Best adrenaline rush for those of us that are old enough to remember what it was like, before twin torbos, computers, and all the fancy stuff that handicap drivers need these days!
All a guy needed back then was a chassis, an engine, a full tank of gas, four tyres some simple tools and a lead foot... good days. Nowadays you need a degree in rocket and computer science to tune a car... SMH
This guy knows what’s up! I’m a young guy and no one my age realize how dominate the thunderbolt was and still is. My money would be on any thunderbolt, cobra jet, or boss 429 vs any brand new ls engine!
I wish that they made a recording of these car's running so I could hear it all the time. Call me strange but hearing these car's running is really soothing to me.
The muscle cars of this era typically had their horsepower underrated to get them into a more favorable category at the drags. Also, maybe to keep the legislators off their backs.
You are correct. Also if insurance companies heard of such brut force premiums would go thru the roof. So they played down the hp advertising. Also another fact...back in the day tires were not as designed as today which made street racing calm compared to today. On my 64 375 hp corvette stingray I used bald snow tires on the rear. An animal on the street and a great time in the Bronx.
The last race had an interesting car in it a 1962 Ford Galaxy that came out from the factory with a 406 cubic inch engine and they rated it as 405 horses and they lied like a dog about the size and the horsepower and any regular guy could buy one,they only made five hundred of them in that year!!!!!!!!!
@jimmy hawkins What I've come to learn regarding the Hp of a stock 428 Cobra Jet was researched and answered by Hot Rod magazine, ..the stock 428 CJ makes 365 hp. indicated in th HR article below. Another question, Were these cars acid dipped, have aluminum bumpers and other chassis and interior weight transferred to the rear ..as strategic launch ballast? www.hotrod.com/articles/testing-4-2-8how-much-horsepower-ford-428-cobra-jet-really-make/
These cars were "Gods" in their days. Now, they're "Saints"! One great car was Plymouth's 1967 Belvedere GTX with its one year exclusive cylinder heads. 375 "rated" horsepower. More like 450. Not bad considering the 440 was not a "race" engine designed to rev. They were designed and built for "luxury" cars and the torque was to spin all the accessories including the A/C compressor. Why could you not get A/C on Street Hemi's? Because they revved so high, the A/C compressors wouldn't be covered under warranty when they grenaded. Little known fact: Plymouth's Superbird and Dodge Daytona's had the wing on the back high so you could open the trunk. That's it. Had nothing to do with "better down force". Argue if you may, but it's true.
I remember the 64 Fairlane as a street vehicle that did not look all that impressive, with the unobtrusive ribbon egg blue. But , with the big engine it was very fast. 1964 was a very good year for Ford .
My dad had a Dodge Dart with the 440 trim, with the push button automatic transmission of the left side of the steering column. His was a 318 two barrel but it hopped along quite nice.
My brother ( now 84 years old) raced from 1962 to 1995 or so. He had one real bad accident. You all know the kind.... where he lost traction at the start... slid a little left and right, thought he could control it, got on the gas....and tumbled at 100mph . He was the NHRA National record holder in some years during the early to mid 70s. He had a white Corvette, and a green 442. He changed the weight break by putting in a spare tire fulla concrete...or not. Just enough to change a class. So he held Class A Super Stock, Class A Modified Stock and class B Super Stock and Class B Modified Stock. All at the same time. Took him about 9 months to mend his Evel Knievel ass...but went right back to racing. As he told me many many times...his bets/purses covered the costs ... so he just never stopped. Drove his wife crazy. I was kinda lost , left home at 15 in 1965, then went to Nam in 1969. Got home 1973. Dropped by to see him ..Hadn't seen him in 10 or more years....but gee whillikers ..man what a cpla cars!!!!! Went to the track a few times, but he told me (winkin and noddin) the money was street racing... betting... I can't imagine having ...I don't know...maybe $100,000 tied up in a car and racing for "pinks" as they called them back then. If the guy lost , he usually paid off in cash and kept his wheels. Just some weird kinda times for damn sure. His name was Robert Seale Hurley....don't know if there are published records from then or not. I never found any...but I damn sure saw him win at the track.
I'd prefer the SD421 over the tri-power any day. Stick that in the SS Tempest for 1963 and it's probably rarer than any other muscle-car ever at 12 made.
My man has a real steel nose Plymouth hemi car and it a 1964 4speed. But when he got the car the race hemi was gone but now it has a Ray Barton 528CI hemi in it now. And yes he has all the paper work proving it is a real hemi car. But there is some nice cars on here. To us the 62 to 65 cars are the best dodge Plymouth Ford Chevy but we are all mopar the hemi was the best motor and fastest cuz to this day all top fuel cars hemi don't care what it says on it. Its a hemi. But ty for the video
I'm surprised the Plymouth Belvedere with the 426 wasn't on the list. I'm a Ford fan, BUT I'm also an American made car guy that loves and respects All of the Detroit muscle! I restored a buddy of mine, Plymouth Belvedere and I must say thee most wicked car I have ever restored. When he and my other good buddy run at the track, 427 T-Bolt and 426 Belvedere...it's a site to see! Throws me back in a time machine when cars were cars, with style and attitude.
ken barr The white 62 Ford came out from the factory with the engine in it that one had,and they were for sale to the general public!!!But they only made five hundred of them in that year!!!!!!!!
@@johnnyhawkins43 Well Holman Moody offered factory shelf parts back then as well... You couldn't step in the dealer and buy a Holman Moody full race cam, but you could get a 3/4 race cam... Ultimate was just to have H/M blueprint and balance it along with their preferred race cam... But you had to be one of their drivers to get their choice cams....
Having been 19 at the time of many of the pictured cars were racing I can tell you that the high compression cross ram dual quad Mopar ruled the streets and drags to a large extent. Their competitors were the 409 Chevys which made a bit less power and were heavier. Ditto the 40y Fords which were much heavier. The 427 high riser T bt was quite rare and not really a factor in street racing. A huge advantage for the Mopar boys was the very rugged Torqueflite trans. Ford and Chevy had nothing like it At the time I had a 1957 Olds post coupe with a pretty hot 39r Olds engine mated to a B and M hydro which reached the fragile JetaWay tra s. I was running a 3.9 rear end My car could run in the mid to low 14s. Adequate to deal with most street cars of the time. Including the 64 GTo. The 400 ci hipo 409s 413s 426s 406s and 437s were at the time on the street running very low 13s to the rare mid 12s. Thats how fast for their time the hipo factory cars were. Completely above and beyond the usual American car. I never saw a 42qSD Pontiac on the street. These were quite rare. Saw one T Bolt on the street ....impressive. it sqared off against a Hemi Mopar and blew its doors off but the Mopar was in absolute street tune so....
Those 427 T Bolts were the ultimate drag strip cars.They were so built and tuned the avrrage driver couldnt handle one .Id line a fully original T Bolt up against anything and not be intimidated.
Forgot the Mercury Comet/Cyclone they ruled the A/fx and B/fx classes with drivers like Ronnie Sox and Dyno Don Nicholson then in 65 Jack Chrisman invented the funny car class with his 65.
I always heard that someone commented on Dyno Don's flip top 66 Mercury that "that's a funny car", & the funny car class came to be. That's what I read in a Super Stock & Drag Illustrated mag. anyway I believe.
They sed the impala had a 0 to 60 time of 4.3 seconds making it the quickest on the video. BULL!!! There was no 63 impala that was faster than a T bolt or them mopars! .
All of the horsepower in the world doesn't mean one will win a race. Remember the old AC Cobras? They were fast up to 160 mph. Aerodynamics prevent it from going any faster. Then came the Daytona coupe. The 289 Daytona coupe will out run a 427 AC Cobra. They beat Ferrari at Le Mans.
They also had 427 FE motors in them not "425"?? I could be wrong though because they did make a lot of weird FE truck motors. Hint for car guys: iirc The 391 FE is a truck 390 with a forged crank. 390 guys don't want the 391 block, but they do want the crank. So if you ever come across one intact it might be worth snagging for resale.
@@64fairlane305 My 1979 Yamaha SR500 put out 32.5hp, stock. Thanks to its Hi-Per-Kinetics Stage Two 650 build, it's now more like 55 to 60. The Stage Four was 716cc's! HP unknown. No electric starts on these bikes!
I was able to run my street car at the High School Nationals at Norwalk a couple of years ago. There was more to it than what I expected, and the racin part was a hoot. Ah... the combustion-engine. It was fun while it lasted. JfromOH
You're showing the alleged horsepower and 0-60 times for stock cars then you're displaying 1/4 mile footage of cars that have so obviously been heavily modified and are farrrr from stock! Entertaining vid but not at all factual.
W Duncan the last race with the galaxy was probably stock from the factory,I'm familiar with the galaxy and they only made five hundred of the special ones that year!!!!!!
MAN... as Manufacturers have legal monthly payed "Freaks" in their development departments !!! What a nice Era it was... because, there were born many other awesome crazy Monsters. Oh Lord, what a good time it was.
The meanest factory drag cars ever built were the 68 Darts/Barracudas with the 12.5:1 compression 426 Race Hemi with dual quads on a cross ram intake. Definitely good for 600 plus horsepower easily. There's so many great ones...the 409 Chevy's, the 65 Biscayne 396/425 and 66 Biscayne 427/425, and the Chevy Camaro ZL1 and 427 COPO cars, the 390/406/427 Ford Starliners/ Galaxies and 427 Ford Fairlanes/Mercury Comets, the 389/421 Super Duty Pontiacs, and the 62-64 413/426 Max Wedge and 426 Race Hemi Mopar lightweights
The Cobra Jet Mustang and the 406 Galaxie were the readily available muscle cars in the video. The rest were very rare. For example, they only made 57 Z-11 Impalas.
Rog5446 obviously it's another one of those Rich Foreigner purchases of American muscle car. There is a lot of it going on today from all of the ranks of manufacturers of American muscle cars. Germany England Sweden Japan Etc... Why wealthy people are taking our American hot rods overseas. Hard to tell the fate of some of these things around all of that salty air over there. When I was stationed in England I did see barracudas Challengers Etc and that's been 35 years ago
Yeah really. Other than the Max Wedge Mopars and maybe the 64 Fairlane Thunderbolt, they were the fastest super stockers out there. That 421SD would put a 409 Chevy on the trailer real quick
@@johnmarshall3903 those 421 super duty Pontiac factory lightweights we're in the 12s right out the box. So I don't think they have much to be embarrassed about
Whoever made this video must not have researched the subject enough or they got their info from the wrong arm chair drag racer/racers. Because you can not have a list of the "Greatest" and not have included the 421 Pontiacs, 406 Fords, or Mercury Comets. The 421 Pontiacs and 406 Fords pretty much started it all. And the Mercury Comets won a lot.
Cool video. The 426 Hemi wasn't available until 1964, then only as a race engine. How did it end up in a production 330 Ramcharger? Prerelease the previous year? You never say. And your graphic lists the Thunderbolt at 425C.I. and the hood and Ford guys know it was a 427 in them. Attention to detail and explanation killed it for me.
Time Stamp 3:30 A 1964 Ford Fairlane, with a 289 Hi Proformance 271hp motor is my Dream Car. But I had to settle for a '66 Chevy Impala 2dr. Hardtop with a 327 automatic. My best friend in High School purchased a '66 Impala SS396 325hp with a 4speed. It easily beat mine until I had mine Bored 30 over and A Isky Rooler Cam and 3 Duce with an Elderbrook Hi-Rise Aluminium Intake. Then I smoked Him. It was Kind of a Bummer for Him as He and His Dad did the Modifications to my Ride. My Bench Seats were Much Better for My Honeys to Snuggle up close to me !!! I had wanted a Chevelle SS396 with a 4 Speed but My Mom Said No !!! Paula said she Liked the Impala Better, Bigger Back Seat and no Buckets up front ... Don't Get Me Wrong I'm a Ford Man All The Way !!! You Know: "Fords Or Raced Daily " !!!
the buick 430 in 69 what an engine anyone who has looked at the casting and machine work from the factory a thing of beauty wow and enough power with out spenging a dime something like 425 hp 450 torque
@@jeremythompson9895 I'm a Ford fan first,but I can remember the first 427 Camaro that beat the hemi in SS/A class. The 427 T-Bolt ran SS/C & THE 427 Fairlane ran SS/D. Now I might be a little off on some of these, I can't remember if any Fords ran in SS/B, maybe the 427 dual 4 did, & the 427 single 4 ran SS/D, I think that's how it was.
Best adrenaline rush for those of us that are old enough to remember what it was like, before twin torbos, computers, and all the fancy stuff that handicap drivers need these days!
All a guy needed back then was a chassis, an engine, a full tank of gas, four tyres some simple tools and a lead foot... good days.
Nowadays you need a degree in rocket and computer science to tune a car... SMH
for me the ford fairlane 500 thunderbolt wit 427 c.i. engine. it run de quarter mile in only 11.6 seconds. very fast for the age
No 65 Plymouth/Dodge A-990's,..68 Hurst Hemi Darts/Cudas,...Super Duty Pontiacs.
So much for the "Greatest Drag Racing Muscle Cars"...
Ah yes, those were days when you could actually crawl into the engine compartment to work on it. Now you can't even see the engine.
Soon there won't be an engine to look at
Old school Mopar baby!!
1968 Dodge Dart Hemi Super Stock, 1969 Mercury Cougar Boss 429, 1968 Plymouth Barracuda BO29, 1969 AMC AMX Super Stock
Chevy/Pontiac guy most of my life, but there is nothing as cool or unique as the early to mid 60's Mopars.
I’m a Chevy guy, but they do look AWESOME.
that last car, the driver shifted it like an old grandma! ronny sox woulda laughed his ass off watching him, they didnt call him mr. 4speed for nothin
Now, the Ford Thunderbolt ... that’s real !👍
This guy knows what’s up! I’m a young guy and no one my age realize how dominate the thunderbolt was and still is. My money would be on any thunderbolt, cobra jet, or boss 429 vs any brand new ls engine!
I wish that they made a recording of these car's running so I could hear it all the time. Call me strange but hearing these car's running is really soothing to me.
Nice video ,I still have my 1969 ford Torino 428 super cobra jet,and my 1970 ford Torino 429 scj.
Does the 1970 outperform the 69?
#FoMoCo #thanktheLordforthebigblockFord #noreplacementfordisplacement
The muscle cars of this era typically had their horsepower underrated to get them into a more favorable category at the drags. Also, maybe to keep the legislators off their backs.
You are correct. Also if insurance companies heard of such brut force premiums would go thru the roof. So they played down the hp advertising.
Also another fact...back in the day tires were not as designed as today which made street racing calm compared to today. On my 64 375 hp corvette stingray I used bald snow tires on the rear. An animal on the street and a great time in the Bronx.
The last race had an interesting car in it a 1962 Ford Galaxy that came out from the factory with a 406 cubic inch engine and they rated it as 405 horses and they lied like a dog about the size and the horsepower and any regular guy could buy one,they only made five hundred of them in that year!!!!!!!!!
Buick GSX 455 stage 1 I had one
Tunnel rams are so beautiful
The 68 Mustang 428 Cobra Jet pulled the wheels up in second gear ..335 hp, yea right!
Sir FarSide a WHOLE LOT OF B.S. going on with this video hahaha
@jimmy hawkins What I've come to learn regarding the Hp of a stock 428 Cobra Jet was researched and answered by Hot Rod magazine, ..the stock 428 CJ makes 365 hp. indicated in th HR article below. Another question, Were these cars acid dipped, have aluminum bumpers and other chassis and interior weight transferred to the rear ..as strategic launch ballast? www.hotrod.com/articles/testing-4-2-8how-much-horsepower-ford-428-cobra-jet-really-make/
Some Car manufactures were under rating hp.
@port nut you sure got that right lmbo
@jimmy hawkins Super stock.
Gee..these cars are just swell! Anyone giving a thumbs down and saying the cars in this video are not simply keen are being totally unreasonable.
Nowadays it's chips and turbos...The nerds took over
Rice rockets and rap and crap! What a combination!
my all time favorite, in those days was, ready, wait for it beep beep. yup that one
bob stock And the usual reply as I recall was beep beep yer ass. Ah the memories.
These cars were "Gods" in their days. Now, they're "Saints"! One great car was Plymouth's 1967 Belvedere GTX with its one year exclusive cylinder heads. 375 "rated" horsepower. More like 450. Not bad considering the 440 was not a "race" engine designed to rev. They were designed and built for "luxury" cars and the torque was to spin all the accessories including the A/C compressor. Why could you not get A/C on Street Hemi's? Because they revved so high, the A/C compressors wouldn't be covered under warranty when they grenaded. Little known fact: Plymouth's Superbird and Dodge Daytona's had the wing on the back high so you could open the trunk. That's it. Had nothing to do with "better down force". Argue if you may, but it's true.
I grew up driving these monsters....
Great example of what happens when you make a video but know nothing about the subjects in it. A for effort my friend.
Robert Leavy yeah I'm with you. These people are dreaming up ETS and times for various ....no knowledge here of facts . lol.
A Ford Hemi? You betcha! Mopar was not the only one.
Great job on this, because there were a lot of great factory racers. Would have loved to see the AMX 390 but they probably are somewhat rare...
I remember the 64 Fairlane as a street vehicle that did not look all that impressive,
with the unobtrusive ribbon egg blue.
But , with the big engine it was very fast. 1964 was a very good year for Ford .
64 was a good year for hot rodders. Every American manufacturer produced at least one fast car. Hot rod station wagons were also great.
How is the top speed on the Thunderbolt 124 mph when it would run the quarter at over 140mph?
I always liked the early and mid 60s mopars, they sure knew how to make them back then
There is only one word for these cars... cool.
My dad had a Dodge Dart with the 440 trim, with the push button automatic transmission of the left side of the steering column. His was a 318 two barrel but it hopped along quite nice.
My brother ( now 84 years old) raced from 1962 to 1995 or so. He had one real bad accident. You all know the kind.... where he lost traction at the start... slid a little left and right, thought he could control it, got on the gas....and tumbled at 100mph . He was the NHRA National record holder in some years during the early to mid 70s. He had a white Corvette, and a green 442. He changed the weight break by putting in a spare tire fulla concrete...or not. Just enough to change a class. So he held Class A Super Stock, Class A Modified Stock and class B Super Stock and Class B Modified Stock. All at the same time. Took him about 9 months to mend his Evel Knievel ass...but went right back to racing. As he told me many many times...his bets/purses covered the costs ... so he just never stopped. Drove his wife crazy.
I was kinda lost , left home at 15 in 1965, then went to Nam in 1969. Got home 1973. Dropped by to see him ..Hadn't seen him in 10 or more years....but gee whillikers ..man what a cpla cars!!!!! Went to the track a few times, but he told me (winkin and noddin) the money was street racing... betting... I can't imagine having ...I don't know...maybe $100,000 tied up in a car and racing for "pinks" as they called them back then. If the guy lost , he usually paid off in cash and kept his wheels.
Just some weird kinda times for damn sure.
His name was Robert Seale Hurley....don't know if there are published records from then or not. I never found any...but I damn sure saw him win at the track.
Nice...
They were all good ! Stop bickering !
Lol yeah these salty Mopar fanboys
Missed the "Swiss Cheese" Pontiac Catalina 421 tri-power.
I'd prefer the SD421 over the tri-power any day. Stick that in the SS Tempest for 1963 and it's probably rarer than any other muscle-car ever at 12 made.
Still love these cars fun to watch and listen to
The king will always be the T-Bolt.
My man has a real steel nose Plymouth hemi car and it a 1964 4speed. But when he got the car the race hemi was gone but now it has a Ray Barton 528CI hemi in it now. And yes he has all the paper work proving it is a real hemi car. But there is some nice cars on here. To us the 62 to 65 cars are the best dodge Plymouth Ford Chevy but we are all mopar the hemi was the best motor and fastest cuz to this day all top fuel cars hemi don't care what it says on it. Its a hemi. But ty for the video
Meka Stroik + Thank you and Merry Christmas :)
Nice cars and video. Thumbs up and happy 4th of July everyone.
I'm surprised the Plymouth Belvedere with the 426 wasn't on the list. I'm a Ford fan, BUT I'm also an American made car guy that loves and respects All of the Detroit muscle! I restored a buddy of mine, Plymouth Belvedere and I must say thee most wicked car I have ever restored. When he and my other good buddy run at the track, 427 T-Bolt and 426 Belvedere...it's a site to see! Throws me back in a time machine when cars were cars, with style and attitude.
James Wilson I think that’s what some of the guys got back in middle school.
Typo. The Ford Thunderbolt has a 427 in it, not a 425.
Some of these cars were factory prepped drag cars that were not sold to the general public.
ken barr The white 62 Ford came out from the factory with the engine in it that one had,and they were for sale to the general public!!!But they only made five hundred of them in that year!!!!!!!!
@@johnnyhawkins43 Well Holman Moody offered factory shelf parts back then as well... You couldn't step in the dealer and buy a Holman Moody full race cam, but you could get a 3/4 race cam... Ultimate was just to have H/M blueprint and balance it along with their preferred race cam... But you had to be one of their drivers to get their choice cams....
I lived in that era and lived that life.
Having been 19 at the time of many of the pictured cars were racing I can tell you that the high compression cross ram dual quad Mopar ruled the streets and drags to a large extent. Their competitors were the 409 Chevys which made a bit less power and were heavier. Ditto the 40y Fords which were much heavier. The 427 high riser T bt was quite rare and not really a factor in street racing.
A huge advantage for the Mopar boys was the very rugged Torqueflite trans. Ford and Chevy had nothing like it
At the time I had a 1957 Olds post coupe with a pretty hot 39r Olds engine mated to a B and M hydro which reached the fragile JetaWay tra s. I was running a 3.9 rear end
My car could run in the mid to low 14s. Adequate to deal with most street cars of the time. Including the 64 GTo.
The 400 ci hipo 409s 413s 426s 406s and 437s were at the time on the street running very low 13s to the rare mid 12s.
Thats how fast for their time the hipo factory cars were. Completely above and beyond the usual American car.
I never saw a 42qSD Pontiac on the street. These were quite rare. Saw one T Bolt on the street ....impressive. it sqared off against a Hemi Mopar and blew its doors off but the Mopar was in absolute street tune so....
That is one beautiful 1962 Red Dodge and included the many other stock classics that have been kept in such perfect condition.
Great video, gotta love those 1960's muscle cars. Especially those early Mopars with their "funky" body styles.
Ford and Chevy was your brother's and sisters.. Dodge was your crazy uncle
Numbers for the Thunderbolt are way way way low. The 427 High Riser was a 500hp engine...they were 11sec or better factory drag cars
Those 427 T Bolts were the ultimate drag strip cars.They were so built and tuned the avrrage driver couldnt handle one .Id line a fully original T Bolt up against anything and not be intimidated.
68 Hurst Hemi Darts/Cuda's were the ultimate factory drag cars of the 60s......10.5sec 1/4 mile times on factory 7 inch rubber
@@68bobba2 Tbolt's held the top 10 stock car ET time in the world for years, until drag racing actually became a thing again back in the mid 2000's...
@@68bobba2 bad info ?? . the Tbolt held stock record for years
Means nothing to me without quarter mile ETs & speed.
super stock dart (flying out it low)
Great video - thanks for sharing. Makes me wish I would’ve been around during the time these beasts were roaming and ruling the streets....
I'm glad I was. Today's traction controlled, computer designed $75,000 plastic fantastic hot rods have more power but less soul.
And then there’s people in this world that actually like electric cars..😂😂😂
Liberal tards lol
ohh love that classic design and "grr" sound 8-)))
Forgot the Mercury Comet/Cyclone they ruled the A/fx and B/fx classes with drivers like Ronnie Sox and Dyno Don Nicholson then in 65 Jack Chrisman invented the funny car class with his 65.
I always heard that someone commented on Dyno Don's flip top 66 Mercury that "that's a funny car", & the funny car class came to be. That's what I read in a Super Stock & Drag Illustrated mag. anyway I believe.
My favorite parts were when the time clock got edited out at the end of the runs.
Your 0-60 times were wrong on almost every single car that went down a track.
Those figures were for STOCK motors.
Most of his "information" is way off. Like with the 427 sideoiler in the Thunderbolt, it made some 550hp, depending on version. Low 9`s on slicks
@@64fairlane305 -The T-Bolts were good for mid 11s from the factory...can't see them doing low 9s just by adding slicks.
@@68bobba2 The 9 sec. zone came in later years with big advancement in parts & technology.
They sed the impala had a 0 to 60 time of 4.3 seconds making it the quickest on the video. BULL!!! There was no 63 impala that was faster than a T bolt or them mopars! .
Damn the 413 max wedge has gotta be the most gorgeous engine ever.Those offset carbs look ULTRA COOL.
"Cross Ram Induction" or something like that I think Chrysler called it.
Ford's Thunderbolts were closer to 600HP, not "425" but we know...
All of the horsepower in the world doesn't mean one will win a race. Remember the old AC Cobras? They were fast up to 160 mph. Aerodynamics prevent it from going any faster. Then came the Daytona coupe. The 289 Daytona coupe will out run a 427 AC Cobra. They beat Ferrari at Le Mans.
They also had 427 FE motors in them not "425"?? I could be wrong though because they did make a lot of weird FE truck motors. Hint for car guys: iirc The 391 FE is a truck 390 with a forged crank. 390 guys don't want the 391 block, but they do want the crank. So if you ever come across one intact it might be worth snagging for resale.
@Bryan Eberle Oh, yup you got me. I used to remember that. lol
Most hp-numbers are way off here, as usual. Factorys "lied" and promised "425" hp at mid-rpm wich was true enough. But the engines revved higher..
@@64fairlane305 My 1979 Yamaha SR500 put out 32.5hp, stock. Thanks to its Hi-Per-Kinetics Stage Two 650 build, it's now more like 55 to 60. The Stage Four was 716cc's! HP unknown. No electric starts on these bikes!
The Mopars in 62 were so friggin ugly but that dual quad 413 Max Wedge with the cross ram intake made up for it
but in today's world of rounded curvy cars and some modern stylish wheels they are hella sexy.
They must be the ugliest cars ever made
So "ugly" that they were actually "beautiful".
How about the Pontiac 421SDs? These cars bested all the Plymouths, Dodges and Chevys listed for the early 1960s.
Gawd. Dodge made more than their fair share of ugly cars back in the day.
That's just what I was thinkin'. Those old girls would go, though. That Fairlaine at 4:08, mercy me, it makes my love of old Fords go nuts!!
Yo I tuned in to watch drag racing scores and burnouts what's with showing stock then super stock on the drag strip 🤪🤪🤪
Go Mopar or Go Home!
thunderbolts had 427 not 425
The were really 425 cu inches but yes were called a 427
Rumor was that Ford called it a 427 to sound larger than the 426 Chrysler.
Robert Chapman , side oilers . . . . . .they were designed to be brutal .
They actually had 500hp from the factory and so did the early Hemi426
Peter Economakis wrong they where 426 but called 427 4.23x4.23x3.785x0.7854x8 425.5 which is 426 .5 and higher is rounded
I was able to run my street car at the High School Nationals at Norwalk a couple of years ago. There was more to it than what I expected, and the racin part was a hoot.
Ah... the combustion-engine. It was fun while it lasted. JfromOH
STILL here Bro
Go Bob Tasca, #3 Funny Car win in a row next Sunday in Epping NH. See you there 😊
Has the c.i. On the hood of the Thunderbolt and still could not copy right. You had one simple job!
Would of been a great video if it had a R code 1964 Ford Galaxie flexing
You're showing the alleged horsepower and 0-60 times for stock cars then you're displaying 1/4 mile footage of cars that have so obviously been heavily modified and are farrrr from stock! Entertaining vid but not at all factual.
W Duncan the last race with the galaxy was probably stock from the factory,I'm familiar with the galaxy and they only made five hundred of the special ones that year!!!!!!
MAN... as Manufacturers have legal monthly payed "Freaks" in their development departments !!! What a nice Era it was... because, there were born many other awesome crazy Monsters. Oh Lord, what a good time it was.
The meanest factory drag cars ever built were the 68 Darts/Barracudas with the 12.5:1 compression 426 Race Hemi with dual quads on a cross ram intake. Definitely good for 600 plus horsepower easily. There's so many great ones...the 409 Chevy's, the 65 Biscayne 396/425 and 66 Biscayne 427/425, and the Chevy Camaro ZL1 and 427 COPO cars, the 390/406/427 Ford Starliners/ Galaxies and 427 Ford Fairlanes/Mercury Comets, the 389/421 Super Duty Pontiacs, and the 62-64 413/426 Max Wedge and 426 Race Hemi Mopar lightweights
Jeremy Thompson forgot the ‘69 302 tunnel ram Camaro: small block that ate big blocks for breakfast.
Im A chevy guy and theres no displacement for cubic inch the 302 was never A high horse power monster of anykind
@@pleasegrowabrain no true ' if you ever had A properly tuned Chev Big Block you wud wake up & smell the coffee ! No displacement for cubic inch !
The Cobra Jet Mustang and the 406 Galaxie were the readily available muscle cars in the video. The rest were very rare. For example, they only made 57 Z-11 Impalas.
I don't know about the 406 galaxie that's a pretty rare car
What on Earth was the 1969 Camaro ZL01 doing within the grounds of the Chateau De Vincennes in Paris?
Rog5446 obviously it's another one of those Rich Foreigner purchases of American muscle car. There is a lot of it going on today from all of the ranks of manufacturers of American muscle cars. Germany England Sweden Japan Etc... Why wealthy people are taking our American hot rods overseas. Hard to tell the fate of some of these things around all of that salty air over there. When I was stationed in England I did see barracudas Challengers Etc and that's been 35 years ago
Really What about the super duty Pontiac's
Yeah really. Other than the Max Wedge Mopars and maybe the 64 Fairlane Thunderbolt, they were the fastest super stockers out there. That 421SD would put a 409 Chevy on the trailer real quick
Their all still 13 second cars and too embarrassed to be seen on here
@@johnmarshall3903 those 421 super duty Pontiac factory lightweights we're in the 12s right out the box. So I don't think they have much to be embarrassed about
@@jeremythompson9895 no not 12s your crazy the 421 tempest ran 11s
@@jeremythompson9895 the 68 hemi dart was the fastest they got them into the 9s
Evidently the maker of this video forgot about the hemi in 64. The A990 cars were unbelievably dominant.
Enjoy seeing the love for classic American Muscle in Europe. I live close by military base and see genuine imports to the U.S. often which is awesome.
wapwapwapwap love to hear those cams
What? No '68 Hemi Dart? No '68 Hemi Barracuda? Those WERE terrors. Even so, nice vid.
It is very nice of you to put peoples channel links to the clips. A lot of people don't do that. Thanks again Car News TV you have a great channel..
Was that ZL1 Camaro the one with the "Winters" all aluminum engine block. I would say YES!
Whoever made this video must not have researched the subject enough or they got their info from the wrong arm chair drag racer/racers. Because you can not have a list of the "Greatest" and not have included the 421 Pontiacs, 406 Fords, or Mercury Comets. The 421 Pontiacs and 406 Fords pretty much started it all. And the Mercury Comets won a lot.
The Thunderbolts were 500 hp and they were 427ci...
Can't wait for the Nostalgia Drags at US41Dragway on July 6, 7, and 8th, 2018, Morroco, Indiana.
Great video!!
Ryan David + Thank you Ryan :) Have a nice day
Cool video. The 426 Hemi wasn't available until 1964, then only as a race engine. How did it end up in a production 330 Ramcharger? Prerelease the previous year? You never say. And your graphic lists the Thunderbolt at 425C.I. and the hood and Ford guys know it was a 427 in them. Attention to detail and explanation killed it for me.
Great mix of the big 3s best and brightest.
Nice touch with the classical music after all the big block big cam engines and cars racing
No 1968 Hemi dart -barracuda
Korie Creson they made a few of them!!!!!!
@@johnnyhawkins43 yeah I know there were. I was saying there's none on this video & there should be.
What about the old Barracudas ?
Thunder bolt is a 427 skippy
The Thunderbolt SAYS "427" on the hood....
They didn't even make a 425 it was 427 in Tbolts
Time Stamp 3:30 A 1964 Ford Fairlane, with a 289 Hi Proformance 271hp motor is my Dream Car.
But I had to settle for a '66 Chevy Impala 2dr. Hardtop with a 327 automatic. My best friend in High School purchased a '66 Impala SS396 325hp with a 4speed.
It easily beat mine until I had mine Bored 30 over and A Isky Rooler Cam and 3 Duce with an Elderbrook Hi-Rise Aluminium Intake. Then I smoked Him.
It was Kind of a Bummer for Him as He and His Dad did the Modifications to my Ride. My Bench Seats were Much Better for My Honeys to Snuggle up close to me !!! I had wanted a Chevelle SS396 with a 4 Speed but My Mom Said No !!!
Paula said she Liked the Impala Better, Bigger Back Seat and no Buckets up front ...
Don't Get Me Wrong I'm a Ford Man All The Way !!!
You Know:
"Fords Or Raced Daily " !!!
The Dodges n Plymouth sedans were light weight, big motor cars right off show room floor,,,,,,
the buick 430 in 69 what an engine anyone who has looked at the casting and machine work from the factory a thing of beauty wow and enough power with out spenging a dime something like 425 hp 450 torque
Don't forget the stage 2 455. Full tilt ready to go about 600 to 650 hp, who knows how much torque
this old iron is so cool! ...not very fast, but cool
Today's cars are better built, more reliable and all that other practical crap, but they have nowhere the soul of real American made iron.
Note what the driver's doing with his left hand at 2:02. Any of you kids have an idea WTF he's doing? I sure know!
Push button gear shifting......
LOL 413 Max wedge you mean 426 Max wedge which the 413 is not still badass though but I like terminology to be straight
i owned and raced a 1969 hurst amx.two were shipped to canada.i also owned a 1967 comet capri with the 427 engine one of only six built by ford. jim
Is that 413 the same block as the industrial engine?
These Chrysler HP ratings were generally 50 to 75HP low.
typo at 3:40 ish right...427 not 425?
The 69 Hemi Dart Dominated the strip, Where's it at?
What about the 68 hurst hemi dart?
jeep grand wagoneer they prob couldn't find one. I know somebody with a primer hurst hemi cuda .
Steven Bean nice
That's the ultimate super stocker in my opinion
Hemi Under Glass
@@jeremythompson9895 I'm a Ford fan first,but I can remember the first 427 Camaro that beat the hemi in SS/A class. The 427 T-Bolt ran SS/C & THE 427 Fairlane ran SS/D. Now I might be a little off on some of these, I can't remember if any Fords ran in SS/B, maybe the 427 dual 4 did, & the 427 single 4 ran SS/D, I think that's how it was.