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Yup, real car. It came out of the same dealership "WildFire" came out of, Town & Country Dodge. The Smith car ran out of Detroit Dragways

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Correct on Dick Smith.

Dick Smith and the Hemi Dart were at the 1968 Super Stock Magazine Nationals at New York National Speedway in 1968.

Dick also ran a 1965 Coronet 426 Hemi 'Fuel Injected' AWB car at Detroit Dragway in 1966 and 1967.

'FIREBREWED'

Dick was an AHRA-contract racer (ie; Detroit Dragway and New York National Speedway).

Here is 'FIREBREWED' in 1967.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2758/...67d45884f7.jpg

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Paul
is this the same car

http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...psa017c905.jpg

or is this it
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...ps531096d5.jpg

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On the other side of the ex-Carmine Rotunda Corvette.

'Cookie Duster' 68' Hemi Dart

This photo is from 1970.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...0&d=1306808612

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Ron Mancini got his Hemi Dart from Gil Clark in 1969. That car became the Irish Rover, as pictured above.

The yellow Dart pictured above, was owned by Lou Mancini in the late-70's, and was the subject of a magazine article (Car Craft?). That car was originally Charlie Lendrum's if I remember correctly? I know the car came out of central PA, went to Western PA (Car of the Rising Sun), back to central PA (Where Tom Hoover found it), and then to Lou Mancini in Michigan.

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Correct,

Ron Mancini bought Gil Clark's Hemi Dart.

Both Gil Clark (Toronto) and Dick Smith (Detroit) were AHRA-contract racers in 1968.

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John DeRosa out of Maryland (An Original SS/BA)

http://goautotools.com/images/myzuhema.jpg

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http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...ps673a31a1.jpg

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Indoor Invader:

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/1627/invaderh.jpg

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This car is probably the most untouched example of a LO car you will ever see.
kinda funky looking trackbars?? tho.
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http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6faeeb4e.jpg

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In 69 or 70, I bought a 57 Bel Air 2 door htp with a set of traction bars like that.
The mounts were welded to the axle and rear frame rails.
Square tube steel on bushings / bolts and washers hanging from mount to mount.
Noisy and rattling but when you dump the clutch, it pulled the rearend of the car down for weight transfer.
Guess they outlawed them for some reason.

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So, first Joe Ralph Thompson:

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...g?t=1230728498

Then Joe Tueton.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...7mxA3SwJ8nUGMA

Does that make this one the "JT" Dart?

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liteweight i think the traction bars were called that a leaf link?????

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one and the same

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Jimi That setup is different
I believe the leaf link was developed by the boys involved with the Motown Missile P/S projects. I think the first one was installed in the 70 Challenger.
If I remember the design correctly, basically the front spring segment was clamped together solid, & everything behind the axle was left unclamped. The clamps make the front of the springs a "solid lower link". There was a housing floater (so the housing floats on the spring) and a top link from a "four link" for location.

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Don't remember if this has been here or not. Link to a book "Maximum Performance" with some Dart and Barracuda info and pics.

http://books.google.com/books?id=l3D...0built&f=false

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Billy 'Billy the Kid' Stepp (Dayton, Ohio).............One of his 'two' 'SS/B' BO29 cars.

http://www.prostockhemi.com/gallery2...serialNumber=2


Herb McCandless drove this 1968 BO29 'A/MP' car to the 1970 Gatornationals Modified Production Championship.

http://www.prostockhemi.com/gallery2...serialNumber=2

Later, in 1971 the other BO29 was classed in B/MP

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/...1&d=1265255607

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The Canned Heat Dart was Lou Biggs of southern IL - not a real car but raced AHRA for a number of years - this is the first color pic I have seen of the car - I have a B&W one with a different paint scheme.
Mark J
1968 Hemi S/S Registry

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So, did the JRT Dart that became the JT Dart become the Cajun Flyer?

http://www.meyerfamilyracing.us/03US...tsmop%2010.jpg


The one said to be in Kansas, that we would all love to see a recent picture of.

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I finally found the January 2004 Mopar Collector's Guide that featured a story about a street racer who totalled out one of Max Hurley's original Hurst Hemi Darts.
http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...psbce21055.jpg

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...psc91f4c1e.jpg

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps0b4a98b4.jpg

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...psad0c476f.jpg

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http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps27b7f569.jpg

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...psdf1cb59b.jpg
http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...psfd404640.jpg
http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps8b798864.jpg
http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps18f64dfa.jpg
http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps2b620a29.jpghttp://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...psa55aab36.jpghttp://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...psfd9fe97b.jpg

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This Dart had an automatic transmission in it at the time of the street wreck but the article does not state whether it was originally built as an automatic car or not.

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps31ad46a2.jpg

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Thanx for that Scott
I have that issue "somewhere". Bet there were alot of parts that went with the car when it was scrapped that are considered gold today, such as radio, heater delete plates, mirror delete, etc.etc......
No doubt in my mind that roll bar saved his hiney. That's one f'd up LO.
Did Max Hurley purchase this one new?

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ps Welcome back Mark
pss That last question is for you.

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This one became (I think someone previously stated) one of the two below.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...cxZ0VLmogCRzjf

So, which is the missing Dart?

This one?

http://imageshack.us/a/img706/9938/1...earlyprost.jpg

or this one?
http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/...prisesDart.jpg

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Cool in black & white:

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k248/dc426/tht3.jpg

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Per Draglist: Max Hurley 68 Hemi Dart was a 4 speed. On the original LO23 owners list posted in this topic (page 137) it states #22 Max Hurley - 4 speed SS/B.
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...7ZN2d17W-jm6lw

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I'm not sure if these cars have been shown before

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Yeah,,, the "Old Trapper" has been shown,,,, I believe post #s 2089 and 2091,,, not that far back,, but thanks for posting.
Danny Durham

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Has there been any pictures of Harold Didlucks dart that was in SSDI in 1989

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Didluck's dart

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Can't read the print. Does it say who the original owner was?

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...5&d=1360132152

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Found this stray in a search I was doing.

Anyone know it?

http://musclecarcalendar.com/FF64II.jpg

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It appears to be the car that was at the Mopar show near Minneapolis that was restored by the resto shop in Chippewa Falls WI. I do not remember if it was an original or not, but it was extremely well done.

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according to post and pics on post #658 Harold's car is Dick Panter's car---- Right???

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This is the Joe Jill Speedwin Automotive Car
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6c7bddb6.jpg


note front wheel well openings here & on the restored car
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1d312097.jpg

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Chinook dart, Old trapper, Dick Panter, High Roller( Harold Didluck) all the same car.


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Deadly Dart???

http://www.motorbase.com/uploads/pic...eadly_dart.jpg

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Yeah, I know. But it's a cool picture and a real LO23:

http://www.moparfins.com/forum/uploads/26/gsnow60.jpg

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I've been updated by a fellow Canuk on the Alberta LO Darts as follows:

[QUOTE=Chinook dart, Old Trapper, High roller same car sold out of Calgary piloted by Albert and Dick.

Edmonton motors car of Cam's, the demented dart, and the Dick Panter lettered car are the same car. Dick ran that car for a while in the red, white and blue..[/QUOTE]

http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...ps42b188cd.jpg

http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...ps75f23585.jpg

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