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06-01-2012, 01:57 PM | #1 |
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Mopars Little A Body Terrors...
Lets talk about Mopars little terrors, the 340 Duster, 340 Demon, 340/360 Dart Sport or the early 340/383/440 Dart & Barracudas, or any other small block or big block cars that they built around the A Body models...go ahead and post any photos or stories that you might have on anything from personal rides or race cars, to factory team cars...
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06-02-2012, 11:30 AM | #2 |
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Re: Mopars Little A Body Terrors...
Ed Hamburger's 340 Duster was a popular car back in the day...
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06-02-2012, 12:05 PM | #3 |
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Re: Mopars Little A Body Terrors...
Anyone here ever buy any parts from them...
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06-02-2012, 12:30 PM | #4 |
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Re: Mopars Little A Body Terrors...
Don't know why....just liked the Demon/Dart better.
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06-02-2012, 12:39 PM | #5 |
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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!
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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.
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06-02-2012, 10:58 PM | #7 |
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Re: Mopars Little A Body Terrors...
I worked with Ed for several years. Testing Cams, Torque Converters and building the TQ Carbs for the race cars. I raced a '71 Demon 340 (called "Demonstration") for many years in H/SA and then SS/KA. I ordered the car from the factory and still own the car. To this day it has only 15,003 miles on the original odometer. It has been sitting on jacks in the shop for about 24 years. Jim
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Re: Mopars Little A Body Terrors...
Right out of high school July 1971 got a 68 Dart GTS 340 automatic red - black top and interior with a black strip down the side. It had 47k miles when I got then when I traded it off in April of 73 it had 104K. Moved from Kansas City ( 7/72) to Denver. Many street races won with that car. A non posi 3.23, a real terror from 20 mph roll. Lots of good memories. Think I have one old Instamatic picture somewhere. I only replaced the water and power steering pumps and drove it hard.
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I ordered the car in 1971 from a dealer in Kissimmee Florida with everything but air conditioning. It is an original 340 car. Full power and an automatic with sure grip and a 3.91 axle. I paid $3165.00 out the door. My street car at the time was a '31`Model A 5 window coupe with a single 4 barrel HEMI. When my dad retired from the military in '67 he bought a Dodge dealership in Central Florida that came with a "'66 D Dart". I still have the first trophy I won in that car. Got to know Ed through racing the Demon. I was in Florida and he was in NJ, which worked out well. Anybody who knows Ed will understand what I mean. Nobody was building the TQ carbs and everyone other than some of the guys who had to run them hated them. I sort of enjoyed running the TQ when I street raced just to see the reaction of the guys I would beat when I opened the hood and they saw the TQ instead of a Holley sitting there. That was the beginning of Competition Carburetion. I built TQ's for Ed and most of the cars in his stable as well as his customers. Still building them to this day for my Volare' and a few other racers. Jim .
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