Sam Griffith's Super Savoy!

[kwhizz]

Looks like Palmer Lazarus's Orange Willys behind the Plymouth.....Also a neat Chevelle on the left side of the Pic...........

Ken

[Postsedan]

What can I say....it`s a Post Sedan

Way cool.....Sam

Dan.

[kwhizz]

I remember a guy in the Neighborhood that had a 62 or 63 Dodge Max Wedge Torqflite car....He drove it daily and it timed out that as I was walking to School in the morning he would be going to work.....Loved to hear the "Muscle" Sound......as I remember they were manual Choke cars and when the Weather got Cold.....That Car wasn't going anywhere until it got warm enough to keep running when the "D" button was pushed......I think the car lasted one or two winters and he got Married and the Dodge was replaced with a Slant Six Dart
Have a lot of Memories of that car with the "Rumpity" Idle and the Shoe Polish Numbers on the Window from the Drag Strip..Very Impressionable on a Young "Whizz"

Ken

[mockingbird812]

Max Wedge motors did not like the cold wx . There was no heat cross-over on the intake manifold and Chrysler warned of carburetor icing. A service bulletin recommended covering the radiator and using a gasoline with anti-icing additives. "In winter weather, a rich surging condition, misfiring, and unstable engine operation may be encountered which may be severe and make ordinary street driving extremely difficult and undesirable"

You are right. They did have a manual choke. One pull knob connected to two cables/choke levers (3rd knob from the left).

[Z-11GUY]

That is a beautiful '62 Plymouth, I wonder if it is the same shade of blue Bill Hanyon of Milne Brother's Plymouth ran? As some can remember, Bill Hanyon Blair's speedshop tuned 413 blue '62 Savoy shut down all 1963 426 max wedge cars for S/SA class at the 1963 Pomona winternationals! Can you ask Gordy if he recalled racing Bures Hall or Bob Delia 409 and Z-11 427's in the same Chicago area? Thanks!!

[mockingbird812]

Hey Raj, welcome aboard- sounds like you appreciate and been around these beasts. My info indicates that the Milne Bros. Ply. was a '62 Fury Hardtop. What I don't know is what tranny he had, but I'll bet you it was the push button 727 . My Plymouth was the darkest blue (really a medium blue) available from the factory (I have a Ditzler Paint chart for '62 Plymouths - but can't upload it tonight for some reason). He may have painted it a darker color or worked something out with the dealership when he ordered it. I will surely check with Gordy regarding racing Bures Hall or Bob Delia.

Thanks!

So - interesting user name u got there!

[mockingbird812]

Let me try this....

[Belair62]

Sam I remember Allen Gartzman..and his wife ! He used to go to cruises at Fluky's Hot Dogs in Niles. At the time he had a63 faux Super Duty Catalina...black/red guts. Later he moved to AZ I think and aquired the only known 62 SD Grand Prix ??? I think that was it anyway. I had my 61 faux SS Impala 409 at the time.

[enio45]

Sam, great car and better in person!! Lets go for a ride
:-))