[Video] Jesse James' 1964 Dodge Polara by Roadster Shop Unveiled at SEMA 2017

Upon first viewing Jesse James’ 1964 Dodge Polara the exterior patina make the car looks more like the starting point for a restoration project, not the completion. But that’s all part of the design. The world-renowned Roadster Shop of Mundelin, IL cut the Mopar unibody apart and built an entirely new car underneath.

Utilizing their Faro Technologies 3D scanner to accurate measure the Dodge, the RS crew then turned that data into a set of drawings that would serve as the blueprints for the build. As the floor was cut away braces were installed inside the body to keep it from flexing or being distorted.

The basis is a custom Roadster Shop’s Fast Track chassis with its own bespoke independent front suspension and a multi-link Strange Engineering rear end. Once the Polara was sitting on the chassis, the sheet metal fabrication began, with new floors (including trunk) firewall, transmission tunnel, and inner fenders were created and installed by the metal artists at RS.

Under the hood resides a 426 CID Wegner Motorsport Generation II Hemi “Elephant Motor”, with a custom intake manifold and stainless exhaust manifolds that are connected to twin Honeywell Garrett turbochargers. Intake air is drawn through a pair of K&N Air Filters and through a Honeywell Garrett air-to-water intercooler and a radiator and heat exchanger built by Ron Davis. Backing up the Hemi is a modified Tremec T-56 six-speed manual transmission from Blower Transmission.

Check out the video for all the details on this amazing build including the retro AF/X style interior.