Al Levine's Killer 1963 Plymouth Savoy

 

                                                                    If Darth Vader Had a Hot Rod this would be it !

 

  Al Levine is from Great Neck, New York,but you can say his sinister looking 1963 Plymouth Savoy could be from the Death Star .

This is a car that any movie villain would want . The car is black on black with minimal bright work which blends in quite nicely on the streets of New York .  

What else does that villain want you ask ? How about so much power you can't keep it under the hood .

 

The power in question comes from a BDS Stage 3 10/71 Supercharged 540 cube Hemi .

    Even Darth is impressed with the mighty Hemi !

 

The engine is a Mopar Mega block with forged 4.5 stroke crank swinging  Diamond pistons with a 4.380 bore for a total of 540 cubic inches. Up top is a BDS stage 3 10/71 supercharger. A remote System One filter keeps the oil clean.  Al said it can run 6 lbs of boost on premium pump gas all day . Heads are Dart dual plug Mopar castings from the late 70's early 80's. They have been ported to fueler standards of the day with raised exhaust ports.

 Once an original slant 6 with a 3 on the tree, shifting is now handled by a 1964 push button shifter mounted on a pod between the seats.The 727 trans has been modified to a full roller, with a billet drum & pump gears and a steel planetary set.

 

 

Here we can see the custom shift pod with an original 1964 push button shifter.While the Racepak dash supplies the vital signs.

 

 

 

 

 

A Dana 60 rear with 4:10 gears and spool handles the power that big Hemi can throw down . It hangs on Cal-Trac split mono leafs with sliders.  When Al is running on the street, the tire of choice is the M/T E/T street tire at 16.5 X 31 . When track racing , slicks are used. Al is runs M/T 29.5X15W's on Champion wheels front & rear. An aluminum  4 inch driveshaft connects it all together .

 Al can be seen racing at Atco Raceway, Maple Grove Raceway & Lebanon Valley Dragway.

The Savoy can run 9s with a mere 6 lbs of boost, That 10/71 blower can make up 20 lbs of boost!                                               

Through a full exhaust the sinister Plymouth can reach close to 155 MPH in the 1320 !

 

Al said he's owned  the car about 30 years,when he bought it

was a max wedge clone. Twenty five years ago he bought his first Hemi from Peter Pudlin. The car has always been a street car, driving a few thousand miles a year.

About 20 years ago Al went to Lou Vignogna (RIP) to build a new siamesed Mega block , into a blown Hemi.

Uncle Tony in Deer Park did the tin work after Bernie Schacter built the Chrome Moly cage.

                                     

                                                                                 Photos courtesy of , Al Levine & AL Towing in Great Neck,NY 2020

                                                                                                 The 1963 Savoy on the street with the rarely seen hood

                                                                                                            Thanks Al for sharing your car with us !

                                 

                                                                                                  AL making a pass at South Mountain Dragway