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01-30-2013, 11:20 PM
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Re: Original hemi dart information
In 69 or 70, I bought a 57 Bel Air 2 door htp with a set of traction bars like that.
The mounts were welded to the axle and rear frame rails. Square tube steel on bushings / bolts and washers hanging from mount to mount. Noisy and rattling but when you dump the clutch, it pulled the rearend of the car down for weight transfer. Guess they outlawed them for some reason. |
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02-01-2013, 08:54 AM
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Re: Original hemi dart information
So, first Joe Ralph Thompson:
 Then Joe Tueton. Does that make this one the "JT" Dart? Last edited by Charlie A; 02-01-2013 at 08:58 AM. |
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02-01-2013, 02:13 PM
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Re: Original hemi dart information
one and the same
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02-04-2013, 09:28 AM
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 The one said to be in Kansas, that we would all love to see a recent picture of. Last edited by Charlie A; 02-04-2013 at 09:31 AM. |
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02-04-2013, 02:42 PM
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Re: Original hemi dart information
I finally found the January 2004 Mopar Collector's Guide that featured a story about a street racer who totalled out one of Max Hurley's original Hurst Hemi Darts.
   
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02-04-2013, 02:53 PM
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02-04-2013, 02:58 PM
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Re: Original hemi dart information
This Dart had an automatic transmission in it at the time of the street wreck but the article does not state whether it was originally built as an automatic car or not.
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02-04-2013, 04:08 PM
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Re: Original hemi dart information
Thanx for that Scott
I have that issue "somewhere". Bet there were alot of parts that went with the car when it was scrapped that are considered gold today, such as radio, heater delete plates, mirror delete, etc.etc...... No doubt in my mind that roll bar saved his hiney. That's one f'd up LO. Did Max Hurley purchase this one new? liteweight ps Welcome back Mark pss That last question is for you. |
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