Original hemi dart information

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

1968 Photo

Here's a Little Surprise,,,,,,,

Joe Smith (Lubbock, Texas)
SS/BA

Yes, the same Joe Smith who drove the Fenner-Tubbs 65' A-990 Plymouth.

I did not know that they also had a factory B029 '68 Hemi Barracuda as well...I always seen their '65 Plymouth A990 that was later converted into a A/FX altered wheel base car in many old photos.

[Hemi Moose]

How about a few more old shots of some of the DeFrank & Cohen '68 Hemi Barracuda's...

[treessavoy]

OK southern racers. In the late '80's R&R Speed Shop in Huntsville AL raced an original '68 Dart. I don't know where it came from but I arranged the sale of it to a guy named Bill (not Blair) from Concord NC.

Does anyone have information on where it came from or where it went after the sale?

JimR

[68hemiss]

If it is the one I am thinking of - it was originally called "Rumble Bee" - probably still was - originally out of NC - it is still around owned by a collector/racer in PA - hing he drives a CJ now.
The white Barracuda is Ray Christian's old car - here owned by Bob Stape - former manager of Keystone Dragway

Nelson Stoltz restored his old Willys - talked to him and saw the car at the HRR in Bowling Green a number of years ago.

Mark J
1968 Hemi S/S Registry

[Dennis P Chapman]

Originally Posted by 68hemiss

If it is the one I am thinking of - it was originally called "Rumble Bee" - probably still was - originally out of NC - it is still around owned by a collector/racer in PA - hing he drives a CJ now.
The white Barracuda is Ray Christian's old car - here owned by Bob Stape - former manager of Keystone Dragway

Nelson Stoltz restored his old Willys - talked to him and saw the car at the HRR in Bowling Green a number of years ago.

Mark J
1968 Hemi S/S Registry

Could be Don Fezell runs new CJ has a big collection of cars.

[68hemiss]

Paul,
Nice list - but there are a few mistakes - same car listed twice, 2nd owners, not real cars and some cars were not Darts or Barracudas. I made many of the same mistakes when I started the registry. One hint since the Joe Smith photo came up - The Joe Smith car and the McBroom Motors car are the same - I have pics of both and it is Joe Smith's car not sure what happened to the Dealer Sponsorship.
Mark J
1968 Hemi S/S Registry

Th A.J. Foyt photo is interesting because he DID run a Chrysler very briefly for Norm Nelson in USAC - Norm was from here in town and his son showed me some pics of both cars on the trailer - 65 Plymouth I beleive - this might have been the Dealer that sponsored the car???

[rawhide]

Originally Posted by 68hemiss

Paul,
Nice list - but there are a few mistakes - same car listed twice, 2nd owners, not real cars and some cars were not Darts or Barracudas. I made many of the same mistakes when I started the registry. One hint since the Joe Smith photo came up - The Joe Smith car and the McBroom Motors car are the same - I have pics of both and it is Joe Smith's car not sure what happened to the Dealer Sponsorship.
Mark J
1968 Hemi S/S Registry

Th A.J. Foyt photo is interesting because he DID run a Chrysler very briefly for Norm Nelson in USAC - Norm was from here in town and his son showed me some pics of both cars on the trailer - 65 Plymouth I beleive - this might have been the Dealer that sponsored the car???

Foyt raced a Dodge for Ray Nichols in Nascar in 1964. He won the July race at Daytona. Ford could not provide him one of their Indy engines for the 500 and temperamental as Foyt was he gave the Ford people the finger when pulling into victory lane at Indy and so no Fords for AJ for a while. They kissed and made up and he won Daytona again in 1965 in a Ford.
regards, Roland

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by 68hemiss

The A.J. Foyt photo is interesting because he DID run a Chrysler very briefly for Norm Nelson in USAC - Norm was from here in town and his son showed me some pics of both cars on the trailer - 65 Plymouth I beleive - this might have been the Dealer that sponsored the car???
Mark J
1968 Hemi S/S Registry

Mark, I think Paul was referring to one of my earlier posts about the Kandi Kuda B029 '68 Hemi Barracuda which was sponsored by Northside dealership back then.

Originally Posted by treessavoy

OK southern racers. In the late '80's R&R Speed Shop in Huntsville AL raced an original '68 Dart. I don't know where it came from but I arranged the sale of it to a guy named Bill (not Blair) from Concord NC. Does anyone have information on where it came from or where it went after the sale?
JimR

Do you remember what color or what the paint scheme looked like at the time on this '68 Hemi Dart you mentioned...

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[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Mark, I think Paul was referring to one of my earlier posts about the Kandi Kuda B029 '68 Hemi Barracuda which was sponsored by Northside dealership back then.



Do you remember what color or what the paint scheme looked like at the time on this '68 Hemi Dart you mentioned...

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It was black and owned by two brothers who owned R&R Speed shop, one of them was named Horace I believe. They raced it in the IHRA and bracket raced it all around Alabama.

I arranged it's sale to a man in Concord NC who was buying up Chrysler factory race cars as an investment. When I visited him he had two Darts and an A990 Dodge and a bunch of aluminum body parts for 63 and 64 Max Wedge cars and a one off magnesium cross member for an AWB '65 car.

I don't know what happened to them after that.

JimR