Whither 1966 D Darts for Stock

ddartdude · 03-20-2009, 08:44 PM

Al had "The Politician" stored at his mother's place in Reading for many years. That's where it was when I got it from him. I think he still has a purple 66 Dart that he races.

Mopar Steve · 03-20-2009, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ddartdude

Al had "The Politician" stored at his mother's place in Reading for many years. That's where it was when I got it from him. I think he still has a purple 66 Dart that he races.

Yeah, I was referring to the purple car. He just got the motor back together in it and plans on running it the summer. Al & Carol are great people! I have the '64 Dodge he used to help with and occasionally drive for Ken Lau.

bill dedman · 03-21-2009, 07:33 PM

That's a pretty convincing argument RE the 50 D Darts and how many were actually built.

I would like to see:

1. NHRA put these cars in the classification guide.

2,. Factor them down to the point that they can be competitive in Stock Eliminator.... probably a factor somewhere around 250...

Do I think this will happen?

If a Thunderbolt can run in a Stock Class, logic would say, "YES."

But then I have been watching NHRA since 1955, and I have yet to see them do ANYTHING that was even remotely logical...

ddartdude · 03-21-2009, 09:15 PM

Bill,
I'd like to see them put the car in a stock class also. It was never ment to be run in a SS class. I'll have to get more info from Chrysler Historical on the cars and then approach NHRA on it. Maybe Chrysler could verify the numbers in between the ones that I have. I'd like to get then to verify that they were all white.

If I ever take mine to the track, I'd just run it at a test and tune night. It's only got about 370 miles on it and I'd hate to destroy it.

Alan

03-20-2009, 08:44 PM	#1
ddartdude Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida Posts: 57 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Whither 1966 D Darts for Stock Al had "The Politician" stored at his mother's place in Reading for many years. That's where it was when I got it from him. I think he still has a purple 66 Dart that he races.

03-21-2009, 07:33 PM	#3
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Whither 1966 D Darts for Stock That's a pretty convincing argument RE the 50 D Darts and how many were actually built. I would like to see: 1. NHRA put these cars in the classification guide. 2,. Factor them down to the point that they can be competitive in Stock Eliminator.... probably a factor somewhere around 250... Do I think this will happen? If a Thunderbolt can run in a Stock Class, logic would say, "YES." But then I have been watching NHRA since 1955, and I have yet to see them do ANYTHING that was even remotely logical... __________________ Bill

03-21-2009, 09:15 PM	#4
ddartdude Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida Posts: 57 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Whither 1966 D Darts for Stock Bill, I'd like to see them put the car in a stock class also. It was never ment to be run in a SS class. I'll have to get more info from Chrysler Historical on the cars and then approach NHRA on it. Maybe Chrysler could verify the numbers in between the ones that I have. I'd like to get then to verify that they were all white. If I ever take mine to the track, I'd just run it at a test and tune night. It's only got about 370 miles on it and I'd hate to destroy it. Alan