The Fury III might have had hub caps as standard equipment, but I believe that the "Basic Group" cars had both whitewalls and wheel covers as a part of that option package?
In my later high school years, CAR LIFE had an article on power and performance. Graphs and conversion factors for weight/qtr mile speed (a three-item graphic where you put the ruler on one side (weight) and the other side on (speed), with power in the middle, where the ruler crossed that line. Then conversion factors for axle ratio change and weight change. I had to take great care of that page to NOT wear it out! For the sake of comparison, I converted everything to "4000lbs, 3.23 axle, 8.55x14 tire size" (aka "C-body territory").
The few road tests of the '65 426 Street Wedge were NOT impressive, even with a beloved 4-speed manual trans. Performance on those pre-'66 engines was not impressive and not much better than a 383 4bbl, by observation.
Years later, I was at a dealership obsolete parts warehouse sale and discovered why. The outlet on the log exhaust manifold was barely 2.0" diameter. Pretty restrictive! That also explained why the similar 413s had poorer performance, when compared to the '66 and later 440s. I never did look at the cam event timing on those earlier RBs compared to the '66 440 cam, though, but they all looked to be similar in duration and lift numbers. The '66 and later 4bbls probably had more airflow than the earlier cars, too.
I like the fact that he spent the money on the car and how it appears to have been done. Just don't perceive that a correctly-done (Galen approved) car is worth the type of money being mentioned.
Just some thoughts,
CBODY67
