I wrote a letter to him and he called today. He remembered everything about the car! His dad bought the car off the showroom floor at Hodges Dodge. Said it was sitting next to their race car! They sold the car to the second owner in about '92. I asked if the motor was ever changed and he said no. Still curious though with a '65 casting date. The car went down the famous Detroit Dragway. He didn't recall what it ran. It seen a lot of street duty. Said in a half mile race he would take a lot of competition. Hey it had a 2.94 rear! They had plans of dropping a used HEMI in it but health reasons it didn't happen. They actually put 426 emblems on the fenders. Only drove the car on sundays and actually installed a bolt in his garage floor to chain the car to out of fear someone would steal it. He might still have the original window sticker if he can find it. I sent him many pics of the car. I asked if he had any old pics from back in the day. Be so seeet to see a pic on the showroom floor. He said he would come to Detroit for the Autorama if we enter the car.
The pic is a photo of the dealer back in the day. If you look close is that a '67 on the floor?? The original envelope for our car.
Needless to say this phone call made my day!
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Nice to learn some history on the car isn't it?
That is exciting for sure
Nice! Hopefully he'll come up with some more.
Hey Blue, my R/T also has an early date code. If I recall mine was a 64 or 65 casting date also. I tried to double check it a while back but it's behind the starter on the earlier castings so I'll have to wait till the starter needs to come out. It's a pain with headers. The previous owner told me the original owner told him nothing had been changed out in the car. It was complete when I bought it but the Previous owner installed a 727 from a 69 charger R/T. I always thought I had one of the earliest 440 castings which could be good or bad. Meaning they were still in the development stage. I don't remember the history of the 440 anymore though. Nice to have some history on your car, hope he finds more.
RT K_line Wrote:Hey Blue, my R/T also has an early date code. If I recall mine was a 64 or 65 casting date also. I tried to double check it a while back but it's behind the starter on the earlier castings so I'll have to wait till the starter needs to come out. It's a pain with headers. The previous owner told me the original owner told him nothing had been changed out in the car. It was complete when I bought it but the Previous owner installed a 727 from a 69 charger R/T. I always thought I had one of the earliest 440 castings which could be good or bad. Meaning they were still in the development stage. I don't remember the history of the 440 anymore though. Nice to have some history on your car, hope he finds more.
Isn't '67 the first year for the HP440? Ours is stamped that on the deck. Casting date appears to be 12*27*65. Trans appears to be Aug 66. Car was built 9-22-66. Had a customer that worked at Chrysler as an engineer on the engines back then tell me they may have lost/misplaced some engines and then just sent them to the factory.
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That's is a real early casting date for a 67.