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RE: 1962 413?




OK, I took the liberty of forwarding the info on to Mr. Davis with an explanation...



Bill & Kathi Parker, South Central Indiana
'60 Chrysler Saratoga kustom; '62 Plymouth Max Wedge; '64 Dart convertible; '65 Barracuda \6; '65 Imperial; '68 Barracuda FB 340-S; '69 Barracuda FB now 360; '70 Challenger now 440; '72 Cuda '340





From: "Gary H." <62to65mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 1962 413?
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:50:21 +0000

Anyone ever hear this story? I remember hearing the inline 2x4 was a
dealer installed option.

From this page: http://www.bidmopar.com/index.php?a=2&b=680

"Said to have been 1 OF JUST 50 OR LESS! SPECIAL FACTORY CARS

According to some Chrysler Historians and Factory Racers, Chrysler Execs
Tom Coddington and Tom Hoover (the Team responsible for the 426) wanted
to introduce a Performance Motor with 2 Inline 4 bbl carburetors in a
smaller car. It would use the same high nickel block as the Max Wedge
but be more Streetable as told by people involved at the time. The
Chrysler Reps were encouraging some of their dealers to special order a
few of these motors in a few select cars in 1962. It is believed that
fewer than 50 of these cars were actually built and were actually pulled
from the assembly line for the special motor install at the dealership,
since this was a special motor configuration and not part of the normal
factory offerings. The build card for this cars engine is blank where
normally the engine is listed. Like the later 1968 race Hemi cars, these
cars were built from cars that were pulled from the assembly line before
the drive trains were installed and do not correspond with their fender
tags. It is also told that these reps were encouraged to have unusual
color combinations for these cars and this one was a beautiful 2 tone.
While Plymouths built prior to 1965 have very few records, the Chrysler
Historical Society was able to find the build card on this car and it is
indeed blank for the engine. This is a rare find that has not been
documented through Galen Govier"


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