1964 Sport Fury 426

Red 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury convertible with the top down, front three-quarter on a town street — 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury convertible in Ruby Photo: MercurySable99, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Close-up of chrome SPORT FURY block letters below a ribbed chrome side molding on a pale 1964 Plymouth — "Sport Fury" script on the rear quarter of a 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury hardtop Photo: sv1ambo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Factory statusFactory configuration

Body styletwo-door-hardtop

Trim / packageSport Fury

Engine426 cid engine

Inductionone four-barrel

Published power365 hp · Plymouth advertised hp; basis not further identified

Published torque470 lb-ft · Plymouth advertised hp torque

Forward gears4

TransmissionHurst-shifted four-speed manual

Matched period road testUnknown

What this record proves

The badge is only the beginning.

The 426 Commando raises the advertised figure to 365 horsepower in the same body and with the same Hurst-shifted four-speed. This is a street 426 wedge — a catalog engine with a catalog rating.

It is emphatically not the race Hemi that swept Daytona in February 1964. Both are 426s, both are Chrysler, and both are 1964, which is exactly why this record states the distinction rather than assuming a reader will supply it.

As with every 1964 record here, the rating's basis is unstated and no instrumented test is attached. What the record establishes is what Plymouth offered a buyer, which is the only claim the inspected source can support.