Original hemi dart information

[Paul Ceasrine]

Daryl,

I have photo's from inside the Hurst facility,,,,,,a whole pallet stacked with
the Corning .080" thin-glass,,,,,,,
Of course, later it was discovered to be missing,,,,,,,,,

In the meantime,,,,,one of the Sox & Martin SS/B Barracuda's at Indy.
This one with the '426 Hemi' lettered on the center grille, and striped roof.
This car ended up with Sam Panutty, and later Jack Arnew.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Daryl or Mark J.
The 'Go Hummer' car in 1969.
Definitely 'not' Mary Ann Foss driving.
Pete Frech Jr. took over possession.
Mary Ann Foss' name removed from the door panel.

In 1969, Chrysler Racing cut back big time in racing sponsorship
money,,,,,,,,exit Mary Ann Foss and Shirley Shahan.

[Paul Ceasrine]

The red Hemi Barracuda, photo from a 1970 Meet
Phil Bailey 'Tinker Toy',
Champaign, Illinois

[Paul Ceasrine]

HM,

Jerry McClure was the original owner of 'Scootin Cuda'
SS/B, 4-speed car, out of Greenville, Mississippi.

Later sold to Paul Lance out of Madisonville, Kentucky.

pc

[pauldilcher]

PAUL , How about a picture of Bobby Brown`s Hemi out of Pa. area . Engine by Lee Crupi . Thanks

[Paul Ceasrine]

Not sure if anyone knows this,,,
but NHRA didn't certify the 68' Hemi Darts and
Hemi Barracuda's into the SS/B or SS/BA class, until one-week before the 1968 NHRA Springnationals in June 1968.

Chrysler had to submit a list of 50 owners names to both the Dart and Barracuda, to qualify for the cars for legal Super Stock.
No 'hanky-panky' stuff...

So, NHRA did have a list of the first 50 owners of the Hemi Dart and
Hemi Barracuda, to verify.

The NHRA must have been amazed, when 35 of these cars showed
up at the 68' Springnationals @ Englishtown.

pc

[Born2late]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Not sure if anyone knows this,,,
but NHRA didn't certify the 68' Hemi Darts and
Hemi Barracuda's into the SS/B or SS/BA class, until one-week before the 1968 NHRA Springnationals in June 1968.

Chrysler had to submit a list of 50 owners names to both the Dart and Barracuda, to qualify for the cars for legal Super Stock.
No 'hanky-panky' stuff...

So, NHRA did have a list of the first 50 owners of the Hemi Dart and
Hemi Barracuda, to verify.

The NHRA must have been amazed, when 35 of these cars showed
up at the 68' Springnationals @ Englishtown.

pc

Paul, I've been reading this blog for years and finally joined because I want to ask about the 35 Hemi Darts and Cudas that showed up at E-town for the 68 NHRA Springnationals. I can name 15 of them. I'm curious if you or anybody else reading this can name the other 20. I sat down and listed as follows: Sox & Martin, Don Grotheer, Arlen Vanke, Bill Stiles, Ed Miller, Chuck Ostrich, Nelson Stoltz, John Hagen, Harold Dutton, Dick Landy, Bill Flynn, Larry Cooper, Mary Ann Foss, Bob Ramstrom and Paul Richardson's cars.

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

HM,

Jerry McClure was the original owner of 'Scootin Cuda'
SS/B, 4-speed car, out of Greenville, Mississippi.

pc

Yes that is the other B029 68 Hemi Barracuda I remember seeing in Sox & Martin's shop...any idea who's other 68 Hemi Barracuda that is...perhaps the old Dave Wren car.

[Paul Ceasrine]

HM,

The photo of the Barracuda in the Sox & Martin shop.
Do not think it was Dave Wren's orange Barracuda.

[mike koester 66 nova]

checking out the picture of sox and martins shop, would be interesting
to know the year this picture was taken. check out jerry mclure's cuda.
looks to be wily cosseys cuda, at least the paint schemes are the same.
fisher and christie raced with cossey in 1969, before moving east to work for sox and martin. i guess the question is, is it the same car, and who had it first. also the other cuda in primer paint seems to have the letter g covered up on the door.