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i met a guy at musclepoolza last week with a 72 motion camaro. he says he owns a original LO23 dart still in primer never painted. i had a zillion questions for him but i refrained. cause he says he races it at the valley.
says it was from fla. anyone familiar?

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And Cleavon Little!!!!

Here you go. Just had to post it: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA4ymmXa8rs"]Vanishing Point Trailer - YouTube[/ame]

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Thanks for the entertainment,,, a cool trailer. Between that movie and Two Lane Blacktop,, those were the 2 big car movies of my senior year, '71. I remember a bunch of us in auto shop went out and saw them. We only had one Challenger at our high school, but there were a ton of '55 Chevys at the time. Thanks,CA
Danny Durham

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Not to completely hi-jack Daryl's thread here but like many others that
movie left an indelible impression on my mind.

It is significant because several of my friends and I had heard about
the movie and we all piled into my best friend's almost new '69 B5 blue
Plymouth Roadrunner 383 with 4-speed and air grabber to go and see
it at the Napoleon, Ohio Drive-In Theatre.

Watching that movie in that car was a total testorone male bonding moment
with all eyes glued to the screen for the duration. This car made the same
sounds as Kowalski's and the ride home was, shall I say, memorable!


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Hemi Dart pic of the day.

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...1&d=1361235488

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I'm still here, just in case some of you might think I abandoned ship. Spring has finally arrived north of the 49th parrallel & as usual I'm not ready for the season, so I just don't have much time to be here right now. Sorry guys.
I'm visiting while I have a couple rare spare moments. Carry the torch for me in the meantime if you don't mind.
Thanx
Daryl

my contribution
Ray Daily
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Oh don't worry. There's enough of us BS'ers on here to keep this party rolling until our fearless originator returns :)

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DDHDP- Jerry Nowaki, --ex Dick Oldfield Good Guys LO23

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Today

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GREAT early shot there.

Knowing and seeing some of the owner transition pictures is just what this topic is about.

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I have this one in my files as ex Oldfield LO23. Anyone?

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Not supersticious or nothing, but I just noticed my last post # was 666. My personal email also has 666 unviewed messages. So, this is just a post to erraticate those issues.

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You are correct Daryl! A couple more owners in between.
Mark J

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Hey,, just noticed a silver or grey Dart in the background in the Hemi Cuda thread on post # 362,(thanks Charlie A for photo Viagra) anybody have an idea which car this was? Check it out.
Danny Durham

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Bill Tanner? Looks an off green maybe?

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Could be, Daryl. My eyes aren't what they used to be. I just wanted to make sure that particular car got noticed. This has been better than a mystery novel or any TV mini series I've ever watched. Good luck with your search. Also,, I enjoyed the recent article in the Muscle Machines magazine,,, take care.
Danny Durham

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Yep. I would do exactly the same thing.

Just 'cause.

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Thanx for the background inspection of that pic Danny. I did miss that one.
Here's Tanners car in better 60's quality color

You have me confused on the Muscle Machines article??? What up??

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I know it's been shown before but this pic just screams 70's small town drag strip pit action.
How many of todays Pro Stock drivers would fit this profile? Maybe WJ (who's pretty much parked) but few others.
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Daryl, I am thinking Reid Whisnant's gold Dart
Mark J

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Lettering on quarter panel says you are correct. Congrats on that ever so good call!

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My bad,, Daryl, I was thinking the article on your Dart was in the Hemmings Muscle Machines magazine, but as we both know ( now me too!), its in the May issue of Musclecar Review. I get them both each month, plus numerous others, so I guess I got my plug wires crossed on that one,, thanks for setting me straight.
Danny Durham

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Anybody see any jackstands in this photo? Just a reminder to be safe. 3 weeks ago my boss,a young dude, had his Audi station wagon fall and pin him underneath. He was able to let out 1 yell before he ran out of breath. His wife heard him and got the car jacked up enough to get him out,, but he still has 5 broken ribs and some staples in his scalp, and some swelling around his face. He also has a new respect for how to properly secure a vehicle before laying under it. Experience is the best teacher and yes, he was very lucky. Hes taken a lot of crap from all of us at work. I only see some stands, possibly, up front upon a second look.
Danny Durham

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I echo that Danny.
A bunch of years ago I needed to do just a "quick" job of hooking up the pipes to the collectors on my 70 hemicuda. No jack stands required since it was only a 5 minute job----or so I thought.
On my creeper, I connected the Drivers side, then without getting off it I rolled around the front to do the Passenger side. I went to pull myself under the car by grabbing the frame rail. This was enough to rock the car just enough to place a side load on the hydraulic jack 20 year old piston seal & it blew. The car came down like RIGHT NOW. It's a good thing I didn't have my head under it yet, only my shoulder & arm. The car nailed my shoulder hard enough to break the creeper wheel.
Leason learned---the hard way, but also the lucky way. A split second later, it woulda bounced off my head. Ever since then I never go under a car for even a quick job without jack stands.

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Daryl: Did you make it to the Mopars in the Park Show last weekend? Does anyone have a report on the show. Thank you.

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no I didn't Craig. I spent that weekend pulling the Dart out of a verrrrryyyyyy long winter hibernation & prepping it for the season. Haven't heard much from that show cept it rained Saturday mid aft.
Are you going to Brainerd July long? How's that BIG Bowtie coming?? Is it getting oil back to the pan yet?

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I have family visiting for the BIR Show-n-GO and will not make it, but I plan to be at the Muscle car Shoot out Labor Day.

The dyno had an issue with the blown bbc that was ahead of me on the dyno. He had to order the parts directly from DTS and it was not back up this week. We are close to heating the water!

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Not one to ever compromise safety, I'm going to get one of those new folding cherry pickers.


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Whoa.......I have never thought one of these would fold like that.
That flathead weighs what?

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Wow! First time I've ever seen that,,, well, theres something else to be on the lookout for when doing an engine swap. Thanks for posting the photo.
Danny Durham

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Low or poor results is almost always aquired when the price of the purchase is in the same aera. When your health is of the most importants, buy the best equiptment for the job that, you can afford.
It will perform well and you most likley not hurt you because of it's
construction.

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Well, because there is a points meet in the swamp this weekend (No Problem Raceway) I thought the Hemi Dart Fix of the Day should be this one:

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

Just seems right!

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Hey all,
Long time lurker, although I do not post much. I was directed here by a member on a different racing website. I have made a few runs of these brackets, and have 4 sets available as of now. I had supposed buyers, but some of them had flaked.
They are identical to the original SS seat brackets from Hurst. They are meant to be used with the A-100 seats, but can be used with different seats by simply drilling a couple holes.
Please email me directly if you are interested. These are $200 for a set of 4 brackets. Thanks!

curleysracecars@gmail.com

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Longtime lurker, new poster here.

Today I had a conversation with a man who's father was an early owner of the 'Car of the Rising Sun' Dart. I recall the car racing at Cecil Co around 1971. I believe I have seen pictures of this car possibly racing around the Pittsburgh area later in the '70's? I am not sure of this. But it is my understanding the owner and driver of this car, Robert Good is currently in hospice care and would very much like to see a picture of his old car.

Please post any pictures you may have or information about the car and I will make sure his family is aware of this thread. Thank you very much. Mike

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Only pic I can find:

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...Number=6554031

I believe this is it today.

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Gotta be some jack stands under there somewhere. Either that or the Landy team could make those cars of their's float.

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Working in white pants! Wow, I would be all greasy in a hurry....

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Looks like possibly a grey or silver jackstand under the elbow, I'm thinkin'.
It seems most of the articles and features back in the day would often show Mike and Dick Landy wearing those white pants,,, and they were never dirty! They must've had a truck full of them, clean and ready to wear.
Danny Durham

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So did Sox&Martin!
Not making this picture bigger. It's a Hemi Dart thread.lol
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I read somewhere that it was in their contract with Chrysler because
they wanted to get away from the Rebel Without a Cause bad-boy biker
type of image that early drag racing took on.

Must have been a bitch to try to get anything done in those! I couldn't
walk from the truck to the trailer without having an "incident".