the friend must not have ordered the car early enough for the 66 model year to get the 426 wedge as i know a fellow that has a early 66 with the factory installed 426 wedge and my understanding was that they were only available for the first 9 weeks of the 66 model production and then the 440 was installed when the hp motor was ordered as the 426 were no longer available in wedge form! --- On Mon, 4/4/11, Stan Kafouse <skafouse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Stan Kafouse <skafouse@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: 1964 Dodge Polara Radio > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, April 4, 2011, 12:24 PM > 66 was the last year for the 426 > wedge. Mr Norm supposidly ordered 50 Coronets with this > engine. The 440 replaced the 426 and was phased in and early > cars got the 426 later cars the 440. They are rare, wouldnt > doubt few have seen any 66 426 wedges Galens book shows a 66 > 426 wedge. This is the way I understand it to be anyway. > > --- On Mon, 4/4/11, Roger Pettigrew <dodger7998@xxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > From: Roger Pettigrew <dodger7998@xxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: 1964 Dodge Polara Radio > > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Monday, April 4, 2011, 4:11 PM > > > > > > I find this hard to beleive, in 66 I had a 65 fury > lll, > > with a 426 street > > wedge, and 4 speed, my friend at that time tried to > order a > > new 66 sport > > fury with the same engine and tranny combo as mine, > > and was told it would not > > be available for the 66 model year and that he > would > > have the choices of > > 440, hemi,,, or any of the smaller engines,,and I > > have as of yet to see any > > Cbody/imperials with a street wedge in them,,,, > > > > > > In a message dated 4/4/2011 10:47:07 A.M. Central > Daylight > > Time, > > furyrestored@xxxxxxxxx > > writes: > > > > the 440 was not available til 1966 model year and > > from what i have heard > > through numerous sources and investigation the 426 > > was installed in 66 > > models for the first 9 weeks when the hp motor was > > ordered until they depleted > > the stock of 426 wedges then the new for 1966 440 > > wedge was installed so > > you could ultimately have a 1966 with a factory > > installed 426 wedge motor if > > it was one of the very early 66 model but you > couldnt > > get a 1965 model with > > the 440 as they didnt start building them till into > > the 66 model year!i > > have a 1966 fury with the factory 440 and have done > a > > bit of research on the > > 440 motor perhaps you could have got a warranty > > replacement 440 motor for > > the 65 which may have been substituted for the 426 > > would be the only way i > > would think that you would have had a > factory/dealer > > installed 440 in a 1965 > > model and that is just speculation > > > > --- On Mon, 4/4/11, Roger Pettigrew <dodger7998@xxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > > From: Roger Pettigrew <dodger7998@xxxxxxx> > > > Subject: Re: 1964 Dodge Polara Radio > > > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Date: Monday, April 4, 2011, 9:53 AM > > > > > > > > > I did not realize that the 440 street wedge > was > > an option > > > in 65 > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 4/4/2011 8:18:41 A.M. > Central > > Daylight > > > Time, > > > bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx > > > writes: > > > > > > My first new Mopar was a 65 Coronet 440 > > with 440 > > > street sedge and four > > > speed. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > > > > ---- > > > Please address private mail -- mail of > interest > > to only one > > > person -- directly to that person. I.e., > > send > > > parts/car transactions and negotiations as > well > > as other > > > personal messages only to the intended > > recipient, not to the > > > Clubhouse public address. This practice will > > protect your > > > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and > fine > > tune the > > > content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > > > > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion > > Guidelines: > > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > ---- > > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to > only one > > person -- directly to that person. I.e., send > > parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as > other > > personal messages only to the intended recipient, not > to the > > Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect > your > > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune > the > > content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > > > > > > > > > > >