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Liteweight · 07-17-2011, 11:58 AM

These pixs are of Castaldo's auto car also. Note the color change. He sold the car to Ralph Costello who campaigned the car breifly & changed the color scheme again. The last picture is of the same car in it's present state. Note the quarters have been changed to standard Dart openings. I have seen this car & spoke with the current owner & verified some of the mods that were on the car previous to his ownership that match the Castaldo Auto car. Mark J. has also verified this as the same car.
So, as far as the Vignonia ownership of THIS car, with the change of colors etc, I highly doubt it was in his barn.
Also, again when I spoke with Charlie Licata, Castaldo's crew member verified that he only owned 2 Hemi Darts. On was crashed, the other converted & is on the right coast today. I can't explain why he remembers a car with red & silver, & Castaldo's name on the doors, but my car is not any of Castaldo's cars.

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07-17-2011, 11:58 AM	#829
Liteweight VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,280 Likes: 23 Liked 31 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information These pixs are of Castaldo's auto car also. Note the color change. He sold the car to Ralph Costello who campaigned the car breifly & changed the color scheme again. The last picture is of the same car in it's present state. Note the quarters have been changed to standard Dart openings. I have seen this car & spoke with the current owner & verified some of the mods that were on the car previous to his ownership that match the Castaldo Auto car. Mark J. has also verified this as the same car. So, as far as the Vignonia ownership of THIS car, with the change of colors etc, I highly doubt it was in his barn. Also, again when I spoke with Charlie Licata, Castaldo's crew member verified that he only owned 2 Hemi Darts. On was crashed, the other converted & is on the right coast today. I can't explain why he remembers a car with red & silver, & Castaldo's name on the doors, but my car is not any of Castaldo's cars. liteweight Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Liteweight; 07-17-2011 at 12:07 PM.