Re: Max Wedge Question

Since it was your car I'm sure you're correct, the difference being ordering a car that may have been assembled or one not yet assembled. The information I provided was from a Mopar History article by Al Kirschenbaum in 1999..."Where's The Battery?;

"Although race car's weight is often regulated by sanctioning-body rules, trimming mass from one area still means it can be shuffled elsewhere, to obtain better handling dynamics. The essence of this concept is exactly what inspired Detroit to stamp body panels out of sheet aluminum instead of steel. It is also responsible for Chrysler's battery-in-the-baggage-bay scheme. At the same time that the lightweight body parts package became available for '63 Dodge and Plymouth models, a trunk-mount battery setup was released as part of the weight-juggling program. To extend the weight-transfer and traction advantages this plan provided, the trunk battery arrangement was offered as an extra cost option on all-steel Max Wedge models, too."

Maybe '63 was different from '64.

Nick Tiberio

FuryUs63

From: "Al" <hemial@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "1962to1965mopars" <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 4:02:11 PM
Subject: RE: Max Wedge Question

Not correct, my 64 Polara 500 steel car has the battery in the trunk at no extra charge

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From: furyus63@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date:12/02/2014 3:58 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: 1962to1965mopars <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Max Wedge Question

Nico,

To the best of my knowledge as told by the dealership at the time, and I think I still have some paperwork on it, the factory mounted the battery in the trunk on all '63 & '64 car equipped with the aluminum lightweight package. All steel cars had the battery mounted in the engine compartment. All steel cars for '63 & '64 could have the trunk mount battery package, but at extra cost.

Nick Tiberio

FuryUs63

Subject: Max Wedge Question

Was watching the Mecum Auction, today (a rerun) but they has a supposedly true (1 of 28 remaining) Max Wedge 63 Plymouth savoy post. I am not an authority by no means on theses cars but the one at auction (didn't go any higher than 50K) had the battery in the normal driver's side inner fenderwell. I thought all Max Wedges had the battery in the trunk or was this only done on the 64 cars? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks

Nico Over

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