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calm down your hitting the chip again!

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Daryl,
You asked if I could share some of my stories of my time at Town*+ Country Dodge when Bob and Tim owned, wrenched, and raced the "Wild Fire" Hemi Dart. I have been considering what to say but with your permission I will go slightly off topic. Since this is the 42nd aniv. of the first moon landing I have been thinking of that evening 42 years ago. I was watching history being made via tv "one giant leap for mankind", when the phone rang. My friend Chuck was calling from a pay phone along Woodward Ave., he had blown his clutch disk while street racing and he wanted a tow back to his home in Southfield. I had to quit watching tv and another friend and I went and retrieved him and his broken car. So whenever I am reminded about the moon landing I am reminded how sometimes cars can be a pain and yet they can provide a framework for memories and events and people that would otherwise be forgotten. More (on the official topic) later.

Jim Shiels

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Thanx Jim

Nothing like a good ol story to get things back in focus again. Your a very wise man
Cool story!!!!!
Looking forward to more of your input.


liteweight

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[QUOTE=Hemi Moose;270318]Calling Jack Arnew, has anyone contacted you lately about that black 68 Hemi Dart that you said you bought out of NY years ago that was posted earlier on here. If so can you tell that story again, because it would be very interesting to here it again and maybe you might recall a few more details about the car.

Do you remember what the 68 Hemi Dart looked like, was it the one in the black & white picture I posted a few pages back, #1031. And do you remember if there was any lettering on the car, or did it have Keystone Classic mag wheels on it, or did it have something else on it. Anything else that you can remember about the cars condition as well when you bought it?
HM
About the Dart I purchased somewere around 1975. The car was bought from a people who owned the thing or had bought it from someone who had it in a body shop that burned. Owner or owners were black and I picked the Dart up at a garage in Hampsted Ny.
Nice place, was told to get the car and be out of town before dark. Also if the traffic light at the botton of the hill was red too run it, do not stop at the intersection.
Dart was white . Fenders and hood were burned, but not to the point that they had to be replaced. Can't remember any lettering.Had body paint removed as soon as we got it home.Relocated rear subframes inboard 3 inches each side for clearence.
At that time someone made an offer that was too good to pass up so I sold it. Another great move on my part. If I had all the racecar I had ownedand sold I would be very well off, but thats another story.
Sorry no record of who I sold to.

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On a lighter note,

January 15, 1968

Chrysler Press Release,

Chrysler Performance and Dodge have announced today with plans to go forth with a special drag race car program.

On February 18, Dodge will be building '60' special performance
drag race cars for the NHRA Super/Stock class.
These cars will designated for the SS/B or SS/BA class.
Chrysler has petitioned the NHRA to class these cars in the top class of SS/A or SS/AA , but the NHRA has reserved the top class for the
possibility of another manufacturer building an even lighter and higher horsepowered car.

The Darts, will be designated in the weight class and horsepower rating of 6.00 to 6.99 weight-to-horsepower.
These specially built cars will carry approximately 3000 lbs,. and
will be powered by a special 500 horsepower Race Hemi engine.

Specifics of the engine have not been revealed.

Currently, the '60' proposed cars will be available in both a race
automatic transmission or a special manual 4-speed.

At the moment, '35' cars will carry the special automatic transmission
with a race-ready 2600 RPM stall torque-converter.

The other '25', will be equipped with a Hurst 4-speed shifter, and
modified manual transmission, with the removal of the syncronizers,
for speed shifting.

All cars will have lightened body parts, to reach the lowest possible
weight, which includes fiberglass front fenders and hood, and thin-steel doors.

Included will be special .080" thickness lightweight side glass panels.
Corning Glass Corp, of Corning, New York will supply '60' sets of single-layer
thin glass,,,,,

Currently on board,,,the Chrysler Performance/Dodge Race Team
includes veterans Bill Flynn, Dick Landy, Gene Snow and Shirley Shahan.
These racers will be getting their cars first, to perform advance testing.

Bill Fynn from the northeast, Dick Landy and Shirley 'Drag-On-Lady'
from the west coast, and Gene Snow from the south, will help cover the
corners of the NHRA sanctioned tracks.
A list of current Super/Stock and former A/FX drivers has been compiled, in an attempt to get the best possible drivers for these
race-ready Hemi cars.

Times are expected to be in the 10.80 range, with speeds up to
130 MPH.

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That's awesome Paul.

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http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/3775/89483704.jpg
(Jonathon Russell photo)

M68

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Any idea who this is?

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/1454/playthingb.jpg
(Jonathon Russell photo)

M68

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I'm sure it's old news to the experts here, but I remember Plymouth providing a similar release on the Barracudas.

I bought a 273/235 notchback in 1967 and there was a card attached to the owner's manual soliciting membership in the National Barracuda Owners Club. Being young and impressionable, I sent off my money mostly to get the decal they promised.

After too many household moves it's long gone, but I strongly remember a newsletter from them explaining about the B029 cars, their specs, price, and what to do to get further info. Unfortunately at that time the car could have been $50 and I couldn't have afforded it.

I've lost or thrown away lots of interesting stuff over the years, but that piece of paper is one I wish I'd been smart enough to save.