Reflecting their sporting nature, the Satellites were not available with Slant Six power. And the new 440.

Belvedere II The biggest underhood news was the introduction of a 440 cubic inch engine bearing 10:1 compression, dual exhaust and a single four barrel carburetor featuring a dual snorkel air cleaner to put out 365 horsepower. On the drag racing front, Plymouth remained as potent as ever. The latter featured vinyl trim embossed to look like western tooled leather.

The Fury II four-door sedan, painted solid silver metallic with an exclusive blue upholstery, came standard with wheelcovers, whitewalls and bright window mouldings. The legendary Plymouth Street Hemi engine was introduced for the first time in 1966.

This Belvedere has what we like to call the “Trifecta of Project Car Potential” working in its favor. Likewise for well-maintained examples, which are usually worth the premium over unloved examples. Copyright © The Top Stock finals at the National Hot Rod Association Winternational and National meets featured 1966 Plymouths. In addition, it does appear that disc brakes The super-tough 225-cid slant-six was standard, while the Belvedere could also be ordered with big-block 361-, 383- and Wedge 426-cid V-8 engines with as much as 365 hp. The desire for a reverse lockout on the four-speed manual cars led to the mighty Hurst shifter being replaced by a willowy Inland unit, a definite step backwards in the opinion of the enthusiasts.

Factory original shifter ball with 4-speed pattern nice clean original chrome, T-handle reverse lock-out. Being the first new car of the U.S.-Canada Auto Pact, Canada's Belvedere was essentially identical to its U.S. counterpart. Our Nashville showroom digitally showcases this sweet 1966 Plymouth Belvedere.

For 1966, the popular Plymouth Belvedere was restyled with clean and reserved lines. $350. Advertisements in enthusiast magazines were almost exclusively racing oriented, usually featuring Belvedere two-door hardtops. VIP production totals are unknown since they were included with other four and two door hardtop totals. It was still a bit larger than its Fairlane and Chevelle competitors, but while Plymouth was reducing, they were growing. A sign of things to come was a new Cleaner Air package for Plymouths destined for California. In its second year, the Fury line, as expected, displayed few visible changes. After being absent for its first year, the Belvedere line was introduced to Canada in 1966.

They hoped so, offering a car featuring exterior refinements such as an optional vinyl roof (that was virtually standard since most VIPs came with it), fluted aluminum taillight panels, wood grained inserts in the side trim, rubber bumper strips and special colors and medallions.

Below the trunk, the upper edge of the bumper featured widely spaced "P-L-Y-M-O-U-T-H" letters. On the upper level Sport Fury and Fury III, the remainder of the panel was filled with brushed aluminum material. At the former, Ken Heinemann's 1966 lost to Shirley Shahan's 1965 Plymouth. Spring specials usually indicate slow sales.

It was an immediate success. On the lower-level Fury I and II, the panel was just there as a painted stamped panel. Under the hood, Plymouth was offering its widest array of engines yet. No Plymouths left the factory with altered wheelbases as in 1965. 1966 With the introduction of its new fastback Charger, Dodge was expected to clean up the tracks. Likewise, this would be the final year that Canadian Dodge would use Plymouth instrument panels as found that year in the large Polara models. The exterior changes resulted in a .4-inch increase in length and a .7-inch increase in width to 209.8 and 78.7 inches respectively. Images are general in nature and may not reflect the specific vehicle selected. Halfway through the season, Dodge engineers discovered that a simple rear spoiler solved the problem. Introduced only as a four-door hardtop at the beginning of the model year, the VIP line was, on January 1, expanded to include a 2-door hardtop. [Bob Baker wrote that his own Satellite does not have the sweep-style speedometer, but has the regular dial.) This feature, which would remain on Chrysler cars for years to come, reduced the chance of a door accidentally opening if the handle was caught on clothing or used as an unintentional hand grip. Fortunately for Plymouth, who sponsored Petty to sell the new 1966s, not used 1964s, the car crashed (despite leading the race for a while) and the whole [mis]adventure came to an end.Had the whole thing occurred during the 1970s or 1980s, Chrysler would likely have mounted a front clip to a Charger body and Petty would have had his fastback and Plymouth Owners Club members would have had another interesting car to collect. Then it was Petty, who had been laughing at the previously ineffective Charger, who was crying the blues. Plymouth Out back appeared the only sheetmetal change as the taillights were moved to the upper edge of the trunk, set within stamped panels that somewhat imitated the new split grille. What would such a pregnant Barracuda have been called? Because of the Auto Pact, the new bodied 1967 Valiants and Darts would be sold by their respective Plymouth and Dodge dealers. Would people pay the price of a Chrysler to buy a "gussied-up" Plymouth? The standard small-block V-8 became the strong-performing 273-cid unit from the Barracuda and Valiant with 180 hp. And, in December 1965, the 14 millionth Plymouth -- a Sport Fury hardtop -- was produced. The Canadian Barracuda bore neither Plymouth nor Valiant (as in 1964-'65) identifying nameplates. Out of the total produced, a total of 2,729 were installed in both Plymouths and Dodges.

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