Original hemi dart information

[Charlie A]

Original owner Hemi Dart !!!!!

Now that, is cool.

[hemid68]

Has anybody posted any pictures of the Musgrave & Sullivan Wayne County Speed Shop Hemi Dart? I'm not even sure it was an "original" Hemi Dart, ( I'm sure Mark J knows) because when I used to see it run at Coles County Dragway, I believe it was running Modified Production (late 60's early 70's). It was a big part of the reason my Dart has red wheels. I used to see there black Dart with gold wheels, and thought that was "cool", but I liked red better, so I used it.

Coles County was a little 1/8 mile out in the middle of no-where Illinois basically, but a lot of Hemi cars ran there. Besides seeing Wayne County's Dart, Lloyd McVey's Invader ran there a lot, Billy Fritz ran a '68 Hemi Cuda there a lot, plus all the other Hemi cars around there.

As far as I know, it is still in operation. A funny side note, I wasn't old enough to drive, so a time or two, I rode over there, from Terre Haute, IN, in an original '68 Hemi GTX, that my friend Chris Sanders raced, and still races.
Anyway, enough story telling for now!!
Dan

[Liteweight]

Hey Dan
Thanx for sharing. Keep it coming bud.

If I remember correctly this is the old Wayne County car. Notice the drooped front fenders from when it was running Pro stock. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. It's been known to happen on occasion

liteweight

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by Liteweight

Hey Dan
Thanx for sharing. Keep it coming bud.

If I remember correctly this is the old Wayne County car. Notice the drooped front fenders from when it was running Pro stock. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. It's been known to happen on occasion

liteweight

Also notice how the headlight doors/grille are sitting on the bumper. You can see the diffrerence comparing it to the yellow one next to it. 60's/70's aerodynamics !

[hemid68]

That is probably correct. I think that Joe Holmes, in Carbondale, IL (who I bought my car from, setting in his "junkyard"), had that car at one time. I actually got chewed out by Joe, because he didn't recognize me, when I went in there a couple of years after I got my car from him, and he thought I was going to lean on the acid dipped doors! I wasn't going to, but when I got close, he started growling!!! That was Joe.

Joe was friends with Jim Van Zee, and I think that the car went to
Van Zee in Iowa, if I remember correctly, isn't "Fast Eddie" from Iowa also, and it says Van Zee on the quarter .

Anyway, if anybody has any pictures of the car when it was Wayne County Speed Shop, with the gold Fenton Gyro wheels, I'd like to see them, for old times sake. If they are already on this thread, and somebody knows where they are, just let me know, and it will save somebody doubling up.
Thanks,
Dan

[Charlie A]

No Fentons but here's the car:

[hemid68]

Charlie Thanks!!!

I did see the Dart run with the Super Tricks on it, but the gold Fenton's, with the black paint on the car, left the impression!!

Being loud and pulling big wheelies didn't hurt either!!

Thanks again,
Dan

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by Charlie A

Original owner Hemi Dart !!!!!

Now that, is cool.

I have to agree. How many original owner LO & BO cars are there left?? Post away gents .

This is one. Chuck Comella
This is the paint scheme he had in the 90's





He lost his brakes & put the car into the safety net @ the Dutch Classic last year. It didn't have the original fiberglass nose on it & I hear it's repaired ready for battle once again.

liteweight

[Liteweight]

kinda off topic, but kinda neat. Local artist up here Don Berthman aka 'donut'

liteweight

[Dennis P Chapman]

Originally Posted by Liteweight

I have to agree. How many original owner LO & BO cars are there left?? Post away gents .

This is one. Chuck Comella
This is the paint scheme he had in the 90's





He lost his brakes & put the car into the safety net @ the Dutch Classic last year. It didn't have the original fiberglass nose on it & I hear it's repaired ready for battle once again.

liteweight

I was there looked even worse in person.