I had the honor to visit one of our customer's "man shop" while out on an Ohio farm delivery this week. I was like a kid in a candy store. I not only saw a rare 6-pack hemi Challenger, two more, one a convertible. The other two were not number matching, but the 6-pack was. One of 1100 made. He had a 70's Ford Ranchero, with a 429. A '69 Camaro SS, roll cage, small black and all in perfect condition as was all the other cars. An H-1 Hummer, my favorite. '69 427 Red Corvette. I asked why the odd collection. His answer was as I expected. Being of my age, these are the cars he always wanted as a kid. He doesn't go to car shows and rarely drives any of them, but he spends time in shop tinkering with them. He was working on the Ranchero while I was there. He restored all of them himself other the pasted 30 yrs. I was going to take a few photos, when I learned of his secret passion, and decided not to. He was OK with it, but I could tell he doesn't share his passion with too many out siders. His wife, btw, drives a new 300 SRT. So, I am headed back over there Monday to deliver the rest of his seed, and I'm donating my SRT flag to his shop. A rare find. Just had to share. If you have any questions about the cars, as I'm not a Mopar guy. Ask, and I will get answers. He loves his hemis...
OH, I about forgot. Lorne....they were purple...lol

 

Nice find Doc, How does he feel about adoption?

 

He has two sons...lol. They know what he has and the H-1, was his son's. He bought it at 15 yrs old, and drove it while in high school. He's away at college right now. He gave 25k for the hummer... It's worth twice that now, if you can find one.... Cool family...

 

Well it doesn't hurt to ask.

 

Doc, it sounds like the guy had a great collection. But for the record, Mopar never sold a Hemi 6-pack.
Only the 440 6-pack, and 340 6-pack, that's it.
Hemi only came with two "in-line" 4 brls. on the street Hemi, and 2-4 brls. side by side on the Ram manifold on the Race Hemi's.
Doc, You're a Chevy guy, so I'll cut you some slack on this one.

 

I will have to look at it again now to see if it is a 440 or 340..... The other two are hemi's though...their hoods were open, the 6 pack wasn't. I am going back Monday, and giving him my SRT flag for his man cave. I don't need it....and it belongs with a guy like that... I will be going back to Chevy one day soon...so, it will have a good home...

 

Nice!! Gotta love Mopar muscle.This is my new one, one of 541 383 4 speed Belvederes made in 1965 , It has a 440 6 PACK.
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plum crazy awesome

 

Are you sure they ONLY made 550, 383-4 speeds?
The reason I ask is because it seemed like they were everywhere back in 65. My Brother had a red one (very similar to a XF red), and the neighbor across the the street had a twin to yours.
I think 65 was one of the best looking "B-Bodies" Plymouth ever built.
I'm kind of partial the the S/S scoop on your hood too.

 

Correction;
The numbers are well documented. The numbers come from Galen Govier's books, show 993 Belvedere 4 speeds total in 1965, 380 of which were max wedge cars and 541 383 cars and 12 Hemi cars.

 

Wow, I'm surprised there were so many Max wedge cars.
I guess most of the Belvederes I use to see back then were automatics.
I've owned a lot of Mopars over the years, but no 4 spds.
Back then it was pretty hard to beat a torqueflite.

 

The torque flight was the first best and strongest racing transmission. That's why most of the Hemi cars had them. I have one in my Belvedere from a 1969 440 Charger. It has had some race improvements and has a 2500 stall convertor.

 

ROFL! Never hurts to ask!