1962 413?

["Gary H." <62to65mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anyone ever hear this story? I remember hearing the inline 2x4 was a 
dealer installed option.

>From this page: http://www.bidmopar.com/index.php?a=2&b=680

"Said to have been 1 OF JUST 50 OR LESS! SPECIAL FACTORY CARS

According to some Chrysler Historians and Factory Racers, Chrysler Execs 
Tom Coddington and Tom Hoover (the Team responsible for the 426) wanted 
to introduce a Performance Motor with 2 Inline 4 bbl carburetors in a 
smaller car. It would use the same high nickel block as the Max Wedge 
but be more Streetable as told by people involved at the time. The 
Chrysler Reps were encouraging some of their dealers to special order a 
few of these motors in a few select cars in 1962. It is believed that 
fewer than 50 of these cars were actually built and were actually pulled 
from the assembly line for the special motor install at the dealership, 
since this was a special motor configuration and not part of the normal 
factory offerings. The build card for this cars engine is blank where 
normally the engine is listed. Like the later 1968 race Hemi cars, these 
cars were built from cars that were pulled from the assembly line before 
the drive trains were installed and do not correspond with their fender 
tags. It is also told that these reps were encouraged to have unusual 
color combinations for these cars and this one was a beautiful 2 tone. 
While Plymouths built prior to 1965 have very few records, the Chrysler 
Historical Society was able to find the build card on this car and it is 
indeed blank for the engine. This is a rare find that has not been 
documented through Galen Govier" 


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