Original hemi dart information

[Hemi Moose]

Hey Mark J, do you know who's L023 Frank Spittle's old car was originally...kinda like to know.

[Spyphish]

Frank got the car from someone in Fla. mid eighties. Bought it because it had never been tubed etc. and had all the pieces. He is looking through some boxes in storage to get more info for that connection. This car was #50 of the 1st batch 56 Darts on Feb. 18th, 1968 and is a 4 speed. SO was it always in Fla??? Wish we knew! It looks like someone ordered a stick Dart from Dependable Dodge in Vero Beach, Fla. and I see DD are still in business. Wonder if they have records pre computer era. I just may give them a ring.


Off the original list (car list from Hurst),

An Automatic car went to Joe Weis, which was
delivered to Biscayne Dodge in Miami Beach.

A 4-Speed was purchased by Alan Carroli, which was picked up at the Hurst Facility.

And, a 4-Speed car was ordered by Dependable Dodge out of Vero Beach, but no name was logged on the order.

[Charlie A]

Too quiet on this thread. Over a month and no activity.
Don't know if this one has been here or not but, it's sort of a TTT bump as well.

From the '06 Barrett-Jackson:

1968 Hemi Dart. One of the few remaining original 1968 Hemi Dodge Darts, this is number 5 of 56 in
the Chrysler Registry. Formerly owned by Lou Mancini of Mancini Racing and the Chrysler
Corporation, this original was fitted with a 426 hemi engine and automatic transmission installed
by the Hurst Corporation. It is a true, unmolested and unrestored survivor with documented history.
It is capable of being street driven as evident by its Pennsylvania inspection sticker. It has
never been raced or altered. These cars have been deemed "the ultimate muscle car" and " the only
car worth selling your house for" by some. Final selling price including buyer's fee: $324,000.

[James L Miller]

Here are a couple of photos of a Dart once owned by Wayne Dokken of Clearwater, FL. It still has the 1970s psychedelic paint scheme. It looks like it might have run in MP at some point after the SS days.

[Liteweight]

Neat old war horse. Looks like it's wearing it's original front bumper too huh??? Do you know the current status of it??. Original stick or auto?? It probably had a stick in it durring it's MP days tho.


Here's a couple more of the mid 80's resto as Tim assembled mine

liteweight

[James L Miller]

I tried running the fender tag through some of the decoders I could find. They don't seem to know anything about an LO23 car, but it came through as a 383 car with an automatic. I don't know the pre-69 codes like the later ones. I don't want to post a photo of the fender tag as people tend not to publish the VIN. It looks like a legit VIN with a 999 paint code, although the VIN doesn't start with 297 like the ones I've seen of LO23 Darts. This starts with a 9. Is that a second run of Darts?

As far as I know, that is the current status sitting in a shop. I don't know the location, but was told it was central Florida somewhere. I asked if it was for sale, but didn't get a response from my Hemi connection. I would assume he would have inquired, so my guess is it's not for sale, or not cheap.

[marfen]

re the fender tag. not much to look for. has LO23 on lower LH corner. 999 paint code. 68 mopars do not have the rest of the vin on the fender tag. they have the body assembly number which starts with a 9. this number is found on the rad support. vins started showing up in 69 on the tag, rad support . Hemi a bodies, like all hemi cars, also have the torque boxes welded to the front leaf spring perch. These were on all of the convertibles and also on the big block dart and barracudas that year (which the lo23 and bo29 started as).

[mopar68]

Originally Posted by James L Miller

Here are a couple of photos of a Dart once owned by Wayne Dokken of Clearwater, FL. It still has the 1970s psychedelic paint scheme. It looks like it might have run in MP at some point after the SS days.

Here's another Wayne Dokken Dart unless that 1960s-style paint scheme was applied to the car after this circa 1974 shot which I doubt very much.



M68

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by Spyphish

Frank got the car from someone in Fla. mid eighties. Bought it because it had never been tubed etc. and had all the pieces. He is looking through some boxes in storage to get more info for that connection. This car was #50 of the 1st batch 56 Darts on Feb. 18th, 1968 and is a 4 speed. SO was it always in Fla??? Wish we knew! It looks like someone ordered a stick Dart from Dependable Dodge in Vero Beach, Fla. and I see DD are still in business. Wonder if they have records pre computer era. I just may give them a ring.


Off the original list (car list from Hurst),

An Automatic car went to Joe Weis, which was
delivered to Biscayne Dodge in Miami Beach.

A 4-Speed was purchased by Alan Carroli, which was picked up at the Hurst Facility.

And, a 4-Speed car was ordered by Dependable Dodge out of Vero Beach, but no name was logged on the order.

Would you happen to know the last six digits of the car from the Hurst list...also does it list any other L023 & B029 serial numbers.

[Hemi Moose]

That's a very cool paint job on this old '68 Hemi Dart...anyone else here know the owner/driver of the car from back then...