Original hemi dart information - Page 483

Liteweight · 09-21-2017, 04:14 PM

never seen this pic before.Cool pic of this car. Thanks to SSSwede for sharing with me

liteweight

Charlie A · 09-21-2017, 07:27 PM

Dang! That's an early picture . Still has glass packs and turn downs hanging under it. Cool .
Check out the Buick GS in the background!

Stewart Way · 09-21-2017, 08:27 PM

Tom, think the wheelbase on the Hemi Darts has always been 110. That was the number we used in 1970 when I started working in Div ll. Shortened from 111 by Hurst per Chrysler. Not saying some were not maybe moved a little more. And some were moved forward front and rear but easily caught if you know how far the k-member should be from the core support. I know of 1 SS/DA Cuda caught at the Nation event In Sanair mid 70's. Was told to have it right at the next race. It was moved back and didn't effect the car at all.

Tom Broome · 09-21-2017, 10:08 PM

Stewart, you know I'm working off of a 40 plus year old memory on the wheelbase thing. I am sure that max Hurley's car was 111 (and they didn't like it) when they checked it. Landy's car was mentioned that day as the standard, and was enough shorter to matter to that tech man. It goes without saying that Dick Landy was an extremely creative racer, using him as a yardstick could be like using a Smokey Yunick car as a reference.

Warning, Thread drift, Excuse us for a minute, Stewart and I don't get together enough.
Bogus SS/DA? Perhaps a local one to us? Tell me about SS/EA cars with over 2000 pounds on the rear wheels? You know which one, just not the first one that comes to your mind.

Stewart Way · 09-21-2017, 11:46 PM

Not an Atlanta car, and I don't think he was from GA. As far as 2000lb on the rear that might be a little heavy. I seem to remember in the early 70's max weight allowed on the rear was 50% but I have slept since then so the memory is a little vague. If you get around Loganville give me a call for lunch. 678-873-6940.
Hijack ended.

Frito · 09-23-2017, 09:35 AM

There was an Atlanta SS/EA car that would hook on ice. Thanks to the hidden weight box in the top of the gas tank (before fuel cells) and quarter panels beat in and filled with bondo.

Steve Stasko · 09-23-2017, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom Broome

In the early 70's I went with another friend to pick up his SS Dart at the paint shop, during the paint process they naturally removed all of the glass and trim, breaking the windshield. Everyone thought that would not be an issue, the door glasses were the important pieces. When they went to install a new windshield the bare glass, without the gasket, overlapped the windshield pillars. The body shop was adamant that they wouldn't have broken the original windshield if it had not been single ply. It was only the outer layer of a laminated windshield, cut and polished to fit the opening.
I filed that info away, and I will swear that I never used that one again. Who would dare not run safety glass in a race car.
I do not know where the modifications to that car were done, or who did it. He brought that SS Dart, and one other, with him when he moved back East from California.

Kenny Nichols?

Tom Broome · 09-23-2017, 04:06 PM

Frito, Steve,
I'll let Stewart answer those for you.
But that SS/EA would hook everywhere.
At Chrysler tests that thing always got the 50 foot clocks with the rear tires.

Tom Broome · 09-23-2017, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Stasko

Kenny Nichols?

I'm not doing Kenny Nichols stories.

Steve Stasko · 09-23-2017, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Broome

I'm not doing Kenny Nichols stories.

Wasn't sure. He had two Hemi Darts that came from out West...one an Ex-Landy car.

I'm wondering if we're thinking of the same SS/EA car...might still be in competition as a BA car...?

09-21-2017, 04:14 PM	#4821
Liteweight VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,280 Likes: 23 Liked 31 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information never seen this pic before.Cool pic of this car. Thanks to SSSwede for sharing with me liteweight

09-21-2017, 07:27 PM	#4822
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 Dang! That's an early picture . Still has glass packs and turn downs hanging under it. Cool . Check out the Buick GS in the background! Last edited by Charlie A; 09-21-2017 at 07:30 PM.

09-21-2017, 08:27 PM	#4823
Stewart Way Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Atlanta Posts: 475 Likes: 15 Liked 70 Times in 21 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information Tom, think the wheelbase on the Hemi Darts has always been 110. That was the number we used in 1970 when I started working in Div ll. Shortened from 111 by Hurst per Chrysler. Not saying some were not maybe moved a little more. And some were moved forward front and rear but easily caught if you know how far the k-member should be from the core support. I know of 1 SS/DA Cuda caught at the Nation event In Sanair mid 70's. Was told to have it right at the next race. It was moved back and didn't effect the car at all. __________________ Stewart Way 2424 SS

09-21-2017, 10:08 PM	#4824
Tom Broome Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 136 Likes: 78 Liked 70 Times in 39 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information Stewart, you know I'm working off of a 40 plus year old memory on the wheelbase thing. I am sure that max Hurley's car was 111 (and they didn't like it) when they checked it. Landy's car was mentioned that day as the standard, and was enough shorter to matter to that tech man. It goes without saying that Dick Landy was an extremely creative racer, using him as a yardstick could be like using a Smokey Yunick car as a reference. Warning, Thread drift, Excuse us for a minute, Stewart and I don't get together enough. Bogus SS/DA? Perhaps a local one to us? Tell me about SS/EA cars with over 2000 pounds on the rear wheels? You know which one, just not the first one that comes to your mind.

09-21-2017, 11:46 PM	#4825
Stewart Way Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Atlanta Posts: 475 Likes: 15 Liked 70 Times in 21 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information Not an Atlanta car, and I don't think he was from GA. As far as 2000lb on the rear that might be a little heavy. I seem to remember in the early 70's max weight allowed on the rear was 50% but I have slept since then so the memory is a little vague. If you get around Loganville give me a call for lunch. 678-873-6940. Hijack ended. __________________ Stewart Way 2424 SS

09-23-2017, 09:35 AM	#4826
Frito Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 445 Likes: 130 Liked 116 Times in 38 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information There was an Atlanta SS/EA car that would hook on ice. Thanks to the hidden weight box in the top of the gas tank (before fuel cells) and quarter panels beat in and filled with bondo. __________________

09-23-2017, 04:06 PM	#4828
Tom Broome Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 136 Likes: 78 Liked 70 Times in 39 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information Frito, Steve, I'll let Stewart answer those for you. But that SS/EA would hook everywhere. At Chrysler tests that thing always got the 50 foot clocks with the rear tires.