So how far back does your Mopar experience go?

Oldmanmopar said

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.

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Except for the white top, your 62 Polara 500 convertible looks just like the one my Dad bought new in November of 1962. Ours had a black top.

I did a little write up on it a few years ago for the 62-65 Mopar web site. 1962 Dodge Polara 500 Convertible



I loved the way the car looked, but ours originally had 2.76 rear gears and standard suspension with no sway bar, so it didn't handle real well and only ran high 16's in the quarter. In the spring of 1968, the 361 got dumped for a 440 from a 67 GTX. A few years later, Dad picked up a four speed and 8 3/4 rear from a 69 Road Runner and I put them in for him. Besides not having tapered axles, the Road Runner rear also had 3.23 gears and Sure Grip. Still later, after my brother inherited it, we swapped in some HD rear springs, and I rebuilt the front suspension, swapping the original lower control arms for a pair from a 66 Charger with sway bar tabs, and also installing the Charger front sway bar. Still later, we swapped the 23 spline 4-speed for an 18 spline. With the changes, the car handled MUCH better, and of course also ran a whole lot better with the 440. (In case you're wondering, I inherited Dad's 67 Hemi Charger.)