Original hemi dart information

[Phillip marvetz]

Just thought I would let you all know that Dave Wren has purchased his original 68 Barracuda, #006.It has been restored to as delivered type look, It even has mufflers. He brought it up to Mission last weekend and even made a couple passes with it. 10.50 @ 130 mph. When was the last time a real one made a pass......

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by Phillip marvetz

Just thought I would let you all know that Dave Wren has purchased his original 68 Barracuda, #006.It has been restored to as delivered type look, It even has mufflers. He brought it up to Mission last weekend and even made a couple passes with it. 10.50 @ 130 mph. When was the last time a real one made a pass......

It's great to see that Dave's got his original car back. You just don't have that happening too often now. And he's running it!!!!! KUDDO'S to him!!!!!! People have forgotten why they built these cars to begin with. yes, they're a rare piece of racing, & yes, they are expensive BUT they certainly weren't built to sit in museums. I think it's an unjustice not to show the public what the fastest production American cars are capable of.
I drive my original LO car on the street as much as I can, & it does frequent the race track on occasion,

[L78 Nova]

That's no Bull... I've seen Daryl's car out in Winnipeg often.... It is awesome to see it cruisin !

I've also seen him run it at our local strip... even better!

Gary

[mopar68]

"Here we have a 69 Dart that was raced as a 68 Hemi Dart in NHRA & IHRA national events from 1978-1986. It was painted blue metal flake , and called "Flying Proud", owned and raced by Danny Smith of central Ohio. The car was a real head turner, not only for the way it looked , but with the way it always performed on every run. No 4 link or ladder bar suspension on this car, just good old s/s springs. Danny was associated with the former Rod Shop and still to this day, with Fast Racing out of Groveport, Ohio"







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"No 4 link or ladder bar suspension on this car, just good old s/s springs."

Yeah, good ol' Super Stock springs with a pinion snubber. Too bad these cars aren't this simple anymore.

M68

[Paul Ceasrine]

Dave Zinn,
A good start for Friday viewing.

Daryl,
I think it was in one of the Charlie Castaldo articles (his first car)
about some steering issues (control arm modifications from the factory, that they shipped out new components to the existing owners).

pc

[Paul Ceasrine]

M68,
The Cuda "Private Enterprise". Jim Skarbeck.
Ran out of Roanoke, Virginia
SS/B 4-speed car.
8/4/68 at Suffolk, Va., car ran a 10.79, which was a sub-record run at that time, versus
Dave Strickler in his SS/F 68' Z-28 Camaro.

The Beach Brothers Dodge (white SS/B Dart) was out of Salem, Virginia. Also a Western Virginia car. Salem just west of Roanoke.

Gene Snow's Dart (SS/BA) (Fort Worth, Texas), one of the best looking Dart's. Great paint job. Photo is from 1969.
Car #898 is from 1969 NHRA Springnationals at Dallas. SS/BA record was 10.72.
Gene, A Hot-Shot Used Car Salesman.
pc

[davezinn]

probably my most favorite Barracuda out of them all. never seen a color picture of that one though.

Mopar collectors guide ran an article on a black Dart that was killed in a street racing crash in the 70's. anyone know anything about that car before that? the article says it belonged to Max Hurley


Dave

[mopar68]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

M68,
The Cuda "Private Enterprise". Jim Skarbeck.
Ran out of Roanoke, Virginia
SS/B 4-speed car.
8/4/68 at Suffolk, Va., car ran a 10.79, which was a sub-record run at that time

Thanks for the info, Paul. Here's another shot of the car.



M68

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Dave Zinn,
A good start for Friday viewing.

Daryl,
I think it was in one of the Charlie Castaldo articles (his first car)
about some steering issues (control arm modifications from the factory, that they shipped out new components to the existing owners).

pc

Paul
You are correct with that. Jim B from this forum who used to work at a Chrysler dealer then, informed me they had a new LO car delivered to them, & shortly after, Chrysler sent them a set of modified spindles to correct the geometry. The mod was relocating the outer tie rod location by heating the arm & bending it up to get it back to it's original height because of the dropped k member. Later on, some of the racers started to cut the upper control arm just back of the ball joint & install a section to lengthen it. This allowed for better camber control thruout it's suspension travel.
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Daryl

[Liteweight]

Hi guys. The LO-23 BO29 info here is just...like...WOW
I hope you all do not mine and Daryl, I hope you do not mind if I ask this question. It really has nothing to do with your car, but this thread has taken on a life of it's own as being the PLACE for getting the info on these race cars.

Matt Conte

Hi Matt
No, I do not mind at all. Your right, this thread has taken off in a direction that I never would have imagined. And because of that, it is keeping it alive & fresh for my quest to find the history on my unknown soldier. There is a huge amount of info & pictures that have been shared on here that normally would not have been. Thankyou all.
Keep it coming, as the next generation needs this to keep this very important chapter of drag racing history alive.

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Daryl