Original hemi dart information

[Hemi Moose]

I can see where some of you might not like some of the newer paint jobs on some of these '68 Super Stockers or some of the other race cars in other classes...sometimes I have to take a double take myself because some of them look virtually the same until you read the name on the door because alot are hard to tell apart with their similar paint schemes, and some of them are just plain weird looking...As in the case of Chuck Comella's '68 Hemi Dart earlier paint job, sure they could have added a few more stripes & colors incorporated into the darker paint scheme, but I guess they chose to do a complete color change and to be honest it doesn't look that bad...they have also updated and tweaked their current paint scheme a little by adding a few more colors into the mix on the Hemi Dart, lets see if you can notice them...maybe Chuck can chime in here with a few stories about the car.


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[Hemi Moose]

Here's a few more of Chuck Comalla's original '68 Hemi Dart after repainting the car with a newer paint scheme, it has also been updated once more since then...

[Hemi Moose]

Charlie Castaldo's first '68 Hemi Dart...

[Charlie A]

Very specific underhood Castaldo pics here.

Below pic is a link to the entire article. Just click on any picture to blow it up to readable size. Did not want to take up too much space here.



http://www.hotrod.com/old/

[Liteweight]

Thanx Charlie.
The Hot Rod article mentions pictures of Bill Bagshaw having pictures of his car when he picked it up. Anyone??

liteweight

[Charlie A]

Found this. Don't know who's trailer it wound up on.

[Charlie A]

I just threw up........

[Paul Ceasrine]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Charlie Castaldo's first '68 Hemi Dart...

1968 Englishtown

One of the best events for Super Stock cars.

[Liteweight]

Paul
Welcome back
Been awhile
missed ya bud

liteweight

[Paul Ceasrine]

daryl,,,,,,,,,,I'm still lurching

April 11, 1968 (Hayward, California)

Chrysler Performance announced that '9' Super Car Clinic Teams
will be parading dealerships with their new 1968 Hemi Super/Stock
Drag Race Cars.

* Sox & Martin
* Ed Miller
* Arlon Vanke

Have already started the clinics around their local areas.The initial buzz
is that these specially built 1968 Hemi Barracuda's are 6/10's of a second
quicker in the quarter-mile than the already dominant 1965 Super/Stock Plymouth and
Dodge cars campaigning now.

Sox & Martin have been performing their Super Car Clinics since January 1968, with their
new 1968 Plymouth 440 GTX, which runs at 116 MPH while campaigning in the NHRA
SS/F class.

The team also has a new 1968 426 Hemi Road Runner with a fiberglass front-end, that
runs in the AHRA S/S Experimental Class. The Road Runner is capable of reaching 134 MPH
in the Quarter-Mile, and with Elapsed Times of 10.60.