Original hemi dart information

[HEMIDARTDAVE]

I just got a call from a guy who is crushing out an old yard. He saw my ad looking for a HemiDart trans/shifter, and told me there is a Dart shell with trans, shifter,reverse lock-out and Dana, wheel wells cut, no motor, front end, glass, and in tough shape. I told him "DON"T CRUSH IT !!!", I may buy it all! I'll keep you posted if it's the real deal..........you never know......

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by HEMIDARTDAVE

I just got a call from a guy who is crushing out an old yard. He saw my ad looking for a HemiDart trans/shifter, and told me there is a Dart shell with trans, shifter,reverse lock-out and Dana, wheel wells cut, no motor, front end, glass, and in tough shape. I told him "DON"T CRUSH IT !!!", I may buy it all! I'll keep you posted if it's the real deal..........you never know......

Whoa!!!!. Many of these cars did not get a gracefull retirement. I know of one that was turned into aroundy round dirt track car. Complete withSB Chebby an all. It was within acouple weeks of being crushed when found. Today that car has been "restored."
Hope that car you look at turns into one of those missing links Dave. They're all savable

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[Charlie A]

What a cool new story to add to the topic if it turns out to be real!!!

[Steve Stasko]

Where is the yard located at? I'd be willing to bet that there is no VIN on the shell...

[HEMIDARTDAVE]

Originally Posted by Steve Stasko

Where is the yard located at? I'd be willing to bet that there is no VIN on the shell...

You may be right Steve. I asked him if the dash was still in it, and he just said that it was cut up. I specifically asked about the VIN, and he said he would look. Do you know the car? With just the SO #s, it probably be hard to know a VIN........no records..

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by HEMIDARTDAVE

You may be right Steve. I asked him if the dash was still in it, and he just said that it was cut up. I specifically asked about the VIN, and he said he would look. Do you know the car? With just the SO #s, it probably be hard to know a VIN........no records..

If you can get a SO# you can pretty much tell if it was an original LO23 even if there is no Dash or fender tag.. They were all sequential in #s. in 2 different builds.

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[Geerhead55]

We'll all keep our fingers crossed on this one,,,, hope it pans out.
Danny Durham

[hemiman4262003]

would be a unreal find if true,not unless its just a old drag car or bracket car

[68hemiss]

Dave,
If you can get a pic of the car, s/o numbers (on the radiator support or rear trunk driprail) I can find out the original VIN# Please keep me updated on this so I can
account for this car.
As for the orange Dart, it was originally a Chicago area car.
Mark Janaky
1968 Hemi S/S registry

[marfen]

Re LO Vins. I understand there was the initial run of @ 50 cars with sequential vins. Was there one or two more build runs/VIN sequences for the remaining est. 30 cars?
Is the Chinook Chrysler auto LO still the "highest/last" VIN found so far?