Original hemi dart information

[ww63]

Originally Posted by Frank Castros

Paul & Moose,

I'm sure this has been previously posted on this thread.
What's the history of Chuck Ostrich's gorgeous BO29?

The Ostrich car is back home in Iowa

[Paul Ceasrine]

Lets try to figure out something here;

Dave Wren
SS/BA
Purple-blue; Code EE1, Midnight Blue Poly (1968 Color and Lettering scheme)
Photo from May/June 1968



Dave Wren,,,1969 Winternationals,
Orange; Code K2, Vitamin C Orange (1969 Color and paint scheme)



Orange fender (1969 Car was re-painted Vitamin C Orange)



Hood with Barracuda lettered on front (1969 Color)

[Denny Dormaier]

This is a great thread. I'm not sure if this car was discussed in an earlier posting. This is DeFrank & Cohen's Barracuda. Does anyone know the background of the Barracuda? Is it a BO29 car? Where is it now? The picture was taken sometime in the late 80's at the Finals in Pomona. They also had a '64 Dodge at that event. It looks like Rick Johnson's car.

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by Denny Dormaier

This is a great thread. I'm not sure if this car was discussed in an earlier posting. This is DeFrank & Cohen's Barracuda. Does anyone know the background of the Barracuda? Is it a BO29 car? Where is it now? The picture was taken sometime in the late 80's at the Finals in Pomona. They also had a '64 Dodge at that event. It looks like Rick Johnson's car.

I believe DeFrank & Cohen ran several cars over the years, now trying to find out who's they were originally, well that's a different story...think they even ran a '68 Hemi Dart as well at one time.

[mopar68]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

I believe DeFrank & Cohen ran several cars over the years, now trying to find out who's they were originally, well that's a different story...think they even ran a '68 Hemi Dart as well at one time.

You're correct, they did. I remember seeing it For Sale in one of the mid-1970s National Dragster issues. Let me see if I can find it...ah, here it goes:



M68

[Hemi Moose]

I just called the number in the ad and offered them 4 times what they were asking for it...but they said it was sold already! Anyone know any more info on this L023 Hemi Dart, or who's car it was originally.

Originally Posted by mopar68

You're correct, they did. I remember seeing it For Sale in one of the mid-1970s National Dragster issues. Let me see if I can find it...ah, here it goes:



M68

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by mopar68

You're correct, they did. I remember seeing it For Sale in one of the mid-1970s National Dragster issues. Let me see if I can find it...ah, here it goes:



M68

Wonder if it's a LO car & where it is today.
Notice the front markers???

liteweight

[Hemi Moose]

I had a chance to buy this L023 when Donnie Chapman still owned it...and it looks like the front marker lights are still in place on the DeFrank & Cohen ex-Red Light Bandit car.

Originally Posted by mopar68

M68

[a990hemi]

Originally Posted by Denny Dormaier

This is a great thread. I'm not sure if this car was discussed in an earlier posting. This is DeFrank & Cohen's Barracuda. Does anyone know the background of the Barracuda? Is it a BO29 car? Where is it now? The picture was taken sometime in the late 80's at the Finals in Pomona. They also had a '64 Dodge at that event. It looks like Rick Johnson's car.

I seem to recall the yellow / red / black Defrank & Cohen Barracuda being for sale by Eddie Smith at the '91 Mopar Nationals in Columbus, Ohio. Eddie had 3 class legal SS/AA cars there that weekend. The DeFrank & Cohen car had recently undergone an update and cosmetic restoration and it was flawlessly detailed. I'll try to scan some pics of all the SS/AA cars that were present ath the Mopar Nationals that summer and post them here. Back when SS leaf springs and ladder bars made for nosebleed wheelies in that class.

[Liteweight]

Welcome aboard A990. Good to see we've collected some new blood
Eddie Smith was always known for having state of the art cars in competition.

It would be great if you would share those pix here from the era when these cars still had some resemblance of a factory available car.
When you look at the technology that's built into todays competitive SS/AH cars it's a long way away from it's roots.
I wouldn't want to even TRY to bring back a current car to pre 1970 status.
The original cars that are still in competition today will most likely always be upgraded to current competitive updates because there's just not enough left of the original to be financially feasible to return them back to leaf springs etc.
Don't get me wrong, it's great to see guys are still pounding on these old war horses.They are doing exactly what they were originally built for.
But, I am missing those "nose bleed" wheel stands that they were most famous for. Now they leave like a pro stock car.

liteweight