Whither 1966 D Darts for Stock

[bill dedman]

Jeff,

I got that information from an individual who is in a unique position to know. It may not be in the blueprint specs yet (I haven't looked today), but I imagine it will be soon. I don't know which manifold it is; I was told only that it is indeed aluminum, and has both Mopar and Edelbrock identification on it, along with a Chrysler part number. Sorry; that's all the info I have except that it's now on a currently-active 235hp K/SA car.

Bill

[John Kelley]

Originally Posted by bill dedman

Jeff,
I got that information from an individual who is in a unique position to know. I was told only that it is indeed aluminum, and has both Mopar and Edelbrock identification on it, along with a Chrysler part number. Sorry; that's all the info I have except that it's now on a currently-active 235hp K/SA car.
Bill

I'll bet $10 that I can figure out who told you ???? WANNA BET ???

[Jeff Lee]

If I had my Nitro stats I could too! Probably the only K/SA 273 there is.
Bill, I sent you a PM.

Thanks,
Jeff Lee

[John Kelley]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

If I had my Nitro stats I could too! Probably the only K/SA 273 there is.
Bill, I sent you a PM.
Thanks,
Jeff Lee

With Nitro Stats you couldn't figure out who told Bill about the manifold ! :-)

I'll narrow it down to who I think gave Bill the info. He at one time raced a dragster out of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Can't be that many !! :-)

[bill dedman]

Hmmmm....

Jim McClanahan???
"Terrible" Ted Gotelli???
Andrew Lee????
"Cheatin' " Chico Breschini"????

So many racers..... so many years....

[treessavoy]

There is a D/dart for sale in the Mecum Auction.

It will be auctioned off on the 16th of May in Indy, there is a picture of ti on page 393 in the new Hemming's. A white GT with no hubcaps, the car is from the Ellis Collection (?)

If someone would go and buy it for me, I'll be your best friend!

Tree

[Jeff Lee]

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...D=SC0509-80169

Get your bidders card ready! Just can't imagine these sell for a lot of money. Restoration wasn't to the "nth" degree but with so few built, it's a sellers market; as long as there are buyers.

[ddartdude]

Originally Posted by treessavoy

There is a D/dart for sale in the Mecum Auction.

It will be auctioned off on the 16th of May in Indy, there is a picture of ti on page 393 in the new Hemming's. A white GT with no hubcaps, the car is from the Ellis Collection (?)

If someone would go and buy it for me, I'll be your best friend!

Tree

HeyTree,
Believe it or not, that was the first D/Dart that I bought. Found it in the Nov. 1998 issue of Hemmings Motor News -- Pg 8759. A couple of us guys at the Chrysler Tech Center up in Auburn Hills, Mich had chipped in and bought a subscription to the publication and opted for the Priority Mail. It paid off for me. It was a mess when I got it and I was just going to make it a driver. That's why it has the incorrect engine in it now. I sold it 2 years ago to a guy that paid me what I wanted for it - unrestored. I talked emailed him a week or so ago about the car and he told me that Richard Ellis has the correct engine for it.

I bought Ted Spehar's old D/Dart back in Oct. 2002 -- 2 months before I retired from Chrysler. Al Adam called me up while I was working in the lab and asked me if I was interested in buying the car. I already had one D/Dart......what was I going to do with a second one? We were going to be moving down to Florida in a couple of months, our new home (and my garage) weren't done yet, we hadn't sold our house in Michigan yet, and "The Politician" is offered to me. I asked "The Wife" and she said that I had to buy it. She knew what a rare car it was. So I had two of them and a 1964 Belvedere that I was restoring that I had to ship to Florida.

So Tree, if your ever down on the Treasure Coast, let me know, I'll get Ted's car out of "The Wife's" garage and let you oogle it.
Alan