Original hemi dart information - Page 217

mbaird · 02-07-2013, 08:55 PM

This has been a great read.....

So... I work for a luxury car dealer in Boise and last night I had a customer stop in to look at a used Tahoe. Somehow we got around to talking about old cars and I mentioned that I still owned my 1st car... a 70 Charger with a bigblock.. and he says he used to have a Hemi Cuda'.... I asked what year ? He says '68... I think "yeah right"... not another one of these guys.... I asked if it was Black thinking I would trip him up.. He says "only the fenders and the hood...because they were fiberglass... WOW !!!
What was your name again ? .... Jerry Taylor he says... Now I'm excited !! I meet some high end people at this job but an original owner of a BO23 trumps them all....The car was "Gentle Ben" ...
I didn't move to Idaho until around 83 but I have heard about the car from mopar circles and racing at Firebird.
He said that he also ran the 1st funny car in Id . A 68 Barracuda...Apparently he ran the west coast circuit ...but most of you already know that.

He said last he knew the car was in MN. Which is interesting since that is where I grew up and just went racing with my brother at BIR
( DonneyBrook to some) last July.

I will ask him next time we talk if he has any pics from the day

Charlie A · 02-07-2013, 09:55 PM

And the F/C:

mbaird · 02-07-2013, 10:33 PM

That's great.....thanks ...
I think I read that article or a reprint of it long ago.

Paul Ceasrine · 02-10-2013, 05:26 PM

Don Grotheer (In 1969 he was running in SS/BA)

Here at the 1969 Indy Nationals

Charlie A · 02-10-2013, 05:57 PM

If this is the Patelle Dart, has it ever been located?

Another post stated it went out west....but where?

Charlie A · 02-10-2013, 09:33 PM

Dart Vader link.(Florida pics)
http://assets2.hubgarage.com/mygarag...vehicles/17438

Gives restoration history but not the original owner.

Who's was this originally?

JCShiels · 02-11-2013, 01:04 PM

About 10-11 years ago there was a Jerry Norton that had a black LO23 Dart that he won "best of show" at a employee/customer parking lot carshow in Oak Park Michigan. The magazine photo that I have shows a extreamly clean looking car with no obvious modifications except the addition of front side-marker lights and dog-dish hubcaps (did they come with them?) on steel wheels. Does anybody know if this car is accounted for? The article does not say what transmission it had.

HEMIDARTDAVE · 02-11-2013, 04:41 PM

There was a black Dart from FLA and a black Dart from MI that I was interested in purchasing. I found out that both of those particular cars that I found were rebodys, so I quickly moved on in my search.

Charlie A · 02-11-2013, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HEMIDARTDAVE

There was a black Dart from FLA and a black Dart from MI that I was interested in purchasing. I found out that both of those particular cars that I found were rebodys, so I quickly moved on in my search.

Found that reference chasing the whereabouts of the Johnny Rivers Hemi Dart.

68hemiss · 02-11-2013, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charlie A

If this is the Patelle Dart, has it ever been located?

Another post stated it went out west....but where?

This is the Joe Patelle Dart- no - it has not been located as of yet

Mark J
68 Hemi S/S Registry

02-07-2013, 08:55 PM	#2161
mbaird Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information This has been a great read..... So... I work for a luxury car dealer in Boise and last night I had a customer stop in to look at a used Tahoe. Somehow we got around to talking about old cars and I mentioned that I still owned my 1st car... a 70 Charger with a bigblock.. and he says he used to have a Hemi Cuda'.... I asked what year ? He says '68... I think "yeah right"... not another one of these guys.... I asked if it was Black thinking I would trip him up.. He says "only the fenders and the hood...because they were fiberglass... WOW !!! What was your name again ? .... Jerry Taylor he says... Now I'm excited !! I meet some high end people at this job but an original owner of a BO23 trumps them all....The car was "Gentle Ben" ... I didn't move to Idaho until around 83 but I have heard about the car from mopar circles and racing at Firebird. He said that he also ran the 1st funny car in Id . A 68 Barracuda...Apparently he ran the west coast circuit ...but most of you already know that. He said last he knew the car was in MN. Which is interesting since that is where I grew up and just went racing with my brother at BIR ( DonneyBrook to some) last July. I will ask him next time we talk if he has any pics from the day

02-07-2013, 09:55 PM	#2162
Charlie A VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 2,483 Likes: 68 Liked 87 Times in 63 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information And the F/C: Last edited by Charlie A; 02-07-2013 at 09:58 PM.

02-07-2013, 10:33 PM	#2163
mbaird Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information That's great.....thanks ... I think I read that article or a reprint of it long ago.

02-10-2013, 05:26 PM	#2164
Paul Ceasrine VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,546 Likes: 0 Liked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information Don Grotheer (In 1969 he was running in SS/BA) Here at the 1969 Indy Nationals Last edited by Paul Ceasrine; 02-10-2013 at 05:31 PM.

02-10-2013, 05:57 PM	#2165
Charlie A VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 2,483 Likes: 68 Liked 87 Times in 63 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information If this is the Patelle Dart, has it ever been located? Another post stated it went out west....but where?

02-10-2013, 09:33 PM	#2166
Charlie A VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 2,483 Likes: 68 Liked 87 Times in 63 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information Dart Vader link.(Florida pics) http://assets2.hubgarage.com/mygarag...vehicles/17438 Gives restoration history but not the original owner. Who's was this originally? Last edited by Charlie A; 02-10-2013 at 09:38 PM.

02-11-2013, 01:04 PM	#2167
JCShiels Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: SW Lower Michigan. Posts: 37 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Original hemi dart information About 10-11 years ago there was a Jerry Norton that had a black LO23 Dart that he won "best of show" at a employee/customer parking lot carshow in Oak Park Michigan. The magazine photo that I have shows a extreamly clean looking car with no obvious modifications except the addition of front side-marker lights and dog-dish hubcaps (did they come with them?) on steel wheels. Does anybody know if this car is accounted for? The article does not say what transmission it had.

02-11-2013, 04:41 PM	#2168
HEMIDARTDAVE Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 260 Likes: 5 Liked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information There was a black Dart from FLA and a black Dart from MI that I was interested in purchasing. I found out that both of those particular cars that I found were rebodys, so I quickly moved on in my search.