Original hemi dart information

[bob george]

D&D is now Bolland Machine and does heavy industrial machine work.They are located on Route 51 near Chippawa Pa.

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by bob george

D&D is now Bolland Machine and does heavy industrial machine work.They are located on Route 51 near Chippawa Pa.

Thankyou for that Bob!

I have been informed through emails, that the Bolland & McCollum Dart has not been located to date, but is not mine due to mods that were done to it by subsequent owners, that are not done to mine.

Another off the ever shrinking list of "Could be, Maybe's"

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[HEMIDARTDAVE]

Corpus Christi, TX ?

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by HEMIDARTDAVE

Corpus Christi, TX ?

[Dwight Southerland]

I ran across these photos while cleaning out. Thought you guys on this thread would appreciate them. The pictures were probably taken the fall of 1968; they are marked as developed 2-69. Herb was at Carlisle, AR with Don Grotheer on that day. There may have been others, but I believe it was a match race for the crowd. I do remember he stayed at the end of the race to make some test runs and missed a shift. I helped him change the transmission and he was complaining that the aluminum cases transmissions weren't as strong as the cast iron case transmissions that he drove in the full sized cars. Enjoy!

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by Charlie A

So, I can make out Grotheers BO in th background. Anyone care to ID the Darts?

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[Liteweight]

I might have got a break here. Don Moats forwarded me a link to Bob Snyders race pictures. There are literally thousands of them,alot being Funny Cars, but I found something of particular interest in the background of one of them. The picture was taken @ New York National Speedway in 68 durring the Super Stock Nationals.

http://bobsnyderdragphotos.smugmug.c...V5Bhj&lb=1&s=L



On the return road there is a silver Hemi Dart with a black hood ( early Hurst Darts went to their owners sans hood. It was shipped to them @ a later date.)You will notice a dent in the right quarter panel. My car is a early car & there was a dent repaired in the exact same area this one is. It's a strange kind of hit, looking like something fell on it.
I had never saw this dart before, forwarded the link to Mark Janaky & he recognized it right away as the Manhatten Speed Shop Hemi Dart. There aren't alot of pictures out there, only a couple in black & white. This is the first one he's seen of it in color. It's the same car due to decal placements. AND, it sure has strong possibilities as being my car.
Check it out:



Here's a picture taken in early 80's with the paint stripped to bare metal. Notice the bondo. Inside the trunk is very evident exactly where the damage was



So, this is just a current update for all you faithfull followers of this very long thread.

****AT THIS TIME I WILL NOT CONFIRM THIS IS THE SAME CAR AS THE MANHATTEN DART*******.

I will be looking into it really good tho. Phone bill is gonna get a **** kickin' shorly.

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[bigsixman]

I hope that this sheds some light on your car Daryl and maybe you have found it.

[mopar68]

Originally Posted by Liteweight

On the return road there is a silver Hemi Dart with a black hood ( early Hurst Darts went to their owners sans hood. It was shipped to them @ a later date.)You will notice a dent in the right quarter panel. My car is a early car & there was a dent repaired in the exact same area this one is. It's a strange kind of hit, looking like something fell on it.
I had never saw this dart before, forwarded the link to Mark Janaky & he recognized it right away as the Manhatten Speed Shop Hemi Dart. There aren't alot of pictures out there, only a couple in black & white. This is the first one he's seen of it in color. It's the same car due to decal placements. AND, it sure has strong possibilities as being my car.

Here's a cropped and enlarged view:



M68

[bob george]

Originally Posted by Liteweight

Thankyou for that Bob!

I have been informed through emails, that the Bolland & McCollum Dart has not been located to date, but is not mine due to mods that were done to it by subsequent owners, that are not done to mine.

Another off the ever shrinking list of "Could be, Maybe's"

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McCollum had a few early mopars both wedge and hemi.He raced a 66 Coronet hemi call the Grim Reaper before he bought the Dart.