Original hemi dart information

[Charlie A]

The ride continues. Just when there is a question of "what else is out there" in mind...... Here comes a REALLY cool bunch of historical pictures from out of nowhere.

[HEMIDARTDAVE]

Yes, thanks so much for posting these Daryl !

[Liteweight]

My pleasure gentlemen. I love getting new pics of these things. As you know there are only so many out there. I am amassing a pretty extensive file of pictures of both BO29 & LO23 cars. Most newly found pics are coming from pricate individuals who attended various racetracks across the country watching these cars run back then. Some are very cool pit shots.
Most are of previously found cars but at various time periods. Some of these cars changed ALOT over a short time frame. The factory backed and sponsored teams changed the most.
All the above has actual two fold reasoning. Firstly in the attempt to keep fresh content ongoing here, But also I am still in the quest of finding more pics of my car. Not doing so well on the second part.
When these Hurst facility pics were sent my way by Tim, I had to share them here first, because of the faithfull followers that has become home base for those interested in these things. I wont share them anywhere else publically until you guys get to see them first.


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[beekool]

Loving this!

[68hemiss]

Daryl,
As you know, I have had copies of these original pics for some time now. I think that the 4-speed hump was installed at Chrysler - note that the hole has been covered with cardboard. I looked at my pics and there is not an auto brake pedal shown in the car.
Note that there are steel fenders on both cars. Dave Koffell told me that one of the first projects he had when he started at Chrysler was to get rid of these steel fenders and doors from these cars. You would think that they would have put them back in the Chrysler system - possibly through the parts division but for some reason they couldn't. He said alot of them went in dumpsters.
Mark Janaky
1968 Hemi S/S Registry

[340duster]

Mark, a question regarding the automatic cars. Did the floor have the hole in it for the factory console shifter? and if so was this the location were the shift cable was routed thru?

Thanks
Bob

[Liteweight]

Pictures have been deleted due to non compliance



I have been requested to give credit of these pictures to the person who shared them to Tim Hennessey, Bob Buntin. Thankyou Bob and Tim . They have been watermarked so

Pictures supplied by Bob Buntin, shared by Tim Hennessey, clarified by Robin McQueen

[Liteweight]

So I posted the below images on my facebook page after I posted them here. I made a comment of " sure wish I could read the sheet on the windshield" and I get this as a response....LOL Damnn near fell off my chair

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[Liteweight]

I'm on a continuing search for pictures for both my Dart and for new content to post here. It is definitely getting tougher as there are only so many cars and so many pictures out there, but sometimes genies do pop up in different places, but facebook seems to be the absolute king of new material where guys are posting stuff they've located in old drawers in their toolboxes or chest in the attic.

In my daily search today I ran across an old aquatence from here that has a trophy he won at Mopar Nationals in 1991.

There is a definite resemblance of the picture that Greg Rager took of it during its first public showing at the Nats in 1987

there is a whole story to be told about that picture taken on an airstrip that has been described as " leaving tire marks on the roof of the Dart". I will share at a later date

[Liteweight]

Been an interesting day. Came across this one. At first I thought it was a clone car till I looked at the display stand in the second picture.LO23M8B297899
There's a few things that I found interesting in this post that came up. Time span of this was a Wisconsin Car show Aug.1991\
. Also when you read the display sign the owner of the car lists it as 1 of 80. This is interesting because it validates the owner knows the amount of cars built. ALOT of people think even today there were only 50 built. Even owners of these cars are of that belief today. To know there were 80 back in 1991, the owner was educated in these things.
Just by chance a fellow who was parked beside this Dart showing his car, at this show by the name of Scott Buckley, started making replies on this thread about that show,that Dart, and its owner Clinton Johnson Jr.. Apparently Clinton did a lot of street racing with this car up in Chicago. I asked Scott to stop by and share some of those stories here. Sounds like those conversations were very interesting.
I asked Scott if he knew what happened with this car after. He replied that he never heard anything of it or the owner after that show in 1987.
Now, if you look at the last picture on this post you will find a list of winners for that particular show. Scott won 1st place with his 69 cuda while Clinton with the Hemi Dart won 2nd.
Now if you go to the next post below you will find the Trophy that Scott won at that show in 1991. The one with that Ole Red Dart of Tim Hennessey from a picture at Mopar Nats in 87 on the front of that trophy.

Does anyone recognize this orange Dart. Mark Janaky or Dell Jones?? Is this a real one or is another one I'm thinking it might be that showed up at a race track in Ohio around that time. If so what car these numbers come from?

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