Original hemi dart information

[marfen]

Anyone know what the 68SS cars used for motor mount brackets and insulators? Thought they were street hemi parts.

[Paul Ceasrine]

If you had the right connections,,,,,,,you could order one from the Regional Zone Office and pick one up at the Hurst Facility.
Racers price $4208.

If not,,,, if your local Dodge dealer had the right connections,,,,,,your cost $5146.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Another one of the Sox & Martin BO29's,,,,,nice tail fin.

Yes,,,,,at US30 York Drag-O-Way, Pennsylvannia.
Prepping for the X/SS Heads-Up Event......July 1969.

Seems the factory-techs at Chrysler-Performance and Sox & Martin
were sharing secrets on 'tricks' that worked on the cars, without letting the rest of the
BO29 and LO23 racers in on 'the game'.

[hemitime]

2 bo29 cudas were sold new in Canada,1 4spd 1 auto ,both sold in Ontario.

[Paul Ceasrine]

The 1968 driver side ball-joint/lower control arm (straight unit).
This was the problematic unit installed on the early BO29 and LO23 Hemi
Super/Stock cars.
It was replaced by the angled-arm unit.

This straight unit did not allow for proper trajectory of the steering,
as the cars would tend to over-steer at high speeds.

The later cars were equipped with the newer units.
The angled control-arm/ball-joint units would slow the steering..

The early cars shipped out with the straight arms, were later shipped
the new angled units that were to be retro-fitted.

Not everyone replaced the straight arm units....

pc

[mopar68]

Castaldo's old car.



M68

[mopar68]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

The 1968 driver side ball-joint/lower control arm (straight unit).
This was the problematic unit installed on the early BO29 and LO23 Hemi
Super/Stock cars.
It was replaced by the angled-arm unit.

This straight unit did not allow for proper trajectory of the steering,
as the cars would tend to over-steer at high speeds.

The later cars were equipped with the newer units.
The early cars shipped out with the staright arms, were later shipped
with new angled units that were to be retro-fitted.

Not everyone replaced the straight arm units....

pc

That's odd, I didn't see your comments until I decided to respond to your post to ask if that photo was (presumably) a Hemi A-body lower ball joint and steering arm.

M68

P.S. Hey Paul, do you know about Colesy's new forum? http://www.colesy-juniorstockforum.com/forum/index.php

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by hemitime

2 bo29 cudas were sold new in Canada,1 4spd 1 auto ,both sold in Ontario.

Welcome aboard hemitime!!!!! Good to see another fellow Canuk join the ranks here. Feel free to add a few pix. & some of that vast untapped knowledge you have.. You'll be a welcome voice & addittion to this thread.

Thanx
liteweight

ps wonder what ever became of those 2 Canadian BO cars?

[Paul Ceasrine]

Bill Flynn's 'Yankee Peddler'
Early 1969 photo,,,,,,as the car has the 1969 GTS split-stripe across the rear quarter panel and
trunk deck-lid.

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Bill Flynn's 'Yankee Peddler'
Early 1969 photo,,,,,,as the car has the 1969 GTS split-stripe across the rear quarter panel and
trunk deck-lid.

Also has a 69 grill in it & can't make out if it has the 68 rear marker lights filled in but looks like it. Mods must been done to appease Ma Mopar in keeping with the current model year.

liteweight