62-65 Superstock Mopars picture thread..

Former dodge boys 2%

 

Wow, that brings back some memories of teenage years in Detroit area.

 

Teenage years (and earlier) for me also. Grew up about 2 miles away, could hear them running.

 

My next-door neighbor, Wes, got a '63 two-door Plymouth former Kansas Highway Patrol car with a 383, torqueflite and 2.87 rear differential when he was 17. I was riding shotgun when he and another friend, Nick, had a rolling race on the just-opened interstate stretch in south Kansas City. Nick was driving the family's '60 Olds with a 394. We left him behind at around 60. Wes kept his foot on the gas until we clocked the speedometer, which of course was a calibrated version courtesy of the KHP. I don't recall if the top of the dial was 140 or 160 mph, but as we hit the maximum, the roof began fluttering, the glove compartment door fell open in front of my lap and the hood came loose to the safety latch. Needless to say, it was frightening. I thought Wes was suicidal. Turns out I was right. Didn't know it at the time but he was bipolar. Some 20 years later he indeed took his own life. Timing's everything. We messed around with that Plymouth a lot when we were teenagers, changing over to two four-barrel AFBs (too much carburetion), putting on those m***ive banana-bend NASCAR headers, dumps and exhaust system, changing out the stock tires for ET mags and lots of other things. Anyone know what the speedometer dial limit was on those HyPo Plymouths? Whatever it was, it was fast enough for me.

 

Hawaii Raceway Park.

 

**** Smith's hemicar. Pretty amazing car. If I remember right it had the engine set back quite a bit. I dont see a front seat. Not sure what cl*** it ran. B/A? Exhibition?

 

Dodge chargers before they cut em up and installed the roll pans. Cars look fkn *****en before the radiused wheelwells and rolled front and rear bumpers.

Edit: Looks like one has rolled bumpers and one doesn't in the 1st pic.