62-65 Superstock Mopars picture thread..

Like this shot showing the exhaust system bolted back to the side of the collector. Back in the "Old Days" the rules said you had to have a complete exhaust system so the easiest way was to push the exhaust to one side or the other and bolt it back to the collector so it wouldn't be all flopping around. Even earlier you had to have something like 5% of the exhaust directed back into the stock exhaust that is why you see pipes coming out the side of the collectors.

 

A friend of a friends 65 Dodge..

 

Another pic of a friend's '64 Race Hemi Dodge from a few years back...aluminium hood, doors fenders, etc.

 

Anyone have more pics on this one??

 

DITTO!! That Wagon is Bitchin..

 

Putting ice on the intake manifold in between rounds at a drag race circa '64 or '65.

 

I think I know were this ones sitting

 

I know the guy who owns the Flinstone Charger now..He was going to buy my 65 Coronet for a driver.

 

More of C. Hascall's 'Agent Orange' '65 Plymouth Wagon w/ 383 and 4 speed

 

Bad ass!!!

 

damn, that's cool!

 

Not a fan of the white walls up front.

 

Man I really love that wagon. He did a great job on it. Thanks for more pics.

 

Based out of New Iberia, LA (former team car) One of only 102 original "Hemi Super Stock Factory Race Cars" that Chrysler released in 1965. This car is #82 of the 102 built. 426 Hemi Engine w/ two 4 bbl. Holley carbs. Factory rated at 500 hp, dynoed at 712 hp in race trim. Came from the factory w/ aluminum front fenders, aluminum doors, plexiglas windows, single headlights, a roll bar, and 7" slicks. This car was orginally named the "Texas Rattler" and was recently restored to the original condition. For Sale $225,000.

 

In the next three pictures, which were very generously donated by Leo Simpson, the original owner of the car, you can see what "The Texas Rattler" looked like in May of 1966.

 

This car, R051189660, was produced on the last day the 1965 Hemi Super Stock Plymouths came down the assembly line. The line workers had instructions to leave out the door glass, the quarter glass, and the rear glass as the final assembly area team would install the .080 inch Corning glass that had been chemically tempered. The interior on all the cars, no matter the exterior color, was specified to be the lightweight L1T tan vinyl which covered the lightweight bucket seats and the door panels. The rear seat was deleted and replaced by a cardboard divider. Special carpet without the jute backing covered the floor in three sections.

At the final assembly point, several craftsmen fabricated an exhaust system, using the rather crude, but effective, steel tubing headers that the engineers had designed. The hood was cut to accept the thin steel hood scoop and the rubber seals that would cover the aluminum velocity stacks on the adaptor plate, which was shipped to the dealer in the trunk of the car. The chrome plated aircleaner was installed on the motor.

After final inspection, the car was loaded on a transporter and shipped in January 1965 to Mingle Motors in Port Arthur, Texas. An experienced local racer had arranged for the dealer to sponsor the car and it was given the name of the "Texas Rattler" and a coiled south Texas rattlesnake was painted on the doors.

The car was very successfully campaigned around the Orange, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Golden Triangle Dragstrip area for several years, and one local racer very recently told me after finding this web site, that he could not recall the "Texas Rattler" ever being beaten in a scheduled or impromptu match race that was so popular in those times.

The 1966 NHRA Winternationals in Pomona California saw an appearance by the "Rattler" as it went deep into eliminations, only to be defeated in the semi finals by the event's Top Stock Eliminator, Shirley Shahan in the "Drag-On-Lady" SS/A car. Shirley ran a 11.26 ET @ 125.76 MPH to win the title. In months to come, the "Rattler" would eventually hold the national record for it's class for about a year.

After several seasons racing, the car was sold to a racer in Lake Charles, Louisiana and the Mingle Motors sponsorship details were removed from the rear fenders. The following pictures come from that time period.