1966 Plymouth Belvedere

Starting out life as a mild mannered 361ci V8, this Belvedere has had a healthy engine upgrade to a 440ci V8, a 4bbl carb, A727 Torqueflite trans, a snappy red respray, along with some other goodies thrown in for good measure and pure tire burning excitement. A redone interior and Ive taken the way back machine to 1965. Peabody!!! Peabody?! Exterior A 12 year old respray and clear coating is on straight steel panels with nicely minded gaps all around. Chrome and trim work is all good and a chrome and white painted spear runs the gamut on the sides and presents itself at the belt line, and does a beautiful job of breaking up the red painted steel slabs. A pristine front grille flanked by single headlights on either side and a P L Y M O U T H badge is resting on the front of the hood. Take a close look at the side of this car as that B pillar is standing still but looking a lot like its moving forward as it forms a V from the rear glass and back window. Square tail lights are on the back along with another re chromed bumper and there is enough room in the trunk to rent out as a 1 bedroom apartment! 15-inch Cragar wide 5 spoke wheels are on all 4 corners and looking racy as well. Interior Nearly perfect black vinyl door panels greet us with a swing of either door. This black panel is surrounded by the body matching exterior red steel. Within this is a metal armrest with a black vinyl padded topper, a new modern pull out lever door actuator not oft seen, and a window crank. Inside more black vinyl for the bolstered split front bench and full rear bench. These have tweed gray/black broadcloth slightly tucked and rolled inserts and are bordered by some black piping. The dash and all other panels are original to this machine. It presents as a V shaped aluminum panel with a black insert for the rectangular design instrument cluster temp control sliders. The original steering wheel is fronting this dash and has been covered in punched leather with leather binding to hold it all on. An aftermarket tachometer hangs off the drivers left side of the column and an AM push button radio is in the center, along with a mass of buttons and pulls lined up on the lower dash, bordered on the bottom by a chromed trimming stretching from door to door. Above is a nice and tight black headliner nearly perfect, and below is clean black carpeting. Drivetrain A lift of the hood and Im in motor head heaven! (Im hearing the angels going AHHHHHHHHHHHHH). Here I see to my wandering eyes is a large fully appointed 440ci V8, (circa 1966-72), fire breather. It has orange block and valve coverings, a cast intake manifold, and on top a 4bbl carburetor. An A727 Torqueflite 3-speed automatic tranny is on back and power goes rearward to spin the rear axle which weighs in at 8-3/4 inches. Look closely and try to find a fault or spec of rust on this engine or bay and its corresponding parts within. Just a beautiful presentation. Undercarriage Bottoms up as they say and here we see rust free steel all undercoated and painted black with no road dirt showing up and very structurally sound. Independent torsion bar front suspension and leaf springs on back along with power disc braking upfront, and power drums on back. Like new Dynomax dual exhaust are there for the exhale and making some noise..in a good way. Drive-Ability My cohort and I fought tooth and nail to drive this one and turns out we spent the better part of an hour going over this car and driving it. It played well with nice acceleration, quick bias free braking and good handling. All functions were working as they should save for the left turn signal not self-canceling and the interior presents as nearly showroom clean clean clean with no dust even present. Id say a great detail job, but this car came in like this so it is loved fer sur! A beautifully performed restoration with some massive power under the hood in the form of a beefed 440ci V8. A really nice interior looking just like the original would have looked, and in snappy vinyl and tweed broadcloth A not oft seen example gracing our Hallowed Halls here at Classic Auto Mall ripe for the picking. Some early muscle but the only thing giving it away are the Cragars...until you start it up. YIKES! RH23F61107206 R-Belvedere/Satellite H-High Price Class 23-2 Door Hardtop F-361ci V8 2bbl 6-1966 1-Lynch Rd, MI Assy Plant 107206-Sequential Unit Number FENDER TAG AB51-361ci V8 C5-Automatic R1-2 Watt AM Radio SO NUMBER 90902093-September 9th Build BDY RH23-Belvedere II 2 Door Hardtop TRM H4Y-Citron Vinyl PNT ZZ1Z-Citron Gold Metallic