How To Identify A Genuine Hemi Car

Looking at VIN tags and data plates is one thing, but Chrysler engineered several unique features into each of it's Hemi B bodies.
Here's a rundown of what they are and why Ma Mopar stuck 'em there.
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[@billgarbutt7844]

Even us Ford guys love watching Tony.

[@WildDisaster]

Even Corvette guys. Wth 😲

[@HortonBennett]

Even Miata guys.

[@suzyjohnson4667]

Ford man here. Uncle Tony is great! Much good info and interesting subjects indeed.

[@skyartrc8286]

i dont even own a mopar, let alone a hemi, but im here becuase tony knows mopars like no other.

[@johnmckamy6398]

I owned a 74 roadrunner for a while. In the late 90s . just wonder what one in the shape that yours is in would go for now days?

[@greggcollins4215]

I do not currently own a Mopar but have owned 8. Wish I still had the 67 Dart GT with the 273 4bbl, 4 speed.

[@trentdawg2832]

He taught mark worman......

[@dwaynegilkes3544]

Taught me plenty so far

[@aperson3268]

He knows everything front-to-back except Transmissions

[@gregoryskaggs656]

Uncle Tony will give you an education that, when he's finished, you can't wait for the next class to start. He makes you feel right at home and explains things in a no nonsense way. Thanks Tony.

[@bbb462cid]

Here's how I identify a genuine vintage Hemi car: I can't afford it

[@johnsheets7261]

You should do something like find a old mopar police cruiser and do an illustrative video showing the differences between the regular and police models!

[@bbb462cid]

I can do that for you. Here you go, how to ID an old Mopar police car: It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.

[@SteelSurgeon]

@@bbb462cid im glad somebody did it so i didnt have to

[@notsofresh8563]

@@bbb462cid Nice one. The best of Elwood.

[@jimmygasser2151]

@@bbb462cid so what do ya say is it the new bluesmoblie or what

[@shoominati23]

Cars that apparently would do 180mph when the hottest street versions would struggle to do 120 lol

[@davecoxx7082]

I had a 67 Plymouth belvedere GTX 426 hemi once. It was green though...and made by Revell

[@sergiohenriquez2379]

😂😂😂😂what a Di#%😂😂😂 but a good one 👍

[@DisabilityExams]

I'll never get sick of original HEMI cars!

[@JDWard-Jeepster]

Love the U.S. Navy Seabee Flag on your wall. I served 20 years and retired as an Equipment Operator 1st Class.

[@Billccm]

Don't worry I will not get tired of this GTX's coverage. Best content, so far, Uncle Tony. I like the methodical slow pace here, too.

[@gulfy09]

God only knows how many older cars had vin changes

[@Jelsick]

I will not get sick of that GTX. I used to have a 66 Belvedere back in the 80s. I love that body style.

[@BlainsTube]

Uncle Tony, you have a great way of explaining the technical facts and trivia of whatever you're discussing. I could watch these type videos every day. Kudos to Uncle Kathy on the great camera work!

[@MrGeno1951]

There are a lot of honest and expert mechanics out there- thank goodness for that. But not enough great teachers. You are both. Your lectures are as professional as any graduate seminar I've ever sat through, and far less sleep inducing. Thanks, Unk.

[@chadkarmann8067]

Your knowledge knows no bounds. I am never anything but impressed and just listening and watching. Your attention to detail is phenomenal all the way down to making sure that you put a blanket down to rest the hood on a primerd top. May seem meaningless to alot of folk but I have seen how shit goes bad for body work throwing the hood on the roof! God Bless you Tony. I appreciate your videos!

[@jamesola7968]

Derek at VGG recommend to watch you and I have to say , it was a great recommendation 👍

[@captainjohnh9405]

I just got my shirts and stickers today. Tony, please tell Uncle Kathy a HUGE Thank You! for me. Oh, and her penmanship is superb!

[@kevinbaird2332]

Ok Tony some commits The So number found on the fender tag is also stamped on 2 locations on the body. These must be reviewed to insure if the fender tag goes with the body. Most do not know the 2 locations. Fuel line is the same on 67 GTX's with a 440 or a Hemi. Both are 3/8 lines. I also thought that Hemi car also came with the torque boxes welded from the front frame rails starting at the firewall pinch weld out to the rockers. Again they were on Hemi cars and the Converts.

[@waynebuzzell2483]

Will never get sick of MOPAR

[@jimanastasio192]

I owned a Bright Blue 1967 Hemi GTX once. It was in 1/25 scale. LOL. I love that body style. One of my favorites of the era. People think I'm a Ford guy, but I like musclecars in general. I spent 8 years of my childhood riding around in my father's 1968 Satelite and have had a soft spot for big Mopars ever since. Love the video!

[@CJColvin]

Mopar makes the beast muscle cars and hotrods while Ford makes the best trucks (other than the Mustang).

[@hotwheel6663]

I wish he would find a 68' Coronet '500' 383 car as my parents had one Burgundy with a black top, auto 727, on the column, bench seat, and wood grain steering wheel, magnum 500 rims. My all time fave Mopar.

[@marksolarz3756]

Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s. I remember a lime green super bird that use to cruise around. And even my next door neighbor used his 1967 GTX to deliver pizza. Another friend had a heavy Chevy LS-6 Chevelle. He was fixing it all the time. Not the cars fault....he just beat the shit out of it! Seem to go through clutch’s from all the racing! He loved it! Bright red...White striped!

[@dinadaughtry8993]

I can not amagine being miserable in a hemi car! That is a nice car hope to see it when finished, and thanks for the pointers

[@mihkelkiil2454]

Excellent information on HEMI

[@johncarlson8029]

Had a 73 Plymouth Satellite and a 73 Dodge Challenger They were nice both had that magic when you drove and with Bilstein's, and the biggest anti sway bars just magnificent to drive just the way they make you feel. But that body style and the ride quality of that one will be 2nd to none when finished. Torsion bars made them feel so how would one say hmmmm 3800lbs Satellite Sebring Plus ... Twinkletoes was her name. Back then their were so many still on the road so after mom and dad bought the Satellite from me for my brother to go to school so the door opened for the 1 owner Challenger. 2000 bucks later b5 blue over sun rotted white interior which was changed to black as a challenger was sitting on the street so i stripped the interior. Any how 15,000 dollars later it was done and very solid, added a leaf on the right and re arced on and on and on. Just remember everybody if ya spend a ton of cash on a "regular" mopar I.E. 318 2bbl it won't be special except to you and you will never see any money if you sell. Shit i could write a book and call it Musical Cars. Sorry to ramble but this car has me goin

[@t5montecarlo]

In 1977, I bought a 1967 GTX with a 440 and automatic. It also had the 2 extra half leaf springs on the right side. Unfortunately, I had to sell it in 1982 due to lack of a place to store it/park it.

[@MM-rr1kp]

:55 what a satisfying sound that closing door makes

[@DobermansRock]

My grandpa used to say you could tell a lot about a car by the way the doors shut. I was T-boned in my 68 Coronet. No shit smashed in I could still lock unlock and open and close the passenger door. My friends were impressed and came to the darth side of Mopar.

[@jeremypike9153]

All unibody structures use the rocker panels as an integral structure to keep the floor pan from twisting under load. From the pinto to the hemi gtx they all essentially have the same bones holding them together

[@j.vallee5653]

First time veiwing one of your video I am now a fan I really like his honest approach.

[@AllenSymonds]

Happy Birthday Teegan!!

[@bobroberts2371]

It helps that the long block was done by a machine shop. However, I'd still pull it out and check the clutch, flywheel bolts. At this point it takes about nothing to pull the motor and it will be much easier to put back together rather than leaning over the fenders.

[@moej.priest6861]

Thank you always Uncle Tony, Happy HEMI day! & thanks for the teachings GrandMaster Mechanic! Please reduce cigarette smoking, WE NEED YOU (& i fucked my pulmonary system in 20 years smoking less than you, much appreciations and respect, God Bless)

[@jamesblair9614]

Something else different on Hemi cars, there are two extra plates welded on to reinforce the area where the front spring hanger bolts on, one in front and one behind, the rear one is hard to see once the spring mount is attached. Something else, I thought the Hemi cars did have the same rocker reinforcements as the convertibles, but I’ve never been able to prove it for myself.

[@MoparArtbyautomolove]

I'm glad you mentioned the two plates. I was going to.

[@andrewbutton5580]

We never get sick of Hemi cars. Never.

[@robertmartin9729]

Great video! One thing I have to comment on is your statement that these cars have a "higher survival rate". That may be true of the bodies but certainly not true of the engines. Not only were they built and raced hard but, back in the gas crunch 70s, many owners were selling them for pennies on the dollar. That's where the Top Fuel guys would swoop in and buy the whole car... just for the engine! They weren't doing that with 427 Chevies or 428 Cobra jets. Today a numbers matching HEMI car is the rarest of the rare. I feel extremely blessed to still have mine (RS23J......)

[@rickhibdon11]

Question for Tony (and others) This concerns a car I came across some years back and remains a mystery I was a tool dealer, and came across this one at a shop. The owner was a deaf mute and communicated by teletype machine so it was to get info. He'd bought the car used. 1970 or 71 Dart. Brought it in for a break job. Shop had done it before and was familiar with it. Front pads had to be custom ordered! Had manual brakes and 4 piston Aluminum calipers. Also had the large diff but had the smaller Chrysler bolt pattern. Appeared to have metal deformed in the B pillar area. It had a 318 2 bbl, 727 auto in it. With AC, and it looked 100% factory install. All the AC lines, hoses, controls, etc.. The small master cyl, and large diff drew my attention. I ran the VIN (as best I could) and engine code came up 426. I was never able to question the owner. I always wondered if it had left the factory with the hemi and got swapped out later.. or maybe it was halfway built, and factory put the 318 in instead..All the AC stuff looked perfect.

[@rotaxtwin]

Glad to hear that the long block is worthy. If those parts could talk i would be one to sit down and listen to their stories.

[@larryw5429]

Uncle Tony needs a couple car lifts!

[@rcbailey2581]

When I was in high school a good friend of mine had a 68 Charger that had a 318 in it. I worked on all of my friends cars because I went to Vo Tech for Auto mechanics. He bought it that way, I remember it had the Hemi ID tag on the fender well under the hood. We didn't think that much of it at the time. We just assumed the original motor blew up. In 1975 they weren't worth that much. I don't remember any Hemi insignia on the exterior trim of the car but that does not it wasn't their.

[@WiSeNhEiMeR-1369]

HOWdy U-T-G, Thanks for the HEMI Sleuthing COOP ...

[@lenkowalyshen9571]

Man this one brings me back to High school.......everyone went to school with a Kid like this This guy's dad bought his kid a 1967 Satellite 426 4 spd car ......this was in 1974 and this kid drove it to my shop class and we had a class look at it .....Man this car was all stock it was a Black outside on Red interior car buckets console ..the car was everything a guy could want . THis kid drove this car 1 week and wrapped it around a pole ..nobody was hurt but the car was scrapped .......one thing this car never had disc front brakes .....I also know of a 69 Hemi Super Bee , it also never had disc brakes ......sadly this car ended up flipped over in a ditch 1976

[@easygoing2479]

Happy HEMI day, everyone! My family had a wonderful morning; we got up and sang carols, then the kids found all kinds of presents under the HEMI in the living room. Leroy got a new Torque Wrench, Jethro got a General Lee model with a realistic pitted chrome rearview side mirrors and a rusted trunk floor pan, and Little Otis got a Johnny Walker sippy cup. We'll leave the Hemi up for a few weeks, then pack it away for next year.

[@MrGeno1951]

Packing it away would be the saddest part if it wasn't for the sippy cups we keep in the cup holders.

[@marcturk4410]

Hemi cars had extra body modifications ,in a few locations ,

[@stevemcinnis4794]

Hidden vin numbers are a good way to make sure it's the right car for the vin.. my 65 Belvedere had it on the rad wall and deck tray

[@junk250]

Not a hemi but I had a 1968 4 door Newport, special ordered with a 1966 HO 383 and 727 trans police car . Had original build sheet in trunk , hit 2nd gear hard about 55 mph at full throttle . Also had Air Conditioning and electric windows and seats

[@agenericaccount3935]

Glad you are transferring this knowledge. It will be useful for quite a while.

[@Welcometofacsistube]

Easiest way to tell if it's a hemi car is by how many car lengths you're gapped by

[@jmendo2546]

Ah ha you forgot one where the 4 bolts for the leaf spring bracket, between is a 1/4 spacer plate so they dont rip out or twist out. I noticed when I pulled my leaf springs out

[@Martmns]

Excellent video! Uncle Tony knows his stuff and particularly his hemi stuff!

[@johnrush4571]

March 31 should also be considered Hemi Day. Maybe Original or First Hemi Day. This was the Hemi that started the horsepower wars.

[@Vickyvee97]

I love the GTX videos uncle Tony, keep it up!

[@acmehighperformance2826]

love it. on another note.. if you havnt seen yet... roadkll is looking to fight utg... we got your back

[@TheRacerbrown]

I own a 67 R/T, 4 speed car, it has all the Hemi piceses except for the torque boxes and the 3/8 line runs from the tank to the pump and is 5/16 out to the carb.

[@paulcabezola3559]

Happy 4-26 Day !!

[@abesKIA]

my Hemi day is March 31...

[@michaelferro897]

exactly right, my buddy has 2 Hemi Chargers and they both were examples of what you said, 1 was a race car that got damage and the engine yanked to go into its sister team car and stuck in the back of the garage, the other had a 383 instead, who knows what happened to the Hemi throughout the cars history.

[@michaelchance9405]

Happy Hemi Day Uncle Tony! I learned a couple of ID things from you today, esp. the pinion snubber support.

[@HortonBennett]

Support your local pinion snubber

[@michaelchance9405]

Support it daily

[@johntierno546]

In addition to features Tony points out my 71 hemi charger has torque boxes in the front too as well as Vin numbers stamped into cowl and radiator support. Vin tag on dash, drivers door sticker and fender tag plus Vin stamped on engine block and transmission bell housing, hard to clone these cars. Also external transmission cooler in front of radiator for automatic cars.

[@nhra7110]

Happy HEMI day to all!

[@DobermansRock]

Don't believe this guy he has no idea what a Hemi is. Damn Mitsubishi guys always trying to fuck up the the thunder.

[@bigbear5510]

Great video UTG!!👍 Happy Hemi day!

[@1962pjb]

The front torsion bars are slightly thicker in diameter too on hemi cars.

[@DobermansRock]

K frame is different also.

[@Mynextproject_74]

Great info! Thanks for the video!

[@robertkoontz7865]

Great info, I got to see 6 or 7 Daytona Super Birds @ Daytona in the late 70's

[@crabshack122]

Very informative. Thank you and please do more with Hemis. I’m going out to my garage and check mine now 😆

[@rickbarger5161]

Pretty cool video back in 1971 when I was 14 I bought a 1968 GTX it was only three years old with 30000 miles on it it was at Dependable Dodge in Canoga Park California I only paid $800 for it seems hard to believe now I've had way over a hundred cars and trucks my GTX was my most favorite by the way I bought it working on a paper route and I quit school in 9th grade worked at a little John's Auto Repair $2 an hour LOL

[@01trsmar]

Very low price even for 1971! You got a smoking deal!

[@johnvilleneuve7944]

Happy HEMI day UT. That car is so clean underneath. Andy made the right choice bringing that car to you.

[@jlletaw1954]

That car's in the right place now

[@MikesGarageRoute66]

Always enjoy watching your videos

[@Whatchamawhozit]

I own one Mopar product (Fiat Mopar, but still a Mopar) and 3 fords. I love my 300S. Mine is equipped with the 345 (5.7L) Hemi, which i know is not a true Hemi like the original design, but I still love it. I still wish they would have made the 6.4L in the 300 or made a Hellcat 300, but I digress it is still a great modern Mopar to me. Owned it 3 years and constantly have the dealer bombarding me to trade it in on every service visit (oil Changes and mile recommended services). No matter how many times I say, I love it I do not want to part with it, they keep asking (it only has 10000 miles on it and is clean... really clean). 5.7L 300s are more rare than they used to be. Chrysler has opted to put more 3.6L engines in the 300, 300S and 300C than Hemi packages. So since it is a low manufactured vehicle with a V8 I kind of like having something nobody else has and that is what led me to UTG. Friends said, you love your 300, you should check out and subscribe to UTG's channel and I have and DO NOT regret it one bit. I would love for UT to check my 300 out someday, sure it is not impressive by older Hemi standards but it would be nice to get his opinion on the car just the same, even if it he hates, it would be nice to ask his pros and cons.

[@powerwagon7811]

Yep, I have an 05 with the 5.7 , I think any clean v8 will hold value from now on. It's been a great car, no issues at 120 k.

[@imperial1967]

440 4 speed and hemicars used the 26 inch radiator and have the larger radiator opening

[@ericlandstrom6155]

383 A/C cars have the same core support

[@DobermansRock]

Thanks Uncle Tony for not using the same format as your Edelbrock Carb video or I would be forced to cry Hemi Tears the size of Elephants. Happy 426 Hemi day everyone. Can't wait for next years gift from Uncle Tony.

[@m3horn]

Nice 67 plymouth Gtx Andy. 👍 Also the video quality is great ultra Kathy.👍

[@RhodeIslandWildlife]

If you're going up Plainfield Pike in Rhode Island, half way between the Johnston Line and Carmel Corn County, there's this junk yard called Hall's Garage in Scituate. It's been there for ever. It was one of those old-school joints. Pop's sitting in the garage with a couple German shepherds. I'd ask him for something for My Nova or my "Sedan De Vile" or what ever pickup I was beating to death at the time. He'd point and say yeah there's a couple back over there. You shoved a few tool in your pockets and head out. (In your big-boy work boots). It was like walking thru a bombed out Vegas car show. One day I had go talk to his kid, can't remember why. The kid was my age (1951 +/-) and had a 6+ bay garage full of late 60's to early 70's MOPARs out back. There were a couple 'Cudas, a rag top Charger, can't remember what all else. I was too distracted by the Hallelujah Chorus thundering in my head as the door opened. Think about what you could build if dad owned a junk yard, it was there. Breaks my heart that era's gone. Remind me to tell you about "Juniors" down in South County. You needed to ice up a 6 of tall Buds the night before and show up there first thing in the morning when he was real thirsty.

[@markallen1413]

You know you’re Mopars uncle T 👍👍👍👍👍

[@lunes-1]

Great video,keep it up!⬛🟪

[@bernierezny8156]

Happy 4-26 to you UT and the woman the myth the legend UC

[@aliassmithandjones9453]

back in about 1980 I bought some `69 charger body parts (2 doors, 2 fenders, hood, truck lid, tail lights, bumpers) from a guy for $100.00. I only needed the right fender because mine was crunched- common on chargers because people underestimated how far that corner stuck out. He had a 1966 hemi belvedere that I probably coulda got for $4,000. The engine was cool but in my eyes the car was ugly compared to my charger so I passed. Of course 4 grand was a lot of money back then especially for a kid

[@jeremypike9153]

Pinion snubbers are pretty much exclusive to Chrysler products. Rarely you will find them in gm and ford products but it had to be a car where it was needed in other brands

[@nicholasagnew2792]

You already said this info, but luckily for you, I FORGOT...just like everything it seems

[@jimjungle1397]

Mopar Performance / Direct Connection used to sell the Hemi pinion snubber support as a separate piece you could buy. Only the manual transmission cars got the two half leaf springs on one side and that included 4 speed 440 cars. 1969 383 manual transmission cars got one half leaf spring on each side, one year only. Hemi's burn up spark plugs much quicker than 440's.

[@NorthernPerformanceGroup]

Tomorrow is happy Chevy day 427

[@NorthernPerformanceGroup]

@@ahoneyman I think ford day is March 2nd 302 considering ford Started hot Roding started ford day deserves to be first

[@1575murray]

@@ahoneyman But Ford has 4/28 and 4/29 all to itself.

[@NorthernPerformanceGroup]

@@1575murray very true

[@NorthernPerformanceGroup]

@@ahoneyman I think Chevy deserves one day considering Ford has three days 3 02 4 28 and 4 29 day and I think Chevy deserves 1 day happy 4 27 day Considering a ford 302 shits on a 305 so that’s not really a good day to honour Chevy and the 427 is the good motor Chevy made

[@davidvonanderseck8649]

Cant wait to hear it

[@SuperJoes70]

Thank you have a great channel your so right back in the day Hemi cars were a PITA ass to drive on the street is was like owning a swiss watch you always had to adj it to get correct time ! My freind had one was no picknic but he did win a lot of races on the street !

[@markcrampton5549]

Very true! Keeping valves adjusted was a real chore! Rocker arms didn't last long on the street. Plugs fouled on a daily basis!

[@01trsmar]

I stopped work to check my e-mails search the interweb for cars(for my business/hobby) then mistakenly clicked on you tube and went down the rabbit hole,glad I am self employed no boss to yell at me!! I am in a rush,Anyways Happy 426 Day...

[@jeffjankiewicz5100]

Happy Hemi Day UTG.

[@MoparDan]

I wish I owned an older Mopar muscle car, but I have my Chrysler 200 convertible, which is nice. On this Hemi day I was thinking of something funny. Back on February 20 of this year it was Happy Pentastar Day. That's because the Pentastar V6 is 220 Cu In.

[@CJColvin]

Happy Hemi day brother.

[@67valiant100]

Fun little trivia: The 1970 Sport Fury GT 440-6bbl cars came with regular 5/16th fuel lines.

[@scottb8175]

The one thing I knew about was the fuel line. Back in the 80's the Mustang resto shop I was working at did some business with some Mopar guys as well. One scored himself a rough and rusty 67 Hemi Charger body from a junk yard. As a matter of habit, I'd do a quick run through of the new stuff that had arrived in that junk yard every Friday morning on my way past, heading to work. The car had been there forever. I remember it being there sitting in the dirt for at least 2 years. But I'm a Ford guy, so it never caught my attention. Apparently it was dragged in pretty much stripped to the shell already. It had been passed over by probably hundreds of people before he recognized what it was - because he noticed the 3/8 fuel line as he walked past the nearly empty engine compartment.....

[@t5montecarlo]

I haven't heard you mention that the Plymouth plate on the trunk is from a Satellite, not from a GTX. Perhaps the trunk was damaged and replaced, which would also explain the lack of the Hemi badge on the left side and the Satellite plate.

[@alexisstarsmith1477]

A GTX like AMC Javelin ~ no goat can chase! 😻

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Aha! This was one of my concerns in the live chat...

[@pete540Z]

Great stuff. When are you getting a lift installed in the shop?

[@joemiller9009]

You're making a mistake not tearing the bottom of that motor apart before going forward. Just because a "machine shop in Texas" worked on it, doesn't mean everything is fine. No better time to verify the lower end than now. Good luck.

[@LongIslandMopars]

Thanks for the education. The New York vintage plates are awesome. Did that come from NY?

[@georgebonney90]

Awesome 👍

[@galeng969]

Tony, Just found your site. The A12 cars DID NOT get Torque Boxes. FYI. Keep the Faith.

[@HomeIdeasYT]

Good job!

[@KurtTank392]

Wider radiator bracket is always the first thing to look for, That can not be faked

[@alan6832]

Interesting that converters would think of things with no practical use like number tags and not think of things that do have a real purpose like torque boxes. It makes more sense to do the torque box but no tag than do the tag but no torque box.

[@michaelbackman2179]

Have you done any vids on transmissions? Would love to hear some wisdom on that!

[@stacycollier7134]

Damn that door shut like it was new nice car