Original hemi dart information

Troy · 03-29-2013, 01:49 AM

Hello, I'm new here and I would like to introduce myself. My name is Troy Bray and I'm out of California. For years I worked at Westoaks Chrysler and I headed up the performance program for many years. I supplied many of the Stock/Super Stock racers with there parts. Needless to say SS/AH is my favorite class to watch. I spent many hours with Bob Lambeck, Dick Landy, the Defrank family and the Smith Family at Pro Trans. I even worked at Pro Parts with Bill Bagshaw....these were fun times!!

I have been following these cars for over twenty five years. I'm not so much into the history of the people who raced them....or when these cars were in race trim. What peeks my interest is the way these cars were built and how they left Hurst. I know that most of these cars didn't even run....Bill Bagshaw picked up his car and the headers were in the trunk because they would not even bolt up to the engine. Because of this a few years ago I built a "As Delivered" clone Dart. I did not have the money for a real BO or LO and I wanted to drive this thing without any worries about somebody crashing into a piece of history. I have spent hundreds of hours trying to figure how they did it back those days...how they cut the wheel wells....cut down the steering column and that funky exhaust....what were they thinking??!!!??

Anyways I just wanted to say hi and thanks. Thanks for all the hard work that it takes to keep a thread like this going. There is so much history in this thread and it is truly priceless information.

Here are a few pictures of my street car and thanks again.

03-29-2013, 01:49 AM	#11
Troy Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 8 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information Hello, I'm new here and I would like to introduce myself. My name is Troy Bray and I'm out of California. For years I worked at Westoaks Chrysler and I headed up the performance program for many years. I supplied many of the Stock/Super Stock racers with there parts. Needless to say SS/AH is my favorite class to watch. I spent many hours with Bob Lambeck, Dick Landy, the Defrank family and the Smith Family at Pro Trans. I even worked at Pro Parts with Bill Bagshaw....these were fun times!! I have been following these cars for over twenty five years. I'm not so much into the history of the people who raced them....or when these cars were in race trim. What peeks my interest is the way these cars were built and how they left Hurst. I know that most of these cars didn't even run....Bill Bagshaw picked up his car and the headers were in the trunk because they would not even bolt up to the engine. Because of this a few years ago I built a "As Delivered" clone Dart. I did not have the money for a real BO or LO and I wanted to drive this thing without any worries about somebody crashing into a piece of history. I have spent hundreds of hours trying to figure how they did it back those days...how they cut the wheel wells....cut down the steering column and that funky exhaust....what were they thinking??!!!?? Anyways I just wanted to say hi and thanks. Thanks for all the hard work that it takes to keep a thread like this going. There is so much history in this thread and it is truly priceless information. Here are a few pictures of my street car and thanks again. Attached Thumbnails