So how far back does your Mopar experience go?

Bill Crowell said

In 1962 my Dad bought a Ford Galaxie with the 352 V8. I learned to drive with that car. The other man who worked in my Dad's office bought a '62 Plymouth with the 361 V8. Once or twice my Dad and his co-worker traded cars for the evening. I remember that the Plymouth with the 361 was very fast. The Plymouth was a downsized, lighter car that year. So were the 383, 413 and 426 engines available in the Plymouth in '62?

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The 413 was available in the max wedge cars. But in late 62 you could special order the new 426 max wedge in the Polara or Fury because the standard engine was a big block 361. If you were a promoted racer.

I had my share of 62's. We had a bunch more but lost pictures in a fire in the 80's. My dad had a nice fury Conv. and I had a Belvedere sedan. We used to bump start the 65 426 street wedge with the push button trans in the 62 Fury. Starter was tired and couldn't get to it with the headers. It was easier to just push start it. our jack was a tripod screw jack in those days. The legs would fold out and presto screw jack. Came in the trunk of my dads 56 crown-vic .

My dads friend Ronnie Reemes had a 64 max wedge named the "Flying-Wedge" That car was very fast. Always wondered what happened to it. I was 10 or 11 years old when we used to tow it to the races on occasions for him.