Original hemi dart information

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by Liteweight

Thanx Don, Charlie
Nope never been posted. pix taken @ Great Lakes. Think I've seen this car before, just don't remember anything about it. Is it the Dick Smith car??

liteweight

Post#1285 in this topic. Per Hemi Moose this is the Balzekas Motor Sales car from the Chicago area.

Went looking at google pics for that front license plate and found it!

[Paul Ceasrine]

This photo should be from May 1969.

Great Lakes Dragway (Union Grove, Wisconsin) usually had a big
Super/Stock Meet just before the 'June' NHRA Springnationals.

Most likely the SS/BA Hemi Dart was the one from Balzekas Dodge
out of Chicago.

Dick Landy is still sporting the 1969 NHRA Winternationals
Class and Eliminator 'square decals' on the front windshield.

OK for the $64,000 question,

What can you tell me about the 1969 Dodge Charger.......besides
the 'Flyin Wedge' lettering on the back quarter panel.

[mopar68]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

OK for the $64,000 question,

What can you tell me about the 1969 Dodge Charger.......besides
the 'Flyin Wedge' lettering on the back quarter panel.

a) It was not Hemi-powered.

b) It was a subject of a two-part Car Craft magazine article.

c) ?

M68

[Paul Ceasrine]

M68,,,,,,,,,

Good eyes,,,,,,,,,,,

Tell-Tale Sign #1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Fenderwell Headers,,,,,,,Dick used the Hooker Fenderwells with all
of the 440 Cars during that period.
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Tell-Tale Sign #2,,,,,,,,,,,,

That 69' Charger R/T has the 68' door panels. They were 'acid-dipped'.

Also, the 68' Charger 'interior door locks' were located at the back edge
of the door panel;.

69' Charger 'interior door locks' located about 6" from the back edge.
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In Dick Landy's ''pick and choose' stock of Drag Race cars for 1969,
one of the 69' Chargers was a 440 6-Pack which was classed in
NHRA SS/H and for 1969.

[hemid68]

Hi, this is my first post to this site, so I hope it comes out okay. There was picture of the "Canned Heat" Hemi Dart on page 205. As Mark J. said later, it was not an original Hemi car, which as far as I know was correct. I was a teenager at the time, but around 1969 -197?, there was a Pro Stock circuit in the St. Louis area, that ocassionally ran at Alton Dragway, in Alton, IL. I saw the "Canned Heat" car run there, and happened to pick up one of there business cards, which I still have. The first ironic part of this post is that in the 80's, after I got my Hemi Dart together, I heard Lou's name on the radio, as one of the new owners of a bar/dance place , called Fat Cats, in Glen Carbon, IL. I had plans of running NHRA Super Stock with my Dart, so I asked him if he was the same Lou Bigg's, which he was, and would he like to sponsor an original Hemi Dart. He said he would be glad to give me the parts he had left over from when he got out of racing, so I got a couple of tire tubes, a Dana sure-grip shell, and a set of headers. I then had my car lettered with "Fat Cats - Boogie Capital of the USA", until I restored it the last time. Fat Cats did not stay open very long, and I lost track of him. A second ironic part to this post is that the purple Dart on page 180, belongs (last I knew anyway) to a fellow named PJ Davenport, out of the Terre Haute, IN area. I had seen that car run with a 440, and PJ got my name from Chris Sanders, a friend of mine with an original 1968 Hemi GTX. PJ called me to see if I had any headers for a Hemi in a Dart, as he was going to put one in the purple car. I happened to still have the headers I got in sponsorship, from Lou Biggs, and I traded them to PJ, for a set of steel fenders, and steel hood, off of the purple car, to use on a Dart convertible Pro Street car I was building. So in a long round about way, those cars are connected. I don't know if he got it done, but PJ was putting a Hemi, and fiberglass parts on the purple car to race. Anyway, sorry to be so long and drawn out about this, but maybe it will clear up some of the questions on those two cars. I really enjoy all of the information that is passed around in this thread. Lastly, Mark J. and Dale, you guys really need to get that book together. Thanks. Dan

[Liteweight]

welcome here Dan.
Thanx for sharing that
This your car????

liteweight

[hemid68]

That is it Daryl. I've been reading this thread for a few years, and ALWAYS found it interesting, but it took me some time to figure out how to post. You know it is hard to teach an old teacher new tricks!

[Liteweight]

Hey Dan
Good to hear from you again bud. Been awhile huh??.Not many people can attest to the fact of owning one of these things for the duration of time like you have.It has always been one of my favorites, right back to NHOA days when there were a bunch of pix of it in a newsletter. How long have you owned it now?????
Hey, you planning on taking in the Hemi Reunion this year in Ohio???

liteweight

ps We're going to have to teach the new ol guy how to post some pictures of that very cool old hot rod. I have more of it, but just can't find them right now. This old guy can't remember where he stored them in cyber world. I still have that newsletter from NHOA with those pix of it tho. I'll dig it up, scan & post if you don't mind. Let me know pal.

Daryl

[Charlie A]

Game time!

Who's Dart was this?

[Charlie A]

Or this?