Original hemi dart information

[mopar68]

Daryl,

On the quarter panel of Charlie's Challenger it reads:

Competition & Sports Cars Ltd
Greenwich, Conn.



I did a Google search and came up with the following address:

Name:Competition & Sports Cars Ltd
Address:355 W Putnam Ave
City:Greenwich
Zip:6830
State:CT
Phone:(203) 661-1725
Fax:(203) 869-2707

Maybe someone there knows something. It's worth a shot.

Pete

[Paul Ceasrine]

Never saw Charlie with '3' Cars at the Track.

In 1970,

Charlie was running the 1970 Challenger '426 Hemi' in SS/DA.

That was the 'primary' Race Car from 1970 thru 1972.

[mopar68]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Never saw Charlie with '3' Cars at the Track.

In 1970,

Charlie was running the 1970 Challenger '426 Hemi' in SS/DA.

The 1968 LO23 Dart {2nd Dart} that he bought from Tim Crutchfield
{Palmer Dodge} was run in SS/AA.

In 1971,

The LO23 Dart was run in A/MP, and was also entered into Pro/Stock
with a 'Clutch-Flite' and 1969 trim.

Was that Dart ever found?

Pete

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by mopar68

Was that Dart ever found?

Pete

The different transformations of Charlie Castaldo's Auto DArt












Current in NY

[Paul Ceasrine]

Charlie Castaldo

Campaigned 'primarily' the 1970 Challenger '426 Hemi' in SS/DA in
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972

The Challenger was a very successful car.

There was 'talk' of Charlie campaigning a 1971 Demon in Pro/Stock
for 1971, but he never did.

Charlie made his first 'true' Pro/Stock ventures in 1973.

[beekool]

daryl, i'm sure you thought of this. but WHO exactly did all the paint and letting for C.C. in 66 1 guys swears he lettered the car i own but the original owner says other wise!

[Frank Castros]

It was originally a Dodge and BMW dealer on Mason Street in Greenwich and eventually became exclusively a BMW dealership on West Putnam Avenue.

Originally Posted by mopar68

Daryl,

On the quarter panel of Charlie's Challenger it reads:

Competition & Sports Cars Ltd
Greenwich, Conn.



I did a Google search and came up with the following address:

Name:Competition & Sports Cars Ltd
Address:355 W Putnam Ave
City:Greenwich
Zip:6830
State:CT
Phone:(203) 661-1725
Fax:(203) 869-2707

Maybe someone there knows something. It's worth a shot.

Pete

[Paul Ceasrine]

1970

At the start of the year, Charlie ran the 1968 LO23 Hemi Dart in SS/AA.

By April, he was running his 'new' 1970 Challenger '426 Hemi' in SS/DA.

Charlie also did run the 1968 LO23 Hemi Dart in SS/AA, but at the
end of the year he did enter the Dart in Pro/Stock for a few go's before closing out the 1970 season.
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1971

Charlie was back campaigning the 1970 Challenger in SS/DA.

He also ran the 1968 LO23 Hemi Dart in A/MP.

They also installed a 'Clutch-Flite' in the Dart, but quickly abandoned that idea.

By May 1971, the car was raced with a 'For Sale' sign in the rear
side windows.

Charlie was 'under-the-gun' by the Factory {Regional Office} to run a
Pro/Stock car for 1971.

[hemid68]

I guess I didn't know as much as I thought about the Hahnenkamp and Tite Dart-imagine that! Bret has forgot more about drag racing in the St. Louis area than I ever knew, and evidently Paul knows something about this Dart. I do know that when I looked at it, during my college years (and NO I wasn't under the influence of anything-it's just old age now!), it came with hemi parts (like maybe a short block), and when Schneider and England ran it, as the Music Room (Rich Hahnenkamp's dance hall) car, it did have a Hemi in it, and then it went to Dale Baker.
Bret, if you have a picture of the Music Room car, or anybody else, it would be kind of neat to see it on here. I know they ran a lot at I-55 in Pevely, MO.
Sorry for any mistaken memories of a teenager.
Dan

[hemiman4262003]

is this what you was looking for hemid68