Original hemi dart information

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Originally Posted by Denny Dormaier

This is a great thread. I'm not sure if this car was discussed in an earlier posting. This is DeFrank & Cohen's Barracuda. Does anyone know the background of the Barracuda? Is it a BO29 car? Where is it now? The picture was taken sometime in the late 80's at the Finals in Pomona. They also had a '64 Dodge at that event. It looks like Rick Johnson's car.

I seem to recall the yellow / red / black Defrank & Cohen Barracuda being for sale by Eddie Smith at the '91 Mopar Nationals in Columbus, Ohio. Eddie had 3 class legal SS/AA cars there that weekend. The DeFrank & Cohen car had recently undergone an update and cosmetic restoration and it was flawlessly detailed. I'll try to scan some pics of all the SS/AA cars that were present ath the Mopar Nationals that summer and post them here. Back when SS leaf springs and ladder bars made for nosebleed wheelies in that class.

[Liteweight]

Welcome aboard A990. Good to see we've collected some new blood
Eddie Smith was always known for having state of the art cars in competition.

It would be great if you would share those pix here from the era when these cars still had some resemblance of a factory available car.
When you look at the technology that's built into todays competitive SS/AH cars it's a long way away from it's roots.
I wouldn't want to even TRY to bring back a current car to pre 1970 status.
The original cars that are still in competition today will most likely always be upgraded to current competitive updates because there's just not enough left of the original to be financially feasible to return them back to leaf springs etc.
Don't get me wrong, it's great to see guys are still pounding on these old war horses.They are doing exactly what they were originally built for.
But, I am missing those "nose bleed" wheel stands that they were most famous for. Now they leave like a pro stock car.

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