Original hemi dart information

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

If your down south right now you should check out a few auto salvage yards to see if they have any nice rust free '68 Dart, '68 Barracuda, '64 Belvedere, '64 Savoy, '64 Dodge 330 rust free bodies or shells...the stuff is getting hard to find nowadays.

Katrina got all the stuff down here. From garages to junkyards reports were over a half million vehicles were fresh and salt water flooded.
The salvage lots here were full of some really nice classics and rods that are by now a stick of rebar somewhere.
I know one guy that lost a real 427 Fairlane to 19 feet of water.
NEVER asked him what his insurance gave him or did with the car.
You could see the pain when he talked about it.

[Charlie A]

Real???

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by Charlie A

Real???

Yep, that's Norm Carson's old B029...

[Hemi Moose]

Hey Mark J, do you know who's L023 Frank Spittle's old car was originally...kinda like to know.

[Spyphish]

Frank got the car from someone in Fla. mid eighties. Bought it because it had never been tubed etc. and had all the pieces. He is looking through some boxes in storage to get more info for that connection. This car was #50 of the 1st batch 56 Darts on Feb. 18th, 1968 and is a 4 speed. SO was it always in Fla??? Wish we knew! It looks like someone ordered a stick Dart from Dependable Dodge in Vero Beach, Fla. and I see DD are still in business. Wonder if they have records pre computer era. I just may give them a ring.


Off the original list (car list from Hurst),

An Automatic car went to Joe Weis, which was
delivered to Biscayne Dodge in Miami Beach.

A 4-Speed was purchased by Alan Carroli, which was picked up at the Hurst Facility.

And, a 4-Speed car was ordered by Dependable Dodge out of Vero Beach, but no name was logged on the order.

[Charlie A]

Too quiet on this thread. Over a month and no activity.
Don't know if this one has been here or not but, it's sort of a TTT bump as well.

From the '06 Barrett-Jackson:

1968 Hemi Dart. One of the few remaining original 1968 Hemi Dodge Darts, this is number 5 of 56 in
the Chrysler Registry. Formerly owned by Lou Mancini of Mancini Racing and the Chrysler
Corporation, this original was fitted with a 426 hemi engine and automatic transmission installed
by the Hurst Corporation. It is a true, unmolested and unrestored survivor with documented history.
It is capable of being street driven as evident by its Pennsylvania inspection sticker. It has
never been raced or altered. These cars have been deemed "the ultimate muscle car" and " the only
car worth selling your house for" by some. Final selling price including buyer's fee: $324,000.

[James L Miller]

Here are a couple of photos of a Dart once owned by Wayne Dokken of Clearwater, FL. It still has the 1970s psychedelic paint scheme. It looks like it might have run in MP at some point after the SS days.

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by Spyphish

Frank got the car from someone in Fla. mid eighties. Bought it because it had never been tubed etc. and had all the pieces. He is looking through some boxes in storage to get more info for that connection. This car was #50 of the 1st batch 56 Darts on Feb. 18th, 1968 and is a 4 speed. SO was it always in Fla??? Wish we knew! It looks like someone ordered a stick Dart from Dependable Dodge in Vero Beach, Fla. and I see DD are still in business. Wonder if they have records pre computer era. I just may give them a ring.


Off the original list (car list from Hurst),

An Automatic car went to Joe Weis, which was
delivered to Biscayne Dodge in Miami Beach.

A 4-Speed was purchased by Alan Carroli, which was picked up at the Hurst Facility.

And, a 4-Speed car was ordered by Dependable Dodge out of Vero Beach, but no name was logged on the order.

Would you happen to know the last six digits of the car from the Hurst list...also does it list any other L023 & B029 serial numbers.

[Hemi Moose]

That's a very cool paint job on this old '68 Hemi Dart...anyone else here know the owner/driver of the car from back then...

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by Spyphish

Off the original list (car list from Hurst),

An Automatic car went to Joe Weis, which was
delivered to Biscayne Dodge in Miami Beach.

A 4-Speed was purchased by Alan Carroli, which was picked up at the Hurst Facility.

And, a 4-Speed car was ordered by Dependable Dodge out of Vero Beach, but no name was logged on the order.

liteweight