New Master Copy Possessor Racer 67 Hemi Coronet R/T, Even In Addition To Therefore Has It, Even In Addition To Therefore Races It. Exclusively Closed To 3500 Miles On The Odometer

Jim Keyes has had his 1967 Hemi Coronet R/T since it was new, fifty-fifty racing it inwards SS/DA amongst WO components dorsum inwards the slow ’60s too early on ’70s.

He bought this Coronet R/T novel at a Dodge dealer inside a hardware shop too implement fellowship inwards a small, rural town inwards fundamental Michigan.

Just xx years onetime inwards slow 1966, too working equally a mechanic at a Mercury too Rambler dealership, Jim wanted to merchandise his 1965 Coronet inwards on something he could accept to the strip.

He had his sights assault something inwards the Ford big-block family. "I went inwards too sat downwardly amongst the possessor of the dealership," Jim recalls. "I was going to purchase a Comet 202, two-door sedan amongst a 427 inwards it. He wouldn't receive got whatever business office of selling me the car. I intend he was to a greater extent than of a six-cylinder Rambler American type of guy, too he didn't desire anything to create amongst high performance."

Jim returned to Chesaning Hardware too Implement Co. to merchandise inwards the '65 on a novel '67 R/T. "It was sort of a non bad niggling dealership," he says. "The guy had a 1965 Dodge A990 that he was drag racing. In 1967, he bought a Dart, a flip-top Funny Car. It was sort of a performance-y type place."

"I knew that I wanted a Hemi because I wanted to drag-race Super Stock D automatic. So, I went upwards at that topographic point too I ordered the car. He gave me a actually skilful bargain on it."

Other than the Hemi too a TorqueFlite automatic, Jim chose really few options on the car: "It came amongst an AM radio too a rear-seat speaker too that was it." With a skilful bargain inwards hand, he took possession of his novel R/T a few weeks later.

 "I never volition forget the commencement nighttime when I went to pick upwards the car. The dealer called me to tell me my automobile was in. I was going to drive it home. Chesaning is quite a small, niggling town, too hence I drove it to the outskirts of town, stopped too only left it inwards drive. I matted the matter too ran it through the gears. I retrieve looking at the tach I had set inwards fifty-fifty earlier I picked it up, too the matter would shift into minute correct at 7,000 RPM from the factory. It was quite the car."

Now inwards Pure Stock form, Jim had set downwardly an 11.48 at the 2017 FAST drag races amongst 11.75 to i compression too 4.56 gears



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