Ma Mopar made us a lot of sleepers back in the day. Coronets, Belvederes, Fury's like my 64 Sport Fury 426 Wedge ol' Mopar made so many for us and why so many refuse to except GTO as the first Muscle car because it really wasnt. Those GTO/Corvette owners never new the little granny car in the next lane was fixing to embarrass him severely right in front of his girlfriend. Lord we had a blast in the old mopar sleepers. Some had high rise intakes you never knew were there. Chryslers long ram intakes were so cool, instead of going up like others Mopars went sideways so unless one raises the hood you dont see its a real hotrod. Very smart!
Mopar engine designers were the most innovative of all car corps. No one else thought to slant a 6 cylinder to allow for a longer stroke with no hood bulge/scoop.
Full blown drag race cars from weekend track stars in the Super Bee/Roadrunner to All out comp drag kings of the Hemi Dart/Baracuda, simply the most amazing times. I do miss my old Mopars. My last one was my 69 Super Bee (Hemi) I drove daily from 1969-2012.
Thanks for the memories!
Dodge Coronet 440 Hemi 4 Door specs
Car type | 4-door saloon |
Curb weight | 1750 kg (3858 lbs) |
Dimensions | 5.19 m (204 in) long, 1.92 m (76 in) wide, 1.42 m (56 in) high |
Wheelbase | 2.97 m (117 in) |
Introduced | 1965 |
Origin country | United States |
Views | 4.7k |
Submitted by | Super8 |
Powertrain specs
Engine type | Chrysler Racing Hemi 426 V8 |
Displacement | 7.0 l (426 ci / 6981 cc) |
Power | 431 ps (425 bhp / 317 kw) @ 6000 rpm |
Torque | 664 Nm (490 lb-ft) @ 4000 rpm |
Power / liter | 62 ps (61 hp) |
Power / weight | 246 ps (243 bhp) / t |
Torque / weight | 379 Nm (280 lb-ft) / t |
Transmission | Chrysler A-833 4 Speed Manual |
Layout | front engine, rear wheel drive |
Coronet 440 Hemi 4 Door competition
Jeno 3y ago
DonG 10y ago
We had an automatic 1971 Doge Coronet 440, it was a totally stealth supercar, like Chevy Impala SS! This unassuming sedan did 0-60 in about 8.0 secs, with 6 high school kids inside! It was not faster than my friend's GTO, however. You had a hard tmie holding it in its lane on a 2-lane highway, it took every square inch of width and the steering was mushy.
Super8 12y ago
@ Shaggy: There are 3 language type in Japan. Katakana, Hiragana and Ryumaji. Katakana is our ordinary languange. Hiragana is our formal language. I don't learn Hiragana because it's hard. Ryumaji is our languange in alphabet. I bet the 4 words that you know must be Katakana because not much people know about Hiragana.
Super8 12y ago
This is the most frightening sedan in 1965. It does looked like civilize car from outside but when the engine started, you will knew this car is a real nightmare. It fitted with Racing 426 Hemi and they just smooth it a little to make sure the owner can use it on street however there still a report if this car still difficult to drive. It available with manual and automatic transmission with variety of final ratio from 2.93 to 4.89 final. The standard ratio is 3.23 for both manual and automatic. It has top speed about 153 mph with 2.93 final and 0-60 mph about 5.1 sec for 4.56 final. It also reported can hit 12 sec @ 110 + if using 4.89 final. Dodge only produce 1 car and rest is dealer installed package.