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Holy-Grail 1963 Dodge 330 Is a Max Wedge Sleeper in Stunning Condition
Holy-Grail 1963 Dodge 330 Is a Max Wedge Sleeper in Stunning Condition

2 Apr 2024, 14:07 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / One of only 31 units made, this seemingly mundane 1963 Dodge 330 hides a nasty Max Wedge surprise under the hood. It's also a stunning classic.

 
Barn-Found 1964 Plymouth Fury Flaunts Super Stock Heritage, Max Wedge V8
Barn-Found 1964 Plymouth Fury Flaunts Super Stock Heritage, Max Wedge V8

22 Mar 2024, 11:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / It's unclear how many were produced in 1964, but this rig might be the second steel nose Fury Super Stock built that year.

 
Unassuming 1962 Dodge Polara 500 Packs Rare Max Wedge Three-Speed Setup
Unassuming 1962 Dodge Polara 500 Packs Rare Max Wedge Three-Speed Setup

24 Jan 2024, 12:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / One of 12 Max Wedge Polara 500s built in 1962, this Mopar is also the only three-speed manual example that has been documented so far.

 
1963 Plymouth Sport Fury Is Dressed To Impress, Packs Rare Max Wedge Setup
1963 Plymouth Sport Fury Is Dressed To Impress, Packs Rare Max Wedge Setup

8 Dec 2023, 16:22 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The result of a comprehensive restoration, this two-door hardtop looks the part inside and out and rocks a 426 Max Wedge powerhouse.

 
One-Owner 1963 Plymouth Savoy Shows Off Super Stock Heritage, Max Wedge V8
One-Owner 1963 Plymouth Savoy Shows Off Super Stock Heritage, Max Wedge V8

7 Dec 2023, 13:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The predecessor to the more iconic HEMI, the Max Wedge found its way into Mopars from 1962 to 1964. Only 18 1963 Savoys got this mill.

 
5 Classic American V8s That Made Plenty of Power Before the Start of the Muscle Car Era
5 Classic American V8s That Made Plenty of Power Before the Start of the Muscle Car Era

28 Oct 2023, 09:31 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Throughout the 1950s and early-1960s, these potent V8s were all about high perfromance before the emergence of thoroughbred muscle cars

 
Holy Grail 1963 Dodge 330 Lightweight Flexes Numbers-Matching Max Wedge V8
Holy Grail 1963 Dodge 330 Lightweight Flexes Numbers-Matching Max Wedge V8

18 Oct 2023, 11:02 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Developed during the Detroit drag race wars of the early 1960s, the Max Wedge was based on the RB block and debuted in 1962.

 
Mopar Max Wedge: The Forgotten Orange Monster That Helped Kick-Start the Muscle Car Craze
Mopar Max Wedge: The Forgotten Orange Monster That Helped Kick-Start the Muscle Car Craze

26 Sep 2023, 12:12 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Overshadowed by the 426 HEMI, the legendary Max Wedge was Mopar's go-to performance engine during the first part of the 1960s

 
Forget the GTO, Plymouth's Fury Super Stock 413 Was the First Muscle Car of the Sixties
Forget the GTO, Plymouth's Fury Super Stock 413 Was the First Muscle Car of the Sixties

8 Aug 2023, 13:10 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Developed for the drag strip, but technically street legal, the '62 Fury Super Stock was sensibly more powerful than the '64 GTO

 
Plain-Looking 1964 Plymouth Fury Is a Rare Sleeper With a Nasty Surprise Under the Hood
Plain-Looking 1964 Plymouth Fury Is a Rare Sleeper With a Nasty Surprise Under the Hood

23 Jul 2023, 10:15 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Sure, it's not entirely original and lacks the appeal of a numbers-matching rig, but it's a solid alternative to a real Street Wedge and Max Wedge car.

 
Once a Pile of Junk, This 1962 Plymouth Fury Is Now a Spotless Max Wedge Gem
Once a Pile of Junk, This 1962 Plymouth Fury Is Now a Spotless Max Wedge Gem

2 Mar 2023, 12:33 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Found in a junkyard in 1995 as a bare shell with no interior and no engine, this extremely rare Sport Fury is now an award-winning gem

 
Plain-Looking 1964 Dodge Polara 500 Is Actually a Rare Sleeper With a Street Wedge V8
Plain-Looking 1964 Dodge Polara 500 Is Actually a Rare Sleeper With a Street Wedge V8

13 Jan 2023, 17:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This Street Wedge Mopar is also one of those extremely rare cars that survived for more than 50 years in all-original condition

 
This Originally Specced 1962 Plymouth Savoy Is the First Manual Super Stock Max Wedge
This Originally Specced 1962 Plymouth Savoy Is the First Manual Super Stock Max Wedge

16 Dec 2022, 21:43 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / This original specced 1962 Plymouth Savoy Max Wedge is among the first models fitted with a manual transmission, and only has 6,593 miles on the odometer

 
1963 Dodge 330 Is the Perfect Sleeper, Hides Rare V8 Surprise Under the Hood
1963 Dodge 330 Is the Perfect Sleeper, Hides Rare V8 Surprise Under the Hood

21 Nov 2022, 15:39 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Discontinued in 1964, the Max Wedge is notably rarer than the HEMI, with only a little more than 1,000 engines split between Dodge and Plymouth muscle cars.

 
1971 Plymouth HEMI 'Cuda vs. 1963 Savoy Max Wedge Is the Ultimate Mopar Drag Race
1971 Plymouth HEMI 'Cuda vs. 1963 Savoy Max Wedge Is the Ultimate Mopar Drag Race

4 Oct 2022, 09:16 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Two of the rarest high-performance Mopars ever built met at the drag strip for the ultimate classic Plymouth duel. It's also a HEMI vs. Max Wedge face-off.

 
1964 Dodge Polara Four-Door Is a Max Wedge Wannabe, Flexes Big Muscle
1964 Dodge Polara Four-Door Is a Max Wedge Wannabe, Flexes Big Muscle

25 Aug 2022, 15:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Yup, that's not a mistake, this Max Wedge-powered Polara is a four-door sedan. And that V8 is not your regular Max Wedge.

 
1962 Plymouth Savoy Is a Mean Sleeper, Hides Big-Block Surprise Under the Hood
1962 Plymouth Savoy Is a Mean Sleeper, Hides Big-Block Surprise Under the Hood

12 Jun 2022, 19:56 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While not an authentic Max Wedge car, this 1962 Plymouth Savoy has plenty of oomph to obliterate its factory-original siblings

 
Stunning 1963 Dodge Polara Max Wedge Has an Important Message on Its Rear Window
Stunning 1963 Dodge Polara Max Wedge Has an Important Message on Its Rear Window

30 May 2022, 11:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Even though they're rare and expensive, cars like this need to be driven on public roads rather than spend their retirement years in garages

 
1963 Plymouth Savoy Max Wedge Is a Super Rare Sleeper
1963 Plymouth Savoy Max Wedge Is a Super Rare Sleeper

5 May 2022, 14:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / In development since 1959, the Max Wedge debuted in 1962 as a 413-cubic-inch mill based on the RB block. Displacement grew to 426 cubic inches in 1963

 
Remembering the 1964 Dodge D-100 Street Wedge, America's First Muscle Truck
Remembering the 1964 Dodge D-100 Street Wedge, America's First Muscle Truck

12 Dec 2021, 14:30 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / As the muscle car revolution began sweeping Detroit in the early 1960s, Dodge started thinking that the D-100 truck could be more than just a workhorse