I need Pics of the old gasser 49 Plymouth High and Mighty..

anyone??

 

Is that the old original Ramchargers car with the funky home made intake? The one those renegade Chrysler engineers built on the side.

 

Thats it!! the first tunnel ram ever built!! 1959

 

it was in hotrod a few years back, maybe the issue with the yellow tri five chevy gasser on the cover and a few gassers inside. ive got a worn out copy of it in my moms basemtn somewere.....

 

I see it's picture pop up in a magazine every so often but not for a couple years now.
The interesting thing on the intake was they designed it to use radiator hose for runners so they could experiment with length. Plus the car got some wicked assed weight transfer. I think that car also set the trend for the jacked up look.

 

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One more from Ed Almquist's Hot Rod Pioneers

 

The headers were based on the Norton racing bikes of the time. Where they used tapered tube and a trumpet end to aid scavenging. The Ramchargers reckoned they were so efficient that they pulled some of the intake charge through with the exhaust!
Another cool feature was that the headlight covers were the old Plymouth hubcaps.
Check out the June 2001 issue of Rod & Custom, on the back page is a great full page close up of the high 'N' Mighty in the Pits.

 

In all the stories of the car or the ramchargers nothings ever been mentioned of what happened to the car,anyone have any idea?

 

I went to a Mopar swap meet at the Detroit fairgrounds I believe it was 86or 87. I ran across the intake at a vender selling intakes, I asked him if it was off of the Ramchargers car. Would have made some cool garage art but i was just a broke dick teenager at the time.

 

Clone!Clone! The exhaust note alone would be worth the effort! Sparky

 

The car was dismantled and basically pieced out sometime in 1960. They're trying to get it back together, some of you guys need to give them a hand if you have anything to offer.

http://www.cemaclub.org/highmighty/index.php

 

My understanding is that this car was what started the Ramchargers cars, a group of Chrysler engineers screwing around at the track.

 

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The car was dismantled and basically pieced out sometime in 1960. They're trying to get it back together, some of you guys need to give them a hand if you have anything to offer.

http://www.cemaclub.org/highmighty/index.php

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Thats wicked never knew they were putting it back together and its got its own website!

 

Here's a few pics for ya Marcus.

Josh

 

Same pic as earlier in post but in color.

 

One more.

 

Man I dig that thing...Way ahead of its time...I have a 1959 Hot Rod with that in it..Crazy...Thanks Alot!!!

 

That is easily the coolest 49 Plymouth ever built

 

I just found this page.
http://www.allpar.com/racing/high-mighty.html

 

Not to be picky but... The High and Mighty was nowhere near a gasser. It was an altered,Completly different class. C/A

 

That's alright, the people from 2004 don't care anymore!!-MIKE