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Originally Posted by jimi

hi daryl, this is the castaldo lettering that was on the side of the door that i remember on the dart that was at our shop. is this the car that got crashed or is this the second car?

Hi Jimi
This is Charlies second car,the SS/BA car that he won the Super Stock Nationals with at York US 30 in 69.Looking at the date of the pic Oct. 69,this was probably one of the last few races this car ran in SS. Winter of 69-70 he converted it with extensive mods to compete in Modified Production including a new paint scheme & colors including flaring the rear wheel wells.If these are the doors that are on my car, then Charlie would have had to sell these,or they were thieved before this transformation took place. In talking with Charlie Licata (crew member) he never mentioned anything about the doors being removed. And really, it doesn't make sense to remove them to put heavier,as production doors back onto Charlies car again. I'm not saying it's not possible, just highly unlikely.
Mark J. Can you post a pic. of Charlies car when it was converted for 1970 in color please??.If you can't, then email me & I'll put it up if you wouldn't mind. Thanx

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Daryl