(Photo Credit: Mopar Muscle Magazine) – We love stories about guys who have held onto their first cool car for life and never let it go but we may love the stories when guys had to part with their car and somehow got it back years later. That’s the story of this 1966 Plymouth Belvedere that was bought new by a 22-year old gas station mechanic named Dennis Geniuch in Massachusetts. From there it was drag raced, winning track championships and ultimate an AHRA national event in the top stock class. Then life got in the way and the car was sold, likely never to be seen again. Amazingly, that was not the case as you will learn from the story linked below.
The 426 Hemi was was installed in the car when it was built still lives in the nose of this beast. The interior and most everything else on the car is original as well. You will see that one of the owners who had the car before Dennis got it back did some work on the real wheel wells to stick a larger tire under it and frankly we think it makes the car look even more tough.
Perhaps our favorite part of this story is that Dennis cruises the car on a weekly basis and it is always at a show during the spring and summer months in Massachusetts where Dennis lives. This is truly an awesome car and an even better story.
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That’s a great story, I hate to think how much he had to pay to get it back.
One detail brings a question; the text says he bought it at the dealership as a walk-in customer, a photo caption says he ordered it. No mention of any time spent waiting for it to arrive nor the thrill of seeing it backed off the truck, so I’ll assume the bought cold story is the true tale. Either way, he got it, kicked ass, sold it, lived a life and got it back. Sweet.
Dennis worked at Randolph C/P his entire career . A real stand up guy . See him now and then at cruise nights/shows/drags . the car is amazing
Single feed double pumpers. Reduces the chances of leaks.