Hi!
This was a very ordinary car with an extraordinary engine and drivetrain. The engine was developed in 1964 so that Chrysler Corporation vehicles could win at NASCAR stock car racing and NHRA drag racing. It displaced about 7 liters and developed around 600 horsepower in race trim. It was a simple cast-iron V8 of cam-in-block configuration, but huge ports and hemispherical combustion chambers with sewer-sized valves made it extremely powerful. When the Dodge and Plymouth vehicles finished first, second, and third at Daytona, first time out with the new engine, NASCAR objected to the use of a powerplant that couldn't be bought in showrooms, so Chrysler introduced a street version for 1966. It was detuned to a mere 450 horsepower or so and bolted into cheap two-door sedans. (Advertised horsepower was 425, but the dynos say otherwise.) This car was one of the very first to be sold and has been driven only 4000 miles in the near forty years that have elapsed since it left the showroom. I'll post an engine pic soon.
Then perhaps I should think of this as of Subaru Impreza WRX or Mitsubishi Lancer Evo (whatever is the current number) - kind of a pocket rocket of good old days, when no-one could have thought of cars of size of Geo Metro...
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