People say "never say never" about Chrysler Corp. back then. But that "done in a shop" sounds reasonable. Like I said, I don't recall mention of any 64 Hemi CSS until this article.
Hum ... *maybe* some dealership played around with such a build, not the factory?
Or the article was "written" by an hallucinating AI that confused a 426 wedge as a Hemi?
But here is a story in Hot Rod about an actual 1964 Dodge 426 (wedge) truck:
"This 426-Powered Dodge D-100 Was a Rebel In Its Time"
https://www.hotrod.com/features/dodge-d100-custom-sports-special-hemi-review
Thanks,
Gary H.
> -------Original Message-------
> From: 'Donald Gallimore'
> I'm calling BS on this being anything more than an installation of
a
> Hemi years later in someone's garage/shop.
>
> In 1964 I was 14 and just starting to really get hot and heavy into
> drag racing. I've seen the original A-864 and A-990 vehicles run in
> those days. Chrysler was too focused on getting those engines into
> race cars (NASCAR and NHRA) to mess around with putting one in a
> pickup truck. And a "Street" Hemi - those didn't exist until 1966.
> Never heard of a 426 Hemi pick-up back in the day.
>
> Akron Don
>
> On Monday, June 15, 2026 at 12:29:54 PM EDT,
> 62-65-mail-list-club-Gary-H <
> Hi all,
>
> I don't recall this version of the 1964 Dodge trucks: the D100
"HEMI"
> Custom Sports Special
>
> >You couldn't just walk into a dealership and tick a box labeled
> "426." Instead, Dodge funneled the engine into trucks through a
> backdoor special order process intended for drag racers and
insiders
> who knew how to game the system.<
>
>
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-trucks/the-only-426-hemi-powered-pickup-truck-ever-is-a-rare-monster/ar-AA1Iz91V
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary H.
>
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