Mopar Muscle Association UK

1966 Hemi Coronet 500 with only 57,000 original miles. One of only 204 4 speed Hemi Coronet 500’s produced that year. This rare Hemi was built in August of 1966 at lynch rd, Number 25 of 29, and shipped to Wilkes Auto Sales in North Wilkesboro, NC, documented by a copy of its original Chrysler Corporation MSO. It was reportedly bought by Clay Call a well known Moonshiner in the Wilkesboro area along with two others coronets, one lost in a lake, the other still owned by the Clay family. Junior Johnson ran shine before his Nascar Fame and was buddies with all these guys supposedly building up the engine for this particular 66 Coronet, It was put to work right away by Jerry Shew who was also a moonshine runner. A visual inspection performed by Galen Govier decodes the cars options from its original fender tag and shows the 18 spline HD 4 speed manual trans, Posi rear differential with 354 gear, 3 speed wipers, Power disc Brakes, and heavy duty radiator with 7 blade fan. Noted modifications for its moonshine duty were Heavy duty leaf spring pack that kept the same height as stock but could be loaded down with shine and not sag in the back and solid front disc wheels that were stronger than the slotted ones. different wide angle mirrors, and a switch to turn off the tail lights. When this cars original Hemi Engine blew up it was upgraded with a 67 coronet Super stock engine (one of 55 built). The car had some cosmetic and mechanical restoration back in 2009-2010.
also has masses of history including receipts and interviews with Clay Call.

Very cool indeed. Is it yours now?

That is cool car with history, very nice Jay

Noice

Absolute stunner jay,
Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh,and it looks museum quality.
Fantastic history too.

nice one Jay

fantastic history / story

looking forward to seeing it

So are you hinting that you've bought it?

Congrats if you have!

Yeah cool car if you haven't

thanks guys, i'm hoping to sort a deal out on it,

Excellent! Good luck

Luxurious car! But it seems to me that it would look coolest in red or black. Most likely, this is just a stereotype in my head, but for some reason I like classic models in black or red.

Imho these cars look great in white, I always hated white cars until my 66 came along and I've grown to love it, shows the panel lines up nicely.

Is it just the light in the pics or are the wheels pale blue ? If they were I recon body colour would look better, or black for a more aggressive look.

I hope it works our for you and we get to see more pics

Here’s a 66 Coronet in black, absolutely bare bones option wise. Cheapest body style with the most expensive engine option !

SAV@RPM wrote: Thu Feb 18, 21 8:20 pm Here’s a 66 Coronet in black, absolutely bare bones option wise. Cheapest body style with the most expensive engine option !

I like that

Dom66 wrote: Thu Feb 18, 21 1:19 pm Imho these cars look great in white, I always hated white cars until my 66 came along and I've grown to love it, shows the panel lines up nicely.

Is it just the light in the pics or are the wheels pale blue ? If they were I recon body colour would look better, or black for a more aggressive look.

I hope it works our for you and we get to see more pics

Thanks although the car is actually blue. Not sure why the photos look washed out. Here's a couple more pics showing the colour a little better. I've no intention of changing anything, I really like the history and keeping it as it was.

Fantastic!!!