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    Factory 4 speed shifter help!

    Lads -- I can't address the specific reason or reasons that Chrysler gave up on the Inland shifter, but I can tell you that after I replaced my '65 Sport Fury (365 HP/426 CID, 4-speed) with a '67 Coronet R/T (375 HP/440 CID, 4-speed), the difference between the two was all too obvious. Although...
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    '65 426S Viscous Drive Fan

    PH -- The car still has the fan shroud and the seven-blade fan. Joe
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    '65 426S Viscous Drive Fan

    John -- In 1965, there were two different clutched fans: one was the Thermal Control Drive which sensed the heat from the radiator and engaged the fan if it were needed to pull more air through the radiator; the second was the Torque Control Drive which allowed normal fan operation at slow...
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    '65 426S Viscous Drive Fan

    Lads -- As you might expect, the viscous drive fan on the 426S on my '65 Sport Fury is gone, and probably long gone. Not that I want to have a "concours" car, but the spacer between the water pump and the fan makes it obvious that the mill is missing something under the hood. I've been able to...
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    Long Shot

    Omni -- You might try the web page of the Chrysler 300 Club International, Inc. In the "Parts for Sale" section, para. 11 has the following: Reproduction Chrysler 300 air cleaners. Both round and oval styles to fit 58 thru 64 dual 4 bbl cars. Cleaners are steel as original and painted correct...
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    Factory 4-Speed-C-Body-Photo-Thread

    Lads -- It's interesting to me that someone put those Max Wedge decals on the valve covers because a previous owner of my car, also a '65 SF with the 426S and 4-speed, did the same. It's no biggie, by any means, just interesting. Joe Godec '57 Chrysler 300C, '60 Fury SonoRamic, '65 Vette...
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    Factory 4-Speed-C-Body-Photo-Thread

    LocuMob -- Right on! At times, this whole safety business approaches the ridiculous. I'm reminded of the Detroit wheel who responded to Ralphie Nader with, "We do currently manufacture vehicles that meet Mr. Nader's standards; they're called Patton tanks." I also subscribe to Teddy...
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    What octane fuel?

    Lads -- The 426-Street in my '65 Sport Fury has been "up graded" a bit with a non-stock and somewhat wilder cam that now idles at a lope when warm and higher than the conventional 750-850 RPMs. Its console-mounted tach (whose accuracy may be questionable) indicates it can reach close to 6000...
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    Stunning 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer Flexes Rare Long Ram Induction Setup

    Lads -- In the 1961 model year, the Dart Pioneer was available in five body styles: 4-dr sedan-6P, 2-dr sedan-6P (unofficially called a 2-dr post), 2-dr HT coupe-6P (2-dr hardtop), 4-dr station wagon-6P, and 4-dr station wagon-9P. The ram car above would ordinarily be called a "2-dr post." The...
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    Stunning 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer Flexes Rare Long Ram Induction Setup

    Steve -- I try to hit some of the events here in Colorado Springs, mostly the Saturday morning cruise-ins and any MOPAR thing. I don't go down to Pueblo (and other southern Colorado cruises) that much although I like Pueblo's River Walk show and the shows in Florence and Canon City. I used to...
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    Stunning 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer Flexes Rare Long Ram Induction Setup

    Lads -- FYI, here's the 1960 Plymouth version in my '60 Fury survivor. It doesn't have the fender well cutouts mentioned in the video because it is a very early production car that may well have been a "mule," but both the factory build record and Darrell Davis' book certify it came off the...
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    A Tour of the McCandless Museum Wherein are Many Outstanding Forward Look Cars and some Related History of the Period

    65 -- I'm another old fud like your dad (perhaps a year older) and could you ask him a question for me? What's his take on the '59 DeSoto Adventurer 2X4V 383 being advertised at 350 HP, but the same 383 CID 2X4V engine in the '59 Dodge D500 at 345 (both engines came out of the same plant, the...
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    '65 Sport Fury 4-Speeds

    PH -- Thanks for saying. I had a '65 SF back in 1964-1967 and am very fortunate indeed to find its virtual twin: same engine, trans, interior, exterior, and most options or the same lack thereof (i.e., no PS or AC). I think the '65 SF is one of the best, if not the best, looking Plymouths of...
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    '65 Sport Fury 4-Speeds

    Lads -- I understand that the reason for the increased cost of the 426S with 4-speed trans ($515) versus the TorqueFlite ($483) on the '65 Sport Fury (and possibly on all other Furys as well) is because the cars were "originally assembled with automatics" and had to be "retrofitted" to...
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    SOLD '65 Sport Fury Wheelcovers

    NOT REALLY FOR SALE! I inherited four additional wheelcovers when I acquired my '65 SF back in 2016. Since then, they've just been taking up space so I'm getting rid of them. They're not for sale but anyone can have them for the cost of packing and shipping: 1. Complete, in very good...
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    Inland to Hurst swap

    SportFuryman -- Your wish is my command. The color pics (exterior and interior) are of the car I have now; the black and white is of the first one, taken in the spring of 1966. The cars are almost identical (i.e., Medium Red Metallic with matching interior 2-dr HTs, 426-S engines, 4-speeds...
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    Inland to Hurst swap

    SportFuryman -- It's your car and your money, so you should do whatever floats your boat. But from my own experience with that Inland unit in a '67 R/T I had from 1967 until 1972, with the Hurst unit in the '65 Sport Fury 426-S I had from 1964 until 1967, and with the '65 Sport Fury 426-S...
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    Big-Tailed Beast All Clean and Shiny

    Lads -- I don't drive my Beast full time because that ram-inducted engine runs on the primaries of both 4V carbs ALL the time, so it gets about 11 MPG on the highway and 8 in town if, and that's a very big "if," I can keep my right foot under control. But the real kicker is that although I...
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    Big-Tailed Beast All Clean and Shiny

    Lads -- For some odd reason, perhaps so the swells in the Italian, German, and British exotics could see what the common folk drove, I was invited to show the Big-Tailed Beast at the 40th Colorado Concours d'Elegance in Denver (actually Littleton) yesterday (09-10-2023). It was great fun as...
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    New Member ‘65 Sport Fury

    Scout -- Welcome aboard. That really is a great car, especially with the 4-speed. As Mario Andretti so well put it, "Automatics are for those who like to be driven; manuals are for those who like to drive." We '65 SF guys are rather few and far between so keep in touch. Joe Godec '57 Chrysler...
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