life after Super Stock for the Hemi A-bodies?

[Hemi Moose]

Here's one of Larry Griffith's '70 Hemi Dart Swinger Pro Stocker...

[Liteweight]

HM
Do you know if this was a converted LO car???

liteweight

[Steve Stasko]

Larry's car was built from his '68 car and subsequently restored back to it's 1968 configuration.

[Hemi Moose]

Liteweight, I've heard two different stories on the Larry Griffith '68 Hemi Dart, one that it was a converted car, and the other that it just got repainted but still had it's '68 sheetmetal...so I don't know which story to believe...but this '68 Hemi Dart was painted black with lots of chrome underneath before it got re-restored and lettered up in his name & colors again.

[Hemi Moose]

Melvin Yow's '70 Hemi Dart Swinger...was it converted or a body in white.

[Chris DeGidio]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Melvin Yow's '70 Hemi Dart Swinger...was it converted or a body in white.

IIRC, isn't this the CPPA test car from years ago as well??

[Steve Stasko]

Originally Posted by Chris DeGidio

Converted. IIRC, isn't this the CPPA test car from years ago as well??

The CPPA car started off as Charlie Allen's '68 440 Dart. It is in PA being converted back to a '68.

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Liteweight, I've heard two different stories on the Larry Griffith '68 Hemi Dart, one that it was a converted car, and the other that it just got repainted but still had it's '68 sheetmetal...so I don't know which story to believe...but this '68 Hemi Dart was painted black with lots of chrome underneath before it got re-restored and lettered up in his name & colors again.

So, I got to looking at these pictures & came up with this. All 68 Darts came with black plastic door handle buttons. They changed to chrome in 69 & onward.
If you look at both Larry & Melvin's doors, both 70 cars appear to have black door buttons. So either they're original LO's or the doors came off an LO. But I do believe Larry's is his original 68 that was converted back when it was restored black.

I've been paying particular close attention to 70 & up Darts that might have had some surgery done on the tails lately.

liteweight

[Hemi Moose]

Here's a couple more old shots of Larry Griffith's '70 Hemi Dart pro stocker...

[Hemi Moose]

Another earlier shot of Melvin Yow's '70 Hemi Dart pro-stocker...I also recall reading that this car was a converted '68 Hemi Dart, but it's been so long that I'm not positive.