1964 Dodge 426 Hemi Lightweight Walk Around 

Few might know how back in the 1960s dealers could hardly find buyers for these cars. When I was about 14, back in the late 1960s, I went with my father to a Dodge dealer. The dealer had a similar lightweight 67 in his lot, not yet sold and with the street hemi, and was trying to get rid of it. My father liked the reduced price, under $2000 if I remember correct. I thought the car was so cool, and it seemed special with the battery in the trunk and huge air cleaner. My father started to get serious until he learned that it had a much shorter warranty than other new Dodge's. So my father passed on it. But he did wrangle a deal on a new 67 Dart GT for my aunt, which had the full factory warranty. Dad was a race marshall, so he could take me out on the track and wound out the 273 in the Dart. That was fun, but I still would have preferred the hemi.

Automotive muscle history right there. Factory built for the dragstrip. sublime condition and very original. Priceless. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful. I have the same car with a 500" max wedge, 4 speed & dana with 4.10s... Goodyear bias rubber all around n steelies with caps. It's a show car that I also don't drive much. Delete of everything & Magestic Red, just like this. The history in these cars is incredible.

Gorgeous 1964 Dodge Hemi. Thanks for showing it to us. Dad bought a "run on the line 64 Dodge with a slant 6, three on the tree from Mac Tracy's Dodge dealership in Somerville, NB. (up the hill from the Hartland Covered Bridge) It would go like the wind and had lots of miles on it when dad traded it. I loved that car.

I'D BE SO PROUD TO HAVE THAT CAR.

Such a badass example. I’m sure one would feel like a super hero driving this beauty around.

I had a regular old 1964 Polara with a 383. Brings back memories....

Chevrolet missed the boat in 64. They should have built 427 Malibu's with lightweight body parts. The Thunderbolts, and Hemi cars are still competitive in NHRA SS. Amazing.

I can't believe how good of a good condition the car is

Lovely car, thanks for the details.

sounds like someone pulled this kid out of computer class to do this walk around. nice car waldo.

I read an article where this car was ran brand new 0-60 in 4.1sec and 1/4 in 11.40sec @125mph

Absolutely gorgeous car! I would love to have that one for sure!

One thing you did not mention on normal push button cars they go reverse, neutral, drive,second, first but on the race cars they go reverse, neutral, first, second, drive that way the driver would not hit neutral by accident when racing but you have hit on many of the facts and it's such a bad ass car and rare.

my uncle had a former highway patrol car, painted this same color, 383 with high gears, top end was scary

Perfect beautiful amazing looking car beautiful colour perfect thanks friend have a very nice day

Not to be a stickler but Super Stock refers to Plymouth engines. Dodge called their engines a Ram Charger.

Well now.....theres a retirement . Lol. Gorgeously done.

Can you imagine owning and taking it on the street around the block? Your neighbors would love it or hate it.

Its amazing it didn't end up with a roll bar in it .

An Amazing car indeed!!

I love these cars awesome

A truly American Muscle Car, beautiful Times.

All of that coolness and you don't even freaking start it. I had a friend in 1985 who owned one of those cars. And I helped him work on it and I don't recall some of the things you said as being true. I know for a fact the Hemi didn't come with chrome valve covers. I don't believe the doors were aluminum. My friend showed me the thin bumper and the aluminum fenders and Hood. All the interior delete and no back seat. His car did 10.2 in the quarter mile. From the factory. And could light the tires up at 60 miles an hour in drive

This is one beautiful example of MoPar muscle! My first car was a 1964 Dodge 330 but NOT like this one!

My grandmother had one of these, but it had a wedge motor, and not quite full on race car like this one , was B5......she got rid of it because it was hard to start in the winter

Great vid. Thanks for sharing...

Little old lady from Pasadena drove a shiny red Super Stock Dodge...

Nice, funny to have the tach set at 4500. You should bring it to the track and make few passes just to see the performance in more or less 'stock' condition. Didnt they say no warranty, etc. with those?

Beautiful mopar

Great car and video, Thumbs Up !

And yet they chose to keep the decorative chrome trim on the sides! ( which I like)

It's the little old lady from Pasadena The little old lady from Pasadena (Go granny, go granny, go granny, go) Has a pretty little flowerbed of white gardenias (Go granny, go granny, go granny, go) But parked in a rickety old garage There's a brand new shiny red super stock Dodge And everybody's sayin' that there's nobody meaner than Then little old lady from Pasadena She drives real fast and she drives real hard She's the terror of Colorado boulevard

I like the thin kerpiting

The only dodge that didn't rust

Awesome!

I would take this car Mopar heck yeah

I had a 64 dodge push button 318 2brl 2 door

This is really kool

Was the 8 3/4" axle only with the Torqueflite cars? I thought the manuals got the Dana 60 with its 9 3/4" ring gear?

Mopar at its zenith.

Perfect family car.

Now what makes this car special ....$$$$$$$$

You could buy these cars back then. But at $2K (up to $30K in today's Venezuel, er I mean, US dollars) and with no warranty or 90 days at most, they were just a little more risk than most average car buyers of the time were willing to take!

Dream car

So I missed the weight on the car which would been high valuable information. I saw one of these a couple years ago at the Mopar Nationals in Columbus Ohio really cool cars. by the way what did these cars run in the quarter back in the day? Could they get 11's. I have a 64 polara 500 with Max wedge clone in it. 727 reverse valve body console bucket seats battery in the back 3-in exhaust disc brakes front, engine built to stock specifications a&a manifold a&a transmission work PPI headers.. wait I sound like this guy only I don't want to sell mine.

I, love the American Torque Thrust D's On the front needs the same on the rear. My opinion don't count.😂👌🧐☝️🙄☝️

One Zillion dollars?

Cars are meant to y driven. Start it up and take it for a spin. Drive it home in reverse if you're worried about the mileage....

Does it run???

I believe they had 6 cyl brake drums to save weight They are of smaller diameter. . Look at the bolt circle.

On average.....would this beat a Hemi Dart in the quarter? Thanks.

Probably a good thing I can’t afford this. First thing I would do is drive it, like it was meant to.

Which body part do you want me to cut off for that car?

Soooo,...... How much does this thing weigh?

trailered doesn't equal cool to me, i wanna see it driven like it should have been in 1964

So where is the video of the car running ? Come on man....

You need too get your facts straight. Other than a few misrepresentations, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO.

Nice if it was a 4 speed but the auto was maybe quicker.

Need it

Anyone know the horse power for this race hemi?

The doors were steel, not aluminum like he says on the video

this car was basically a death trap on wheels

Yes but they were ment to be driven at least a quarter mile st a time . lol. Got to drive it some so the tires don't get flat spots on them.

why don;t you start the FN thing lol

Little old lady from Pasadena could of bought it new . lol.

A Dream

Gorgeous car but does it actually start and run. Nice piece of history but looks to be a trailer queen. Too bad Jay Leno doesn’t own it we would’ve got to see it run on the road and hear that engine with headers wide open. What was with that magnet test? I really don’t care if someone is trying to falsify the fact that it might actually have steel fenders and doors. Is this car for sale? That exhaust from headers back was so they could get the car from the assembly plant to the car transport, sounds a little ridiculous. We’re these sold as streets legal cars or for race only? No outside mirrors and no heater or defroster I’m guessing for track only. Looks really good but it may as well had a slant six in it. Where was the hood?

That's unreal

I'll bet that car is worth at least $1,000. And possibly even more.

You didn’t start it?????!!!???!!!???!!!

That's all cool but it ruined it when I couldn't hear it run

Too restored.... any survivors? Those I like. Never liked the "totally restored". They are not used as was intended. Sad, but beautiful and powerful for sure.... when used.

All that...and no start...no sound...wish I hadn't clicked...

Torque monster could pull a tree stump

seems to me i heard there is no such thing as a super stock dodge . only plymouth . ! ?

Thats an ugly one for certain.

MOPAR !!!

Okay cool, low mileage. Kinda sad that no one ever really drove that car.

Great car but it is so nice you really can’t drive it.

His magnet trick was fail , not the most desirable body style imo but it will sell for lots

Car looks phony