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Originally Posted by Hemi Moose
Liteweight cool pic's, and yeah I also recall that Landy story, it was also printed in Car Craft as well...
http://www.carcraft.com/featuredvehi...hra/index.html
Okay now lets get down n' dirty, there seems to be a lot of confusion about this red 68 Hemi Dart's history, so I'm going to try to narrow it down, bit by bit...first off Jimi swears that he saw a 68 Hemi Dart with Charlie Castaldo's name painted on the car at his fathers place back in the early 80's...so lets say that's true, did Lou Vignogna have two 68 Hemi Dart's on the property back then? According to Jimi he did, because he keeps talking about this other hacked up Hemi Dart sitting in a barn over there, but it sounds like he's confusing it with the other one that was sitting there, the one getting painted...So it would seem the question is, did Lou own Charlie Castaldo's second Hemi Dart also after Charlie was finished with it? Jimi keeps talking about this other Hemi Dart that he saw, so was it his second car, not his first one?
Now comes the story about Charlie Castaldo's VIN # to his first car. I have heard several stories over the years about Charlie's first 68 Hemi Dart that he wrecked early on, and what happened to the remaining parts...I can get into some details about it and the stories flying around about it, but that wouldn't solve anything either, it would only cause some more confusion...Also there seems to be two or more lists floating around that people are comparing notes on. I just double checked the VIN # of Hennessey's 68 Hemi Dart, and it doesn't match the VIN # that Paul C thought it was originally, and it doesn't match the VIN # that he also says is the # 07 car either? So it seems everyone is going off of information listed from different VIN lists, and all I know is that when Hennessey restored this red 68 Hemi Dart the VIN # was printed elsewhere...So until everyone agrees to match up the proper VIN # from this car, nothing will be solved... And Liteweight, how did you come to the conclusion that your 68 Hemi Dart was the # 07 car, and which list are you going by?
Also when are you going to finish up that Ed Miller 68 Hemi Barracuda sitting in the background, so what needs to be done to that thing to get it rolling.
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Hemi Moose
I have a feeling we've met sometime. Have we? It's time you come clean. You know who I am, but I don't know who you are
Thanx for the Car Craft link. It is probably the most acurate article I've read on these cars, but it isn't without some flaws.
To answer your question on my reasoning about the #7 car is because as marfen has wrote. Thanx Dave. I'm not going by serial #s, just sequence of cars built, & up to now the earliest car I know of is Dave Morgans car. Not sure what the #'s are on the Gene Snow car right now.
Since there are so many conflicting lists &numbers floating around about my car, it's time I put it straight. Seems the only way I can continue on it's history.
LO23M8B297XXX fender tag matches the shipping numbers on the rad cradle & trunk rail.
Your right, this car has had alot of controversal info laid on it, & it is for that exact reason, I'm having such a b!tch of a time solving it's back ground. When I purchased it, I was under the impression that all the ground work was done, history wise, but things on it just didn't add up. So, I started digging & at least have confirmed 100% for sure it's not any of Castaldo's cars.
As far as Jimi is concerned, he is now convinced my car is not the car with the Castaldo doors on it. Lou could have owned that auto car for awhile, & it makes sense with the messed up quarters, & cut out trans tunnel. I have pix of his auto car running A/MP@ E town , & the rear wheel wells are cut up & flared. He also ran a four speed in it, thus the trans tunnel work. I have spoke with a crew member for Castaldo, Charlie Licata, on several occasions, & he confirmed the trans. tunnel surgery on that car. They tried running a clutch flite in it for one race, but it was not competitive so the stick went in. They cut the tunnel because it was easier to service the trans & clutch. Licata also told me Castaldo's crashed stick car landed up behind their shop for awhile before it was scrapped.
As far as the Vin & tags on his stick car, I can't comment on whether they stayed on the car when it was scrapped or not, because I don't know. This I do know tho, 100%, is that my car is an original LO car when it left Chrysler. It has it's original VIN tag, fender tag, DS door decal &, shipping numbers on the rad cradle & trunk rail that have NOT BEEN TAMPERED WITH. The fender tag decodes as an auto car, & has never had a clutch pedal or 4 spd. in it, EVER.
liteweight
ps you have keen eyes, you weren't supposed to pick that car up in the background. I didn't think anyone would. Not working or playing with nothing right now due to a work place injury. Not sure when I'll be able to get back at it.
Here is a pic of the last pass Castaldo's 4 spd car made.
I will post more pix. shortly on some stuff I have. Sorry for the size, can't fiqure out how to make em larger.