Tony writes: I am trying to find out if this 1962 Plymouth Belvedere 4 door has a dealer installed Max Wedge motor. | |
I purchased this Mopar in Idaho; (it was going to be a parts car for my 1962 Plymouth Fury convertible). When I talked to the owner of the Belvedere he told me that the owner before him kept the crossram and heads off the car but he still had the original 413 with the car. I headed out for Idaho as soon as I could!
The Plymouth has a window sticker special order sheet from Chrysler, car specification schedule, and data plate; but I could not find the proctecto-plate and he did not have the bill of sale from dealer.
1962 Plymouth Belvedere window sticker | |
1962 Plymouth Belvedere special order paperwork | |
1962 Plymouth Belvedere car specifications paperwork |
It turns out that the Plymouth was a special order black and white car ordered from the St. Louis plant through Elledge Motors* at 19th and Grand in Granite City, Illinois, order by Lt. A.W. Farrar. *[Later called Granite Chrysler & Plymouth] |
See the data tag at the top of this page: I have seen the 9 2 B stamped at the top of the data plate on one other car owned by the original owner in Colorado Springs, CO. That Mopar was a 4 door Max Wedge car, but the owner had ordered a two door. They offered him a discount of several hundred dollars if he would take delivery of it. He did.
Back to my car: the Belvedere was factory built with as per special order sheet, 361 hi-perf, 3 speed, heater, no radio, full tinted windows, 8&3/4 wit 3:23 gears and back-up lights; the sheet also called for a vehicle must of (5) 14 x 5.5 h.d. k wheels with a special equipment availability number P62-724 and a material procurement reference no. p1636. I have no idea what either of these later 2 items are.
There is also a list of things with part numbers on the special order sheet and I can not find any of these anywhere:
engine 2268168 transmission 2400236 rr.axle 2070767 pinion 1949402 prop shaft 2401350 radiator 2099897 wheel (bc3) 2266840 |
So not knowing what this car is of course I bought it.
So I get the Mopar home and the orange over green paint 413 I got with the car is stamped on the pad A.W.F. T41 2-11 the awf are the original owners initials. No hp, no mp but is an AAQA block cast date 1-12-62. |
The hood braces appear to have been mangled to make room for something, not cut out like they should have been.
Anyway I believe this Plymouth to be a non-existent dealer installed Max Wedge (according to Darrell Davis) that they did not even use a max wedge engine in. Or I guess the original owner blew the motor up and had this one installed.
This is what I would like to find out.
At the least I have a special order 361 hp, stick shift, 4 door, maybe cop car, maybe dealer installed Max Wedge.
So if anyone has any information on any of these numbers I would love to hear from you!
Contact Tony if you can help him decode this Plymouth: