[asphaltgambler]

Interesting thing about street production Hemi cars. The '66/'67 cars were just slightly detuned race engines that had no warranty. Later Hemi's did have warranties but the street engines were a costly warranty headache for Dodge / Chrysler. By 1970 they had very mild hydraulic cams and lower compression and really did not perform like the earlier engines did in the real world. The cylinder heads were different on the street engines VS the race engines.

The other problem was the option cost as when ordering a new car. With the Hemi option, there was a whole slew of things that had to go with it making the cost @1/3+ of the total price out the door which was too much for most young buyers pocketbooks.