Mopars Little A Body Terrors...

Charlie A · 06-02-2012, 12:30 PM

Don't know why....just liked the Demon/Dart better.
Just a few styling differences I suppose.

James L Miller · 06-02-2012, 12:39 PM

I used to buy a fair amount from Ed Hamburger when he owned For 340s and 360s Only. Later he sold it to two knuckleheads that didn't know how to run a business. I never did get some of my parts from those boneheads.

I don't have any photos of the D-Darts, and I never saw one in real life. But, Ted Spehar told me a funny story of one he ran before the Missile days. He made some fiberglass brake drums for it to take some weight out of it. Good thing it was a relatively a slow car with no brakes, or minimal ones at that. LOL!

Hemi Moose · 06-02-2012, 05:05 PM

Charlie, almost forgot about the Swinger models that replaced the Dart GT & GTS models...and the 340 Demons always looked good in any color.

Hemi Moose · 06-02-2012, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by James L Miller

I used to buy a fair amount from Ed Hamburger when he owned For 340s and 360s Only. Later he sold it to two knuckleheads that didn't know how to run a business. I never did get some of my parts from those boneheads.

James, what were you building back then when you ordered some parts from Hamburger performance...was it these guys notice the lettering on the fender, or did they get bought out too.

http://www.hamburgersperformance.com/

Charlie A · 06-02-2012, 07:05 PM

Can I go back?
Just for a little while?

Chris DeGidio · 06-02-2012, 10:41 PM

We used to buy parts from Ed Hamburger quite a bit. I was getting stuff from him when I was still in high school in the very late 70's for my first car which was a 72 Duster with a 318. Later when I built my 340 69 Barracuda it had a lot of Hamburger's parts along with a lot from Herb McCandless as well.

I still have a set of Hamburger's "stocker" leaf springs that was on the Duster mentioned above,they may go on my 440 Demon when I put it back on the street.

Hemi Moose · 06-03-2012, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris DeGidio

We used to buy parts from Ed Hamburger quite a bit. I was getting stuff from him when I was still in high school in the very late 70's for my first car which was a 72 Duster with a 318. Later when I built my 340 69 Barracuda it had a lot of Hamburger's parts along with a lot from Herb McCandless as well.

I still have a set of Hamburger's "stocker" leaf springs that was on the Duster mentioned above,they may go on my 440 Demon when I put it back on the street.

Chris, nice lookin' Demon, is it an automatic or 4 speed, what kinda times are you running with it...

Dennis P Chapman · 06-02-2012, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

James, what were you building back then when you ordered some parts from Hamburger performance...was it these guys notice the lettering on the fender, or did they get bought out too.

http://www.hamburgersperformance.com/

Back then Hamburger had a lot of cars and had people drive them. He now owns SLP they sell parts for camaros and firebirds his company is in tomsriver nj about 8 mins from me.

Jim Wahl · 06-03-2012, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Dennis P Chapman

Back then Hamburger had a lot of cars and had people drive them. He now owns SLP they sell parts for camaros and firebirds his company is in tomsriver nj about 8 mins from me.

Dennis, I don't think Ed has anything to do with the businesses anymore. Hamburger's Performance was sold years ago and SLP was being run by David, his son the last time I talked to David many years ago. I still have my original Hamburger Oil Pan from the Demon. Jim

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Todd Boyer · 06-03-2012, 05:01 PM

A local gentleman who used to race big block Chevies (in an assortment of bodies) has told me that the 340s were the cars that gave him the most trouble.

06-02-2012, 12:30 PM	#1
Charlie A VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 2,483 Likes: 68 Liked 87 Times in 63 Posts	Re: Mopars Little A Body Terrors... Don't know why....just liked the Demon/Dart better. Just a few styling differences I suppose.

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James L Miller Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 494 Likes: 6 Liked 25 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Mopars Little A Body Terrors... I used to buy a fair amount from Ed Hamburger when he owned For 340s and 360s Only. Later he sold it to two knuckleheads that didn't know how to run a business. I never did get some of my parts from those boneheads. I don't have any photos of the D-Darts, and I never saw one in real life. But, Ted Spehar told me a funny story of one he ran before the Missile days. He made some fiberglass brake drums for it to take some weight out of it. Good thing it was a relatively a slow car with no brakes, or minimal ones at that. LOL! __________________ Mopar 2 Ya!

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Hemi Moose VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,824 Likes: 0 Liked 12 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Mopars Little A Body Terrors... Charlie, almost forgot about the Swinger models that replaced the Dart GT & GTS models...and the 340 Demons always looked good in any color. Last edited by Hemi Moose; 06-02-2012 at 05:11 PM.

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Charlie A VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 2,483 Likes: 68 Liked 87 Times in 63 Posts	Re: Mopars Little A Body Terrors... Can I go back? Just for a little while?

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Chris DeGidio Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 364 Likes: 8 Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Mopars Little A Body Terrors... We used to buy parts from Ed Hamburger quite a bit. I was getting stuff from him when I was still in high school in the very late 70's for my first car which was a 72 Duster with a 318. Later when I built my 340 69 Barracuda it had a lot of Hamburger's parts along with a lot from Herb McCandless as well. I still have a set of Hamburger's "stocker" leaf springs that was on the Duster mentioned above,they may go on my 440 Demon when I put it back on the street. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Nautilus Racing

06-03-2012, 05:01 PM	#10
Todd Boyer Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Saint John NB Canada Posts: 561 Likes: 30 Liked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Mopars Little A Body Terrors... A local gentleman who used to race big block Chevies (in an assortment of bodies) has told me that the 340s were the cars that gave him the most trouble.