life after Super Stock for the Hemi A-bodies?

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by davezinn

does anyone have pictures of these cars from the 70's-80's they would be willing to share?


Dave

Best I know of is right here: http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=13002

[treessavoy]

I read an article back in the day about how primative the 68 A bodies were.

Fiberglass didn't fit; most that weren't picked up at the factory showed up with broken glass; one was delivered with 7 12:50 pistons and one 11:50 piston and some racers had to wait for the manifold to be shipped to them.

There was a story about a guy at Hurst whose job was to take a sledge hammer and pound out the inner fender so the valve cover would clear.

Chrysler said the they new the cars would be completely rebuilt by the racers so they sent them out to the racers in basically unfinished condition.

On the other hand the 62 through 65 cars were well thought out and well executed and did run well right out of the box.

JimR

[Paul Ceasrine]

I remember reading, that Chrysler Performance forbid any
racer with a 68' Hemi Barracuda or 68' Hemi Dart from running anything
other than Super/Stock in 1968.

In no uncertain terms, they were told to stay away from A/MP,,,,,,,,,,,
as that record was being 'reserved' for the 'special factory-backed
teams', when they felt the time was right to 'crush' the record.

If anyone raced in A/MP in 1968 with any A-Body Hemi car, they would be outted from getting any factory help,,,,,,,,let alone replacement parts.

More or less,,,,,,,,,,,stay in line with the Chrysler Racing Program,,,,,,
or else....