Further, the 413 Max Wedge engines back in 1962 were available in any Plymouth Savoy or Dodge Dart model, regardless of trim ...

Q: Greg, I enjoy your nostalgia columns on the muscle cars from 1960 decade. A while back you did your top 10 muscle cars and ...

A sk most muscle car enthusiasts to identify the car that kicked off the muscle car era, and they will most likely say it was ...

Dodge threw the 426 Hemi under the hood of a humble sedan and turned it into a dominant force on the drag strip.

1965 was officially the final year for the 426 Street Wedge engine. However, Chrysler built a few additional Coronets with this powerplant in 1966. You can learn more about these Mopars that ...

Featuring a lightweight body and a brutally powerful 426 Max Wedge engine, the 1964 Plymouth Belvedere was built for drag racing. Though the HEMI soon took over, the Max Wedge still embarrassed rivals ...

A ‘light-weight’ package was also released in 1963 to make the Max Wedge cars even more dominant. Available exclusively for the 13.5:1 versions of the 426 engines, it offered aluminum front ...

Memories fade. But today, we have immutable proof that Dodge did build at least one legit factory 426 Street Wedge-powered 1966 Coronet—one model year after that engine was taken off the menu.

With the increase of NHRA and NASCAR engine displacement regulations to 7.0 liters in 1963, the 413 Max Wedge grew to 426 cubic inches, creating the 426 Max Wedge. The same year as the 426 Max Wed ...

Chrysler then turned its engine development efforts to building a new Hemi engine for NASCAR racing, and by 1966, a street version of the 426 Hemi had supplanted the Max Wedge.