Re: 1965 Factory Max Wedge - Was: 1965 Satellite engine options

[Jim Altemose <jaltemoose@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the info Don and everyone else.  Good stuff.

I have had a subscription to HMM since issue #1.  I have them all and
I think it's a great magazine.  But to this day, I'm pretty sure
they've never done a feature on a Max Wedge.

- Jim
Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
'63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
'63 Polara 500 (383)
'65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
'71 Bronco

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From Jim Schild, author of numerous fact books on the 62-65 MAX wedge and and
> Hemi cars.  i own most of his books and they are very detailed discussons of
> these cars.
>
>
> "Thanks for the note. You are on the right track. There is no such thing as a
> factory 1965 "Max Wedge." Technically of course, there is no factory Max Wedge
> of any kind as they were never called that by Chrysler or Mopar. The last
> Maximum Performance wedge equipped cars were built in early 1964 until the 426
> Hemi was introduced in about April of that year. No Max Wedges were built after
> the 426 Hemi was introduced. It is always possible that any dealer could have
> installed any engine package and equipment for a customer but I am not familiar
> with anything like that directly. I did just write a letter to the editor of
> Hemmings Muscle Machines magazine about the article in the latest issue on a
> 1965 Belvedere Satellite implying that the biggest engine available other than a
> Max Wedge was a 383 four-barrel. I had to tell him that the biggest street
> engine was the 426 street wedge and that no Max Wedge was available in 1965. Of
> course he will never answer me or respond to my letter.
>
> It is likely that even if a dealer installed a 426 wedge engine with all of the
> proper equipment it would still not have the correct numbers on the block and
> parts.
>
> ... If they really want to know I still have some copies of my new 1962-1964 Max
> Wedge and 1964-1965 Hemi guides available at $16.95 each plus postage.
> www.theautoreview.com"
>
>
>
>
> Akron Don Gallimore
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx>
>> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Mon, May 7, 2012 7:10:47 PM
>> Subject: 1965 Factory Max Wedge - Was: 1965 Satellite engine options
>>
>> This issue of a '65 Max Wedge keeps popping up.  I think I'll contact Jim
>> Shields and see what facts he has on them.
>>
>>
>> None of the pretty extensive collection of dealer's stuff I have mentions the
>> Max Wedge as an option. NHRA does not show a listing for one. My thought is
>>that
>>
>> a dealer threw one or some in a car. Would not have been a tremendous problem,
>>I
>>
>> guess, to take a production engine out and install a replacement Max Wedge in a
>>
>> car - remember, this is 1965 were talking about and the last official Max Wedge
>>
>> cars were only a year in the past. Mr. Norm, for example, sold a lot of
>>uniquely
>>
>> optioned cars with dealer installed stuff.
>>
>> Akron Don Gallimore
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> > From: Jimmy Peavy <peaver63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Sent: Mon, May 7, 2012 5:42:53 PM
>> > Subject: Re: 1965 Satellite engine options
>> >
>> > Actually there were a very few 1965 Belvedere's built with the Max Wedge
>>motor
>>
>> >.
>> > The Hemi, the  426 Street Wedge, and the 383., and a very, very few Max Wedge
>>
>> >motors.
>> > I've seen only one.
>> >
>> > Jimmy
>> >
>> > On 5/7/2012 4:25 PM, Jim Altemose wrote:
>> > > This months Hemming Muscle Machines has a cover story comparing a 1965
>> > > Satellite to a 1965 GTO.  The article says that beyond the 383 in
>> > > power, the only other engine choice was the Max Wedge.  In 1965, I
>> > > didn't think the Max Wedge was available.  I'd have thought you'd have
>> > > a choice of both a 426 Street Wedge or a 426 Hemi.  Am I wrong or is
>> > > the article?
>> > >
>> > > - Jim
>> > > Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
>> > > '63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
>> > > '63 Polara 500 (383)
>> > > '65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
>> > > '71 Bronco
>> > >
>> >
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