Re: Original hemi dart information
 

Re: Original hemi dart information
 

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Thank you Daryl and all that have been here.


And it started like this:


Hi my name is Daryl;I am new to this forum,& I'm REALLY hoping someone can help me out with some history of my 1968 original Hemi Dart. I lose it's past from the early 80's back to 1968.I am enclosing some pictures of it when it was purchased from Lou Vignona back in 1985??.There is one picture that shows a decal from the 1977 Bracket Nationals.Maybe someone will regognize it.
This is what I know of the car so far.Lou Vignona said he purchased it from some guy in Mt.Kisco(Cisco??) N.Y in the early 80's.It was in an underground parking lot of some apartment complex.The guy told Lou that it was Charlie Castaldo's Auto. car. I have since found out that it is not Castaldo's car thru talking to one of Charlie's crew members at the time by the name of Charlie Licata.When Lou purhased the car,he had it painted white.This is how Tim Henessey purchased it in 1985.
I have heard some storys about an original Hemi Dart in the N.Y. area that was known as the "two scoop Lido" car.I understand that this Lido guy installed some aftermarket scoop on top of the original scoop.Thus the name.I have spoke with Tim Henessey about this & he did say the original scoop was really messed up so he had to replace it when he restored the car.
If anyone can help me out on this,I sure would appreciate it as I have been searching for info. now for over 3 years,maybe 4.Any little detail may help no matter how small it may be.
Thankyou; Daryl
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What a cool story, I have been following since the beginning.
Pretty sure the evidence supports the case.

See you at the races,
Wayne Kerr

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Shooting for a MILLION hits!
Should not take too much longer.
This has turned into a history lesson. :)

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seen one of these roll bars for sale on moparts like they used back then,i seen one in a pic in a dart on here

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That's cool John!!!. Jimi Vignogna removed the one out of my car & put it into his 62 Behemoth wagon.


liteweight

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Daryl,
You have one of these?
Be cool to see it in your Dart !


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No I don't Charlie. I put a 6 point chrome moly bar in it for it to be legal to 10.00's


Liteweight

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Anyone else notice there is a super-imposed picture of the passenger rear quarter panel and wheel in the picture of the Dart outside the body shop? Please tell me you see it and I am not having a late 60's flashback. :)[/QUOTE] Can anyone tell or see if that is the same 1977 event sticker on the quarter glass window ? This would link the car ,and would also tell if the pic was taken 1977 or later .

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[/QUOTE] Can anyone tell or see if that is the same 1977 event sticker on the quarter glass window ? This would link the car ,and would also tell if the pic was taken 1977 or later .[/QUOTE]


LOL; had same exact thought. Tried to expand the two tone Dart photo but it looses clarity.


Also looks like the front pillar and most of roof line still have the light blue/grey paint on them. Looks like the black paint was stripped, but roof and pillars still had some hint of paint. Hard to tell...yet we all want so bad to know!!