Hello Everyone Its time to start the next project

[rbbruno3]

the 68 Cuda is almost done so its on to the next. I recently bought a 64 Belvedere, formally a drag car. It has no motor or transmission. I bought it from the 2nd owner who swears the car was a hemi car. It was purchased new from Izzos, in Mechanicville ,NY. where it was raced by Stan Newman and sponsered by Izzos. The guy I bought it from said some dealers could get these cars for racing with the hemi. I don't know???? It is a 2 door H/T with push button auto it does have the 426 emblem so at least its a wedge car. Any help on this would be great. Thanks, Rick

I am also a member of FABO and FEBO
68 Cuda 70 Challenger prostreet 73 Charger

 

[69 Runner]

Welcome. The fender tag is the key and will tell if it's a Hemi car or not. MOST of the 64 Hemi cars were aluminum front end cars, but there were some all steel "nascar" cars out there. I looked at one for sale a few years ago.

 

[rbbruno3]

heres the fender tag. I don't know how to decode it. Any help?? Thanks, Rick

 

[Propwash]

Welcome aboard bruno:tiphat: looks like a sweet project!

 

[wannadrag]

Welcome

 

[440gtx]

Looks like a great project, welcome and good luck

 

[Al K]

First,welcome and solid-looking '64. Welcome to that club as well(we're starting our own little '64 clique in our quest for world domination);in progress pics are a must.

Second;did you finish your last project before starting your next one?:confused: It's sort of like your mom saying "Did you finish your vegetables? You can't have dessert until you've finished your vegetables":grin::grin::grin: I can't talk;I'm like that with my snowmobile projects. Thank God I only have ONE car to devote my attention to.

 

[rbbruno3]

Thanks for all the welcomes. To answer you Al K, I went to bed early because Its not completely done. Just a few cosmetics like the tail light lenses that are priced out of this world. Over all, a very good driver. RB

 

[Al K]

Bruno;that is one nice car! I really like the Barracuda coupes;you've done well with that one.:yes::yes::yes:

 

[rbbruno3]

Thanks for the compliment Al K. That what makes all the hard work pay off. When you can get behind the wheel and drive it.:grin:

 

[Al K]

Thanks for the compliment Al K. That what makes all the hard work pay off. When you can get behind the wheel and drive it.:grin:

Drive it;you mean we're supposed to be able to DRIVE our cars? Wow;I thought we just let them run in the garage while ATF leaks into a pan:rolling::rolling::rolling:. ...or,all over the driveway...

 

[rbbruno3]

Holy crap!!!!! looks like a drive by shooting. Is everyone OK??? ( the Fury I mean)

 

[roadrunnerman]

welcome,that is one of my favorite body styles on a cuda.

 

[rbbruno3]

Thanks Roadrunnerman, took it to my first Mopar show yesterday. Took home a 2nd place.

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

the 68 Cuda is almost done so its on to the next. I recently bought a 64 Belvedere, formally a drag car. It has no motor or transmission. I bought it from the 2nd owner who swears the car was a hemi car. It was purchased new from Izzos, in Mechanicville ,NY. where it was raced by Stan Newman and sponsered by Izzos. The guy I bought it from said some dealers could get these cars for racing with the hemi. I don't know???? It is a 2 door H/T with push button auto it does have the 426 emblem so at least its a wedge car. Any help on this would be great. Thanks, Rick

I am also a member of FABO and FEBO
68 Cuda 70 Challenger prostreet 73 Charger

Well since it's a drag car it should stay with the racing history.I see a streetable race car in the works.How far is Lebonon Valley Raceway from you??It's just south of Albany?

 

[rbbruno3]

its only 40 minutes southeast SGF Dragway was only 15 minutes

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

Wher is SFG??

 

[rbbruno3]

SGF (South Glens Falls Dragway) was shut down 20+ years ago. Its a long sad story about that track. Bruno

 

[64BEL]

Nice Car, Rick (you can see why I say that!). If your car were a factory Hemi car, it would obviously be very valuable since there weren't many '64 Hemi cars. I wonder if there's any chance you can track backwards to try to verify it. It seems to me a lot of the factory drag cars were post cars (Savoys) - not Belvedere hard tops, but I don't know how definitive that is. As '69 Runner said, a steel front end could mean Nascar - and King Richard drove a Belvedere hard top in '64. But 46 years later, who knows what anything was and became since. I like your car no matter what. It would be fun to see if you can get to the bottom of it's history, though. I don't have that problem since mine is a Poly - for now, that is. :grin:

Oh yeah, and your Cuda is mighty fine!

Dave

 

[69 Runner]

Finally got my book out. It's NOT a Hemi, but it IS a 426 with a single 4V, 365 hp and 10.5:1 compression