Original hemi dart information

[Liteweight]

The car


The advertisement


And now the Decals. Thanx to Jerry Witzell for the lead


now all I need is confirmation....owners & dealership


liteweight

[jerry witzel]

Daryl, I see that you decided to get the decals, glad i could help out. Hopefully someone can lead you to the history of your car soon.

[HEMIDARTDAVE]

Chuck Comella at the NHRA meet in PA

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by HEMIDARTDAVE

Chuck Comella at the NHRA meet in PA

[hemitime]

Interesting story on the early 70s raceway news scans post, the story of Charlie Castaldo says for the 71 season he was adding a third car ,an A automatic in super stock for a backup car ,, this car had to be a dart or cuda to run A , where did it come from as story had it his other dart was a stick ,if thats a different car whats the story on the automatic car ? Could this have been another dart he picked up and never raced ? Daryls(lightweight) dart is an automatic,hmmm.

[beekool]

thought i'd add this

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by beekool

thought i'd add this

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by hemitime

Interesting story on the early 70s raceway news scans post, the story of Charlie Castaldo says for the 71 season he was adding a third car ,an A automatic in super stock for a backup car ,, this car had to be a dart or cuda to run A , where did it come from as story had it his other dart was a stick ,if thats a different car whats the story on the automatic car ? Could this have been another dart he picked up and never raced ? Daryls(lightweight) dart is an automatic,hmmm.

This is the article hemitime speaks of from Pete's (mopar68) collection of Raceway News which he started a thread on a couple weeks back. If you havn't checked it out yet(you all must be under a rock) , DO IT. Thanx Pete for letting me share this!!!!@


ps it's the last paragraph that has created my newest headache




Good eyes there hemitime!!!!!!. I don't know if I should thank you or take you off my Christmas card list....LOL!!! I just don't know where or who I can follow up on this with. I think I've contacted half of New York state already. I've spoke with Charlie Licata, Crew member for Castaldo) on several occasions about the possibility of Castaldo having a 3rd Dart. Every time has the same outcome "NO he didn't". Looks like I gotta contact him again to see what he remembers about that press statement.
What we have is several accounts of people remembering Castaldo's name on the doors of this car, (to the best of their recollection (( BUT, there are several))). Next you have several people including Castaldo's crew member's ( And yes that's plural) who swear Castaldo never had a 3rd Dart, a backup, or even one sitting for future use.

What I REALLY want to know is when do I get off this Merry-Go-Round from Hell !!!!!


liteweight

[mopar68]

Originally Posted by Liteweight

I've spoke with Charlie Licata, Crew member for Castaldo) on several occasions about the possibility of Castaldo having a 3rd Dart. Every time has the same outcome "NO he didn't". Looks like I gotta contact him again to see what he remembers about that press statement.
What we have is several accounts of people remembering Castaldo's name on the doors of this car, (to the best of their recollection (( BUT, there are several)))

Perhaps Charlie Licata was not aware of Charlie Castaldo's third Hemi Dart? Jimi Vignona certainly remembers seeing his name on the doors of the Dart (that you own) when his dad owned it. Residing in New York and all, it is a very good possibility that C.C. purchased the Manhattan Speed Parts Dart, had it repainted and lettered, with little or no track use. That would explain Jimi's explanation. But that would also mean his crew member(s) would be involved with the project.* Or were they? One thing however, that I am convinced of is, your car is the former Manhattan Speed Parts Dart based upon the unique dent and repair work.

Very puzzling. This is a case for Sherlock Holmes.

Pete

*Daryl, you contact all of Charlie Castaldo's former crew? Or just Charlie Licata?