing about them. Which, when you think about it, probably would've been better for us. Cars like the GTO got the insurance companies involved. Ruined everything. Damn GTO

[@matrox]

Well actually the first was a 49' Olds Rocket 88. But the first really race ready were the super stocks. The problem do to styling they were not that popular with the masses regarding being sporty. That's where the GTO got the upper hand.

[@taylorpinkney7253]

These cars were really built for the drag strip Dodge and Plymouth really didn't recommend these cars for street use

[@opera93]

Thanks, WOW,! Great stuff, MOPAR , etc. Anyways, I was in High Schoo,and driving in these days....Well remember some of these Darts/ 413/426 WEDGES, and few school Mates had some, etc......!I think a INDIANA STATE POLICE HEMI, (1964/5 ??)CAUGHT MY real attention..Anyways, we always watched for the US30:,Bunker Hill ,Fort Wayne DRAGSTRIPS, and conversed with a lot of Dragsters @ a couple of my early Garage Hangouts.... I am a little envious of the 65Coronet trip down the STRIP!!

[@IndridCool54]

“Tach it up, tach it up, buddy gonna shut you down…” 😎

[@michaelatkins9780]

I m craving cross ram induction right now.....

[@patrickmcgrath5411]

"LIFE IS A DRAG"❣️

[@dennisryan6370]

We used to shake our heads at the styling, if you wanna call it that, of these Mopar Monsters...

[@jabomiles6947]

Our 63 Dart had a slant six. I could dream of the big V's though.

[@jacilynns6330]

“Torsion bar suspension, good ina straight line but terrible on curves” wtf? Torsion bar suspension is absolutely the best on turns.

[@greasyhitchball]

Ladies and gentlemen, before you, we have the very first muscle cars!! Years before the GTO.

[@generalpatton8468]

1949 Oldsmobile 88 was the first muscle car. Either the '64 or '65 GTO changed the game tho

[@bertgrau9246]

The 64 GTO is called the First muscle car. I think there were other noteworthy cars, the corvette in 55 had the 265 V8 then in 57 had a 283 2-4bbl. The GTO had the 389 with 3 2bbl carbs

[@56cadd]

65 GTO's started the race.

[@butchconger8670]

Had a 64’ Dodge Dart 4 Dr with the push button transmission and the 225 slant six

[@arnoldberk7686]

Ugly then means super cool now. Just ask Ward Cleaver, Fred Rutherford and Captain Culpepper

[@joelbillings3066]

No belts ? No harnesses ?

[@rogermetzger7335]

I love this selection of cars! They seem to follow a theme of maximum performance with a minimum of comfort and convenience equipment. It seems to me that the closest things to that concept in 2019 are base model pickups. Maybe the base model Wrangler too although, in the case of the Wrangler, the "performance" is not of the drag strip variety. So are there other cars (or trucks) in 2019 that have that same formula of most of the cost being devoted to performance rather than the womb substitute syndrome?

[@blondie1169]

They weren’t exactly beautiful.

[@markparent3323]

Max Wedges are sexy. Folks who say the GTO was the first muscle car are fooling themselves.

[@bk14nyc]

I was Born & Raised a GM guy (Pontiac Chevrolet Buick Oldsmobile) but these early MOPARS were the KING of the Racetracks & the Streets!!! 🏁🏁

[@johnstrickland257]

Mopar was the first muscle car. Not the GTO

[@barrycuda3769]

They were unrecognized by media types that weren't actual racers getting animated by them.

[@56cadd]

The 65 GTO answered the muscle car question.

[@darrellsomers5427]

The 61 409 ,impala ruled the drag strip in 61 ,not the 392 and the 426 didn't come out tell 64

[@spaceflight1019]

Ford Fairlane 427 Thunderbolt. GTO proved that the concept was profitable. Chrysler followed with the Charger, and later, the Road Runner.

[@darrellsomers5427]

In 61 you could get a 409 that made 409 horse power with 2 carbs look it up ,unless its a hemi mopar heads don't flow good numbers power is in the heads mopar only made a few engines that made one horse power per cubic inch ford and Chevy made several

[@charlesjacobsen9895]

Those early sixties Mopars were ahead of their time in performance, the body styles improved in the mid to late sixties, if you can find one today you’ll have a true factory hot rod !

[@karlbishop7481]

The guy who was responsible for those gawd awful designs was Virgil Exner. The '61s were eyesores, he was fired prior to '62. The designs were cleaned up a bit for '62 and a lot more for '63. By '65 they were good looking cars and by '66 the Dodges and Plymouths were the best looging cars on the road, at least I thought so. I've been bleeding Mopar Blue since I can remember, and I am now 75. One big highlight for me was when Richard Petty cleane up at Daytona in '64.

[@darrellsomers5427]

If its not a 392 or a 426 mopars suck

[@matrox]

I'll be damn...waited all through the video to see the track run and its not there.

[@THX-kw2jh]

I like the 62 Red Dart with an Automatic.

[@jamesd.wheeler6190]

Say Mopar Muscle and you've got my attention!

[@scottwest1813]

What a poor ending.

[@billwilliamson9842]

yep, total letdown

[@Mr.XJ.96]

Its Mopar or No Car!!!

[@hughjass1044]

When referring to early 60s Mopars, ugly is simply code for gorgeous!

[@allenmax8995]

love that 62 Belvedere...snot green paint and all.

[@gedisdiop]

My first car was a Belvedere II, Police Special, with a 383 4bbl, Mallory dual point distributor, dual pipes, push button A-727, full instrumentation, including a working clock. Certified speedo. Just what every 16 year old kid needs ! Fully documented. Bought it at the local C/P dealership for $275 in 1974. Fast as a bad case of diarrhea.

[@opera93]

Thanks... interesting, !, me too, DRAGSTRIPS. *& Garage , Hang outs thru my 1961-69 years,, too ..Anyways, I wished I could have gotten something like that Belvedere II?.......imhad seen the 1970 SUPERBIRD in LAFAYETTE IN IN EARLY 1970:: to long, drama, HEMI TO expensive( I ordered a 68 ROAD Runner ,new,special ; but passed on Final Buy( losing my $200 DEP)... Anyways,, quickly settled for 70:Coronet 500: 383 , Turquoise engine, In Ralley Red, fairly loaded)......

[@opera93]

Ps; fun to hear more about that BELVEDERE BUILD,.. !! INTERESTINGLY THE Indiana STARE Police , RAN A FEW Hemi’s s early 60’s.....and some other specials...

[@Hop7]

My first car was a 62 dart ' with a 440 I thought is was the ugliest car on the road ' wishest i had it know.

[@TheWhitetailrancher]

Gorgeous cars! Damn ugly at the same time. I LOVE the 63and after body styles though. Some of my favorite cars ever made IMO

[@MyClassicCarTV]

I know. Weird, isn't it?!

[@TheWhitetailrancher]

@@MyClassicCarTV Its actually an amazing accomplishment when a guy thinks about it.

[@garrettreines6952]

Were those Plymouths Dual Exhaust from the factory beings they could be ordered with the 413 and 426..or were they single exhaust..

[@kenrussell1093]

what a mustache! They should have shot a clip with him sitting on the rear deck of a convertible at about 80 mph 👺

[@williambowen1771]

Beautiful beautiful old musclecars

[@kimmorrison9169]

62-65 mopars are my favorites but most car people seem to be focused on late 60’s and early 70’s mopars. Guess I’m showing my age.

[@bpp325]

NOTHING sounds like a MOPAR.

[@rickyhammer6832]

OH man 62, ply post, slant six,,62 polara 413 no option big block car,65 corronet big block, 67 corronett bigblock,62 Sport fury drop top big block ,i had em all in the 80's When they were$800 all day long! No lie!

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

I grew up across from a guy that raced hemmi cars in the 70s . been in LOVE ever since.

[@AndyFigueroa-vb6iu]

Beautiful muscle machines of the past

[@gtx3632]

Too bad the 63 polara max wedge is not shown

[@kesslermontijo6304]

65-66 was a Mopar line mechanic, thanks for the memories as these years of Mopars will a;ways be loved! Was before a letter from Uncle Sam changed everything.

[@rickallen8158]

Ok, after seeing these early '60s "factory" Mopar super cars, explain to me why anyone would say that the GTO started the "muscle car" era???

[@lw216316]

So in -65 the government mandated standardized gear shifter - and that did away with the push button .....did not know that....my dad had a couple of push button mopars when I was a kid. ....did not know about the 413 engine.....don't see many of these cars running now at the drags

[@richardyoung9658]

My dad had a 64 polara 413 wedge cross ramp

[@russellharvey8590]

My first car. '62 Dart 318 push button auto. $100.00 from friends grandma. Sigh.

[@juliojames5986]

Fit and finish on my 63 was very good, and it was street fast….! So there you have it. Sport fury, ..383, auto….!

[@daltonmann4916]

guys those old mopars were definitely fast but, dang they were ugly! hahaha! oh, dont get me wrong i would take one because they were blistering fast but man they were ugly!

[@budlanctot3060]

That green 62 reminded me of my neighbor's car when I was a teenager. He had an ex border patrol car with that kind of odd shade of green.

[@oldmusher]

My 1962 Plymouth Savoy with the 420 hp 413 had a thin rubber mat floor, and the 3-speed on the column, not a Hurst on the floor. 13.5:1 compression. It was white with (no kidding) a brown roof and a brown interior. Bought it from the original owner who had never had it licensed after 6 years. (warranty waiver on the glove box door). I boxed up the engine, put in a warmed over 383, and drove it. Had to "alter" the title to get it registered and licensed. Sold it...bought it back 2 years later, and re-installed the 413 with a 4-speed from a newer car. Rear had the spider gears welded.

[@davewallace8219]

in a song by the beach boys....they mention the 413...and super stock dodge!

[@ilikequiet6474]

IMO a 64 Plymouth Sport Fury is the best looking

[@paulgoree5206]

They so ugly, they cute and badd Ass, would love to have one.😅

[@matsfredsson9445]

I love it!! I love the possibility to buy a street race car direct from the dealers! PS, PB, AC..? Nah, that only adds weight...

[@jeffleblanc8850]

These in my opinion are the first muscle car the Mel rose Misel the first year of this body style was ugly but they are really beautiful these cars ran the drag strips this green car is a nice car and I’m sure rare color nothing a matte with these cars I prefer the 64 65 sport fury or dodge polara I have a couple friends with sport fury’s with 426 wedge and 4 gears awesome cars the best cars mopar ever made in my opinion these cars ruled the drag strip and they still do in ther class

[@ronwinkles2601]

This is very true. I did a lot of street racing back in 1963 to 1966. My prime car was a 1959 Chevy Impala with a built 1962 327 ci with fuel injected cam and heads with solid lifters and 12 to1 pistons a mallory dual point distributor and topped off with 3 Stromberg 97 2 barrel carbs and exhausted by headman headers. I used a 3 speed close ratio chevy 3 speed trans with Hurst floor shift and a 3.50 posi rear end. It dyno at 360 horsepower. It was a real sleeper. The only thing that ever beat me on the street was a 1964 Dodge Polara with a 426 Wedge with a 4 speed and a equalock rear end. Never forget racing this guy twice. He had a reputation that covered all of central Maryland as being unbeatable. The first race I had him out of the whole and in second and third gear by two car lengths. When he pulled his 4th gear, he passed me by two car lengths at the end of the quarter. I could not believe it, so I had to race him again. He did the same thing. I was topped out in 3rd, and in his 4th gear he just walked on by!

[@davidcatalano3781]

I owned a 1962 Dodge lancer in the '80s great car

[@edwardrobertson2958]

Hey, far out! I'm a Chevy guy from way back. I've worked on almost everything. Until now, I was unaware of the Mopar 413. A great intake manifold. One carb for the other bank. Pretty smart. And such a wide intake manifold, what's the degrees between cylinder banks?

[@kcav5374]

I drooled over these cars, like my old 62 Sport Fury two door non post car; 440 powered w/ cable operated 727, 3.91 geared posi that I bought for $300,00! (I turned it into a bracket car) & my older brother Bill's 65 Belvedere II 383 three speed (column shifted) & even w/ a 3.23 posi that car Rocked ! ! ! (He never lost to a SBC on Woodward Ave) at least not that I saw....;)

[@josephppopp7493]

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday RamCharger Dodge😢

[@paulg9299]

Bob was awesome, what a great interview!

[@clintonsmith9931]

Kid by the name of Dave in LA in 63 gave me ride in his 62 Said was 413 but I have idea was 426 wedge Raced it all the time on the street Very fast Stopped fast too

[@luiscarlosdavila6311]

Sloopy and ugly but beats every fancy car!!

[@gvet47]

My step brother being a lot older than me let me drive his 1965 Dodge with a 426 to my prom in 1966. Told me to put my foot into it but I was too worried about damaging the car.

[@moeshouse575]

i have a big Q. the 62 green car. the one shown has one taillight per side. but i remember other pics where it had 2 or 3 lights per side. am i remembering right?

[@burnedoutfred9066]

My '62 Savoy had 2 on each side; one was a backup light. Number of lights depended on trim level.

[@jerimahjohnson8698]

just got a 63 polara...i think i want a hemi in it.

[@bertgrau9246]

a 5.7, with a 6 speed auto from a Ram truck would be powerful, and good fuel mileage

[@notintohandles]

Best factory muscle cars EVER!

[@darrellsomers5427]

Not even close ,in 65 you could get a 396 that made 425 horse power with one carb not 2

[@donalddday7741]

my brother had one like the red one it was a 4 door with slant 6 he put on a 4 barrel intake and a holley, it was a 4 door so he took foam spray on insulation and filled in the bumpers to the body and sealed up the back doors took out the back seat made a bed painted it flat black and blacked out the back windows, almost every time he went out in it he got stopped by the cops, never got a ticket for anything about it, it was one ugly car when he was done but it turned heads

[@destroytheilluminati770]

did my drivers test and passed it in a 65 dodge coronet 383/727auto, on the day of my drivers test we got 6-8 inches of snow, i sure miss that car and regret selling it

[@davidallen5776]

For Plymouth and Dodge, it would be three seasons before things would get back to normal!

[@stevemehan7276]

Mopar awesomeness !!!

[@panmans]

1963 Plymouth is a beautiful car!

[@matrox]

Naww...Mopar had nothing beautiful then. I will say they looked cool setup as hotrods. Wait till 65' and the Chrysler Crown Imperial was a real beaut.

[@johna.4334]

Surely you just

[@gf4353]

@@johna.4334 Jest like in court jester

[@johna.4334]

@@gf4353 Yes

[@JamesBond-hu9rg]

My oldest brother and Uncle got to work on the original “Motown Missile”. In Detroit

[@bertgrau9246]

I had a 63 Plymouth Savoy 225 slant 6 torqueflight I liked the front end looked nice . Would spin the right rear tire from a standing stop but nothing like these.

[@johncurcio3621]

I love your videos. This was a ugly car back in the day but I'm very familiar with it from my high school days. Now it's cool. I'm a fan but your greasy weird mustache needs to be photoshopped out if you insist on keeping it, ha.

[@dhoover5480]

My great uncle bought new cars every 1-2 years. In 1963 he bought a new red Sport Fury. I was about 11 and didn't know much about the whole deal, except that it was gone 1 month after the purchase. My dad said Uncle Jake floored it to pass somebody, and it almost gave him whiplash. My big brother said it was a 383 with torque flight and badder than a mad hornet. Wish I had that jewel today

[@darrellsomers5427]

383/335 horse power lol

[@wayne8498]

@@darrellsomers5427 that's actually a conservative number my goofy friend. 383s made good horsepower and torque throughout the entire RPM range.

[@michaelwallbrown3726]

1965 Dodge Coronet one of the best looking MoPars ever built except for the 1970 to 1974 E bodies

[@billhanna8838]

In Australia we called the dart an Ap5 , came with a slant 6 & the tire imprint on the boot . It could do 100 MPH all day as i did going from Sydney to Darwin , Never missed a beet .

[@burnedoutfred9066]

That was a great motor! I upped mine (cheaply) to 200 HP and never lost at the track. Went through clutches and rear ends quickly though...

[@JulesN580]

Used to have a lot of fun in my 1970 VG VIP 318 :)

[@JamesBond-hu9rg]

I worked for his son Teddy.

[@axemastersinc3269]

62 Dart, and 62 Belvedere, are two of the ugliest cars to come out of the motor city. 7:16 Those push button controls for the transmission. My gosh. Dog gone it Gage really, what was the time it ran.

[@darrellsomers5427]

Until 68 mopars were ugly light but ugly excluding the 67 dart but in 68 they started making some great looking cars

[@taylorpinkney7253]

I want one 😭

[@Pimp-Master]

Anyone remember the '65 Belvedere as mostly fast, scary police cars?

[@grinningg]

The green '65 clone in last segment was destroyed in a fire. Its in Steve Magnante's Rusted Muscle book.

[@thebitcher7606]

Oh and I apologize for my last comment there I'm using voice text so excuse the wording

[@garrettreines6952]

How much were those Plymouths going for with those Big Wedge Motors at the dealership..

[@thebitcher7606]

I am so glad you made this video it's about time somebody put all these other people straight they saying the GTO made started the muscle up now you got right on the money I thought it was 63 while 62 was but 63 from the sport fury 426 Maxway that was a badass car thank God for somebody actually making a statement that wrong Pontiac getting started right there Plymouth Dodge Chrysler did now Max wedges are great but it also one of the fastest cars of all time but if you look Grand national GNX fastest American car made open trust me it blew away I did 89 ZR1 Corvette but great job thank you for making this video

[@darrellsomers5427]

The 426 wedge didn't have any thing for the 61/ 409 impala it ruled the drag strip tell the 66 street 426 hemi came out

[@vincewilliams5219]

Gives me Goosebumps!!

[@MrSuzuki1187]

You made no mention of the push button shifter for the Torqueflite trans.

[@jimfahnestock6618]

Nice Hot Rods

[@richardkrismer2226]

62's are badass with killer wheels and tires

[@budmcneely1571]

Anybody ever hear of of see, drive a Plymouth Sidewinder?

[@paulusrossini3574]

Love the 65's but the 62's were soooooooo butt ugly.

[@judyroberts6740]

Surviving in California bb

[@michaelgrubbs1618]

That was an awesome race with the Hemi even the very last part we saw the times in miles per hour

[@charlesdimech4876]

Car 1962 Plymouth was designed by virgil exner who designed & worked for studibaker

[@budlanctot3060]

And Exner was demoted after the reception car buyers gave the 62's.

[@smiddysmidton8313]

The 62's rock !

[@geoffreyjohnston6483]

I'd have liked to see some drag action and a lot jaw action.

[@jamesmoore9511]

I loved my 62 Plaza. My brother had a 65 Dart GT

[@jamesmoore9511]

Maybe it was a Belvedere, father had a 56 plaza wagon with a hemi & overdrive (28 mpg)

[@jeffleblanc8850]

Beatiful coronet factory racer it’s beatiful can’t believe he said you made him a believer if he knew anything about mopars he would know these are the best of the best out ther I’d take them against anything from the 60s at the track and these will win hands down