Moonshine Hauling MoPars?

[WingCharger]

I was watching a show on Mooshiners on TV yesterday, and it focused a lot on the vehicles. Of course, the '40s Fords were big, and they went into detail with guys putting the Caddy 500 Ambulance engines into them. But, they interviewed a guy with a '66 Coronet with a 440, and that got me thinking. I wonder if back in the day the HEMI's ever hauled moonshine? When you think about it, the mopars had big trunks, strong suspensions, and motors that truly follow "no replacement for displacement." That sounds just about pefect.

[mikepmcs]

I think it's this guy you are talking about and it was a HEMI

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.hotrod.com/thehistoryof/051000_17z%2B1966_dodge_coronet%2Bengine_view.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hotrod.com/thehistoryof/113_0510_moonshine_runners_cars_history/photo_13.html&h=480&w=640&sz=44&hl=en&start=3&um=1&usg=__FCraORlc9BOjM4CAnOs8GUcUG54=&tbnid=BH6cHX1S4mYGVM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmoonshine%2Bhauling%2Bcars%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

[WingCharger]

I think it's this guy you are talking about and it was a HEMI

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.hotrod.com/thehistoryof/051000_17z%2B1966_dodge_coronet%2Bengine_view.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hotrod.com/thehistoryof/113_0510_moonshine_runners_cars_history/photo_13.html&h=480&w=640&sz=44&hl=en&start=3&um=1&usg=__FCraORlc9BOjM4CAnOs8GUcUG54=&tbnid=BH6cHX1S4mYGVM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmoonshine%2Bhauling%2Bcars%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

Junior Johnson was in the show, and I swear they said 440, but who knows, could be thinking 440 hemi.

[Mike DC]

 

Yeah, they most definitely did use some muscle-era Mopars for that stuff. 


The concept for the General Lee itself came at least partly from the real life car known as "Traveler," a white 1957 Chrysler with an early Hemi motor & additional rear springs that hauled shine.  (Traveler was the name of the historic Robert E. Lee's horse.)  The '57 still exists and it is restored today.