62-65 Superstock Mopars picture thread..

Yes...and what a lot of people forget is that the big $$$ in those days was in match racing (NHRA back then only had 2 big meets/year - the Indy US Nationals and the Winternationals) and to get a big $$$ booking for a match race, you had to have a car that could make the headlines with big ET or Speed numbers. That meant considerably lightening the car, altering the wheelbase (way more radical than from the factory), going to injectors, and then to fuel. For years, NHRA wouldn't even allow the fuel FXers and early Funny cars at their tracks but finally relented when the crowds went to the non-sanctioned tracks that featured the match races. Winning SS class at all but the biggest meets got you a nice trophy (and good publicity for your sponsoring dealer), winning an advertised feature 2 out of 3 SS match race might get you $500 ($250 for the loser), while winning an advertised feature injected FXer or early Funny car match race could pay $5,000 - a fortune in those days.

 

I have afew pics and a window sticker for a 64 330 dodge which shows about 4200 dollars to go SS racing back then

 

Very nice !!

 

Half Moon Bay, Calif................1962

More pictures of the first "Melrose Missile".

 

Half Moon Bay, Calif..............1962

Eliminator bracket racing. At HMB in those days, the track would let you run in an eliminator bracket after you had run for class trophies. My notes show this was the 12.00 - 12.99 bracket. $50 to the winner!

 

Half Moon Bay, Calif..............1963

"Melrose Missile III" a few weeks after the big win at the NHRA Winternationals.

 

Half Moon Bay, Calif....................1963

Pictures from the staging lanes

 

Half Moon Bay, Calif..................1963

Hayden Proffitt's Yeakel sponsored car at HMB to do battle with the "Missile".

 

Half Moon Bay, Calif...........1963

Dave Kempton chasing points with his C/SA. This was a 361ci with a 4bbl rated at 305 HP. This was not an easy combination to run as the class was full of 389 Pontiacs rated at only 303 HP. Despite having to spot them almost 30ci, Dave drove this car to the West Coast Stock points championship in 1964. A few years later, Dave won Stock Eliminator at the Winternationals with this same car, if I'm remembering correctly.

 

Same car in the pits @ Lodi, Calif in 1965.

 

GREAT pictures, Beentherebefore, thanks for sharing!

 

At the time I bought the car, as shown in one of the pics, the bumper and scoop were missing. A little later I was able to contact Bill Stiles in PA and purchase an orig scoop and a set of Jere Stahl SS headers that I put on the car. Since I last posted on this thread, I got cold feet about selling ( to many "Keep it, Keep it"s) and decided to keep the car and put it back to the "As Raced" in 74 conditition, I still have all those items plus a few "Updates". No national history but a lot of Alaska history, I know, who in Alaska would have bought a Hemi Race car!! Actually, 4 Hemi cars went to AK, 2 64s and 2 65s. Hopefully, maybe start this fall. Have aquired a couple more pics of it at Polar Dragway in 65 when known as "Giddy Up Go" of the "Dodge Rebellion", Thanx to another Polar Dragracer I knew back then, Bill Conn, CONNMAN on here. Also found my 1/16/65 block for it that has been in storage since 74 Later Dave

 

Beentherebefore I love them pics from the era. They are awesome !
And SuperStock63 that story of the 63 Plymouth coming to your country is one cool story. Thanks for all the cool stories and pics. Ron

 

Fremont, Calif.............1964

"Melrose Missile V"

 

This thread has been too idle, time to jump start it again...

 

Well, I get to be a member of the Dodge Super Stock clan now but mine is a clone:

 

1967 ,,Polar Dragway ,,Anchorage Alaska ,,my buddy "Big Ed's" '65 Coronet ex Factory Liteweight Hemi Car ,,the "Giddy-Up-A-Go-Go" Dodge ,,we'd pulled the Hemi & put it in an Anglia A/Gasser ,,replaced the Hemi with a 426 Dual Quad ,,,Isky Cammed ,,Max Wedge to run A/MP ,,that's me in the '55 ,,Hilborn injected 301/ 4 speed runnin' D/Gas ,,this was for Street Eliminator that day ,,
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Big Eds '65 Dodge has been completly restored back to a Hemi Race Car with the correct number Hemi ,original white color and resides in Las Vegas now ,,the owner lives in both Vegas and is a Pilot /Guide in Alaska ,,

 

Very cool stuff Connman, thanks for sharing!

 

Thanks ,,,we had 5 (Five) Factory Lightweight '65 Hemi Super Stock Cars up there then ,,2 Plymouths and 3 Dodges ,,they kicked butt at first ,,but then ,,two Chevy Biscaines w' L-88 427's showed up ,,a '66 and a '67 ,,,and a 427 BB Mustang ,,they cleaned those Hemi's clocks ,,SO,,the hemis got pulled and put in Anglia gassers and one ,,,a Bantom Roadster A/Altered ,,the "Silly Bear Spl" which won the NHRA winter Nat'ls in Pamona ,,,
a lot of folks think Alaska was a wilderness with nuthin' more than Eskimos & dog sleds ,,,but ,,back in the '60's ,,during the "Cold War" we had over 300,000 Military stationed up there ,,and a lot of us guys had race cars or hot rods ,,Main Street Anchorage on a Fri or Sat nite looked like a scene from American Grafitti ,,ot "Hollywood Knights" ,,it was GREAT !!!
Polar DragWay was opened in spring of '64 ,,after that big Earth Quake we went thru in March ,,

 

I love this thread!!!!

 

Those '65 Mopars must have been very tired or ailing if they couldn't beat Biscaynes with 427s, assuming that the Chebbies were legal SSers. The 427 Biscayne that held the (legal) NHRA record was the one that Wiley Cossey drove (the Casler Tire sponsored car), mostly at Irwindale and Orange County raceways. I think that he held the record in A/S or B/S at the time. The '65 A990 Mopars were at least one class up from that.When Chrysler came out with the '68 Hemi-Cudas and Darts, they became the new SS/A cars and everyone else got dropped down another class.

 

Here's some more recent shots taken for the Mopar Action feature done on my car. Hope to see some of these rides at Carlisle in a few weeks. Still looking for a reasonably priced crossram, in the mean time mines running AWESOME!

























BIG plans this winter for the siamesed bore Mega block, hehe!

 

BAD ASS "63 Hemipolara"!

 

I am in the same boat 63hemipolara, I am trying to sell stuff to get a cross ram right now.

Your cars rock dude!

Here is some more shots of mine.

 

Nice 330 Sedan!!

 

Amen!

 

I love the Max Wedge scoops and color matched wheels! Just awesome!

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Yes, indeed.

More of those "ugly" '62 cars please.