Original hemi dart information

[Paul Ceasrine]

Bob Hodge

Beach Brothers Motors {Dodge}
1259 East Main Street
Salem, Virginia

1968 LO23 ~ 4-Speed {SS/B}

Competed at
* Emporia Dragway ~ Emporia, Virgina
* Roanoke Drag Strip ~ Roanoke, Virginia
* Elk Creek Dragway ~ Elk Creek, Virginia
* Sumerduck Dragway ~ Sumerduck, Virginia
* Bristol Dragway ~ Bristol, Tennessee

[rawhide]

Charlie,

When I got home last night and was reading the newspaper I saw that Bob Hodge died Tuesday. He was 80 years old and a retired machinist.

Roland

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by rawhide

Charlie,

When I got home last night and was reading the newspaper I saw that Bob Hodge died Tuesday. He was 80 years old and a retired machinist.

Roland

Sad news. But those of us that lived those days are all "seniors" by most definitions.
Cool thing is we lived what others are studying!

[Liteweight]

The Unknown One



liteweight

[mopar68]

Originally Posted by Liteweight

The Unknown One

Nonsense. Sort of. We do know it was the Manhattan Speed Parts Dart at one time based on the atypical quarter panel damage and repair work still visible from inside the trunk. We just don't have the name(s) of the guy(s) that owned it!

M68

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by mopar68

Nonsense. Sort of. We do know it was the Manhattan Speed Parts Dart at one time based on the atypical quarter panel damage and repair work still visible from inside the trunk. We just don't have the name(s) of the guy(s) that owned it!

M68

Have to agree here. That bodywork is hard evidence.

[Paul Ceasrine]

LO23


Manhattan Speed Shop.


In truth, that 1968 Dart was 'not' sponsored by the Speed Shop. There
was lettering of the front fender 'Manhattan Speed Shop', but >


Al Ripolla of the Bronx stated that it was 'lettered' because they
received some parts at a discounted price in 1968.


There were a few cars in Manhattan, the Bronx and on the
other side of Hudson River in New Jersey that bought parts from Manhattan Speed, and lettered their cars for getting a deal on
parts.