1964 Dodge Mid-Size Cars Fact Sheet

1964 Dodge Facts, Figures, and Specifications

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For Dodge’s 50th anniversary, the Dodge Mid-Size line styling was smother and more cohesive than the previous year. The model lines did not change. It was a year of refinement.

1964 at Dodge – A New Look

Dodge styling was enhanced in this year. Significantly, the 426 CID V-8 was offered as a “Street” package. It was a larger RB block version of the Hi-Po 383. The 426 CID Hemi would arrive mid-year, supplanting the Ramcharger wedge.

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Body Paint Color Codes

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1964 Dodge Mid-Size

	B Black
	C Light Blue
	C Wedgewood
	D Medium Blue
	D Nassau Blue
	E Dark Blue
	E Monarch Blue
	J Aqua
	K Light Turquoise
	K Medium Turquoise
	L Dark Green
	L Dark Green
	M Gray
	M Madison Gray
	P Red
	S Ivory
	T Roman Dark Red
	W Persian White
	W White
	X Beige
	X Dune Beige
	Y Sable Tan
	Y Tan
	Z Anniversary Gold
	Z Anniversary Gold

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General Year Information – 1964 Dodge Mid-Size Car

NOTE: The 1964 Dodge Dart and Polara are categorized in our Fact Sheets as a mid-size car due to its shorter 119 inch wheelbase. It was now called the “Standard Size Dodge”, versus the Series 880 that sat on a 122 inch wheelbase that it shared with the Chrysler Newport, Chrysler 300 and 300K. The 880 Line will be covered in its own Fact Sheet.

The Dodge Dart was a compact car and is not covered in this Fact Sheet.

Once gain – A New Look

For 1964, Dodges were totally restyled once again. It is considered to be one of the most attractive early 60s Dodges. Smooth styling was the keynote and every line seemed to flow into the next. The grille began as small chrome moldings around the outboard headlights, narrowed slightly at the inboard headlights and featured a vertical bar theme. From the windshield back, the 1964 Dodges shared bodies with their previous models, except at the “C” pillar of two-door hardtops, where it was wider at the top than at the bottom, much like the sister Plymouth models.

Historical

This was the Golden Anniversary year for Dodge – celebrating 50 years of production. “Anniversary Gold” (Code Z) paint was an option offered to celebrate the event.

The year 1964 was significant for Dodge for several reasons, mainly for the reputation the marque was gaining in the performance market. The awe some Ramcharger was setting records on the nation’s drag strips. Roger Lindamood, driving the incredible ‘Color Me Gone’ Dodge 330 two-door sedan took the NHRA Top Eliminator title at the Winter Nationals Drag Races that year. Ramcharger powered Dodges also garnered the top four positions at the Super Stock Invitationals in York, Pennsylvania, and a Ramcharger equipped rail dragster set a new national NHRA record for AA/D (unlimited displacement rail dragsters) of 190.26 miles per hour.

Meanwhile, in response to the heated competition in NASCAR, the Corporation introduced the famous 426 CID Hemi head V-8. These engines were available for competition use only, in Dodges and Plymouths. The “Hemi” immediately replaced the Ramcharger III as the engine to beat. Conservatively rated at 410 horsepower with a four-barrel or 425 horsepower with two-barrels, the actual output was more in the neighborhood of 500 or 550 horsepower respectively.

1964 Dodge Factoids

The 426 CID Ramcharger III V-8 replaced the Ramcharger 426 II. HP ratings were the same at 415 HP at 5600 RPM with 11.0 and 425 HP with 12.5 compression. Cast, equal length headers were a new feature as well as further improved cylinder heads. See the Dodge Ramcharger Brochure HERE.

The 426 CID Ramcharger III V-8 had cylinder head & block improvements for breathing. he images show where this machining took place. Larger images are found in the “Related Images” Section.

Larger images with details are found in the “Related Images” Section.

A 426 CID Street Wedge block was made available beginning in 1964. It was directly related to the 383 CID single 4-barrel high performance V-8, but based on the high-deck “RB” block. Rated at 365 horsepower, it was immediately adopted by the buying public – a total of 6,359 Chrysler products were built with 426 cubic inch engines for model year 1964. For more info, see the Dodge Ramcharger Brochure HERE

The 426 CID Hemi V-8 arrived this year. Built around the RB wedge block, it had many improvements over that unit including cross-bolted mains, the fantastic Hemi cylinder heads and much more. See the Hemi Tech Bulletin in our downloads or click HERE. See the Dodge Hemi Technical Service bulletin HERE.

1964 Dodge Facts – Models Offered

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DODGE 330

Standard Engines: 318 cubic-inch V8 (all models) or 225 cubic-Inch Slant-Six (all models except Station Wagons).