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The 1966 HP2 Belvedere I you see here is going to be restored to
perfection and then raced in the SuperCar ShootOut.

1966 Belvedere I HP2
426 Hemi A727 Automatic
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1966 is the Birth year of the Street Hemi. Tom Hoover Perfected his Baby
and gave it a Home in the  Fender Wells of the newly designed B-Body.
Mr. Hoover knew he had A Special Engine that in the right hands
would clean house at every event, just as the Race Hemi he
perfected two years prior did.

When Plymouth decided to put the Hemi in it's newly designed B-Body,
they gave their buyers many choices from bare bones no frills to a
completely loaded plush model. This proved to be murder for the
racer in the other lane as well as the poor man that decided to give
Grandpa's Sedan in the other lane a go at it on Saturday night out at
the Pike.

When first introduced, this Sedan did not say Hemi on the fenders
or deck lid. It had two letters and a number mounted on a small
3/4 by 1.5 inch plaque- HP2. Many asked, "What's an HP2?'
Plymouth was not advertising their Hemi on the Fender like
Dodge did with Big Numbers underlined by the word HEMI.
They came up with the formula "HP2". The H represented
the great word HEMI the P was squared so the first P was
Power, the Second was Plymouth.
HP2
"Hemi Powered Plymouth"

A Hemi Power Plymouth Sedan Body in 1966 Cleaned
up Super Stock with Jerry Stahl at the wheel. A Hemi Powered Plymouth
Sedan won almost every Drag Race and Street race it entered
on any given weekend back in the day.

A Hemi Powered Plymouth in Sedan Form has been credited as the father
of the Best Muscle car to ever come out of Detroit- the Road Runner.

The 1966 HP2 Belvedere I you see here is going to be restored to
perfection and then raced in the F.A.S.T. Class and
Nostalgia Super Stock Class.

This Belvedere I Spent all of it's life in California and was purchased
by me in 2005 and stored till June of 2007, when I dismantled the Belvedere
for Restoration. The Body is 100% Rust Free and needed body work
to remove the dents it had accumulated over the years.

After Dismantling the Body, I sent the Belvedere off to the Master Blaster
for a complete stripping from top to bottom.

Off to Central Connecticut Auto body for a complete Body Massage.

After being at Central CT for four months the Body was ready
for Paint and then Reassemble.

The Belly of the Plymouth was also treated to a Fresh Coat of EE1
Midnight Blue Metallic.

After a week of taping, the Body was now ready for Kevin Carroll,
Owner of Central CT, to apply the Base and then Clear to the Perfectly
Straight Body.

Kevin and Cal up all night Sanding and Polishing the Belvedere to perfection.

At times Kevin had to remind Cal who was the Boss. Cal would polish
the Belvedere to perfection, then decide to go over the whole car
with 4000 grit and repolish till he was satisfied with the finish.

Kevin reminded me that the Belvedere will need one Final
wet sand and buff prior to being raced. "It must be perfect", he said.

March, 15 2008
Time to start Assembling the Belvedere. Aerospace components
Disc Brakes fit perfectly inside the stock 14 inch steel wheels.

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3-30-2008
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5-2-2008
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