Original hemi dart information

[Paul Ceasrine]

Daryl,
Thats great on the Ed Miller car. Glad to see it ended up in the right hands.
I'm sure it will receive the proper care. Ed had a great paint scheme too.
Are you going top follow that paint scheme with the 'Syracuse Region
Plymouth Dealers" on the rear quarter.
What # car was that. Had to be one the first ones out there.
Saw him at Dover and New York National with that car.

Rory,
Dave Wren's car. Not too many people saw that car. How the heck did it end up on the East Coast for 40 years

M68,
Great photo's. Hood and fenders, amazingly still retaining the orange color.

Paul

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Daryl,
Rory,
Dave Wren's car. Not too many people saw that car. How the heck did it end up on the East Coast for 40 years

M68,
Great photo's. Hood and fenders, amazingly still retaining the orange color.

Paul

Paul, Dave told me after he sold the car to S&M, some guy bought it, took the front fenders off it, and let it sit.I had assumed that it was in a building with a roof however!

[Paul Ceasrine]

Check out the right (passenger side) lower section of the shock tower
of the Cuda body in the Jersey garage.
Looks like one of those 'Master Mechanics at Hurst' used a sledge hammer on the inner fenderwell.
OUCH!

Paul

[Paul Ceasrine]

Torsion-Bar Eddie,
On the pricing.
The $4204 price was for racers who picked their cars up.
The factory did not deliver the cars to the racers.
Due to legal issues and factory liability, racers had to sign a
waiver, including picking up their car.
The $4204 price was also the dealers cost.
I believe that the Regional office had control over just what racers were selected and offered the cars first.

[davezinn]

i couple interesting points on the "garage" picture. one is the fenderwell hammering which we know was done by Hurst to clear the valve cover. note too the offset master cylinder plate still bolted to the firewall.

what i want to know is how both cars ended up ON TOP of the rubble! stored on the roof maybe?

not sure if this one was real but in the Wilson, N.C. area there was what looked like a '68 Barracuda Hemi car sitting in a backyard for years. it disappeared about 2 years ago but was there for at least 10-15 years before that. maybe it was just an old Barracuda racecar with a Hemi hood?


Dave

[mopar68]

Originally Posted by davezinn

i couple interesting points on the "garage" picture. one is the fenderwell hammering which we know was done by Hurst to clear the valve cover.

Here's a close-up view of the 'state of the art' clearancing on a Dodge Dart.





Pix are from the restoration of this factory original Hemi Dart.



Here's a photo of the car the day it arrived at the resto shop.



Anyone recognize this car?

More pix and details here:

http://www.moparsbymosher.com/projec...t/hemidart.htm

M68