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Sunday ~ February 9, 1969

Dick Oldfield will be exhibiting his 1968 Hemi Dart at the
Boulevard Mall at the Main Concourse.

Dick will be hold a Super Car Clinic on both Tuesday {February 11th}
and Thursday {February 13th} between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM.

The Super/Stock Dart will be on display at the Transitowne Dodge Exhibit.

Transitowne Dodge, is Western New York State's #1 Dodge Dealer.

Last year, Dick campaigned his 1968 Super Stock Dart under the banner sponsorship from the Erie County Dodge Dealers.

* De Lacy Motors ........... 5229 Broadway, Lancaster
* Kenton Dodge ............. 3445 Delaware Avene, Buffalo
* Transitowne Dodge ..... 7408 Transit Road, Williamsville
* Gradl & Knoll Dodge .... 6800 Seneca Street, Elma

Dick won the SS/BA Class at the Super Stock Magazine Nationals
held on Long Island at New York National Speedway in August.

Dick had also run his Dart at the 1968 Indy Nationals in September, where he ran 4/10's under the National Record.

Indy 1968

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1968 > Ad from National Dragster

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Ever here of John Cooper. Installed roll bar?? Roll bars weren't mandated till 69 or 70 I believe for A/MP. No roll bar required for Super Stock B then. Too bad, no pic huh??

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Daryl,

Though it wasn't required,

Several Racers installed a Lakewood 3-Point 'Bolt-In' Roll-Bar in the A-Body Hemi cars in 1968 and 1969.

It was an inexpensive piece of safety equipment, and they didn't
weight all that much, only about 45 lbs.

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Kinda like this one? Not many racers add weight unless they are mandated to, but of course there is the exception.
Jimi V. pulled this bar out of this car & installed it in one of his. I believe it was "The Behemoth" wagon.
Great pic of the ad.

So, we know that Larry Cooper had a LO23, but who is John Cooper?

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Daryl,

John W. Cooper ordered his LO23 Hemi Dart {Automatic} from >

Stetler Dodge
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

LO23 M8B

He picked his Dart up at the factory.

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And today it is.............?????

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And WHAT is that sitting in the parking lot with the hood scoop and the cut down windshield?????

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The yellow Dart that Lou Mancini had for a while - Cooper had a partner - they never raced the car.

As for Larry Wilbur, I invited him to the Hemi Reunion at Quaker City. He and his wife came and they brought some original paperwork for the guy who now owns his old Dart. Nice find Paul!

Mark J
1968 Hemi S/S Registry

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April 1968

Tom Spanbauer 'Liberty Bell II' {Oshkosh, Wisconsin}

Having all sorts of handling problems. The Dart was jumping to
the left between shifts.

Those Uni-Body frames.

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