Original hemi dart information

Liteweight · 02-11-2018, 10:40 PM

Been an interesting day. Came across this one. At first I thought it was a clone car till I looked at the display stand in the second picture.LO23M8B297899
There's a few things that I found interesting in this post that came up. Time span of this was a Wisconsin Car show Aug.1991\
. Also when you read the display sign the owner of the car lists it as 1 of 80. This is interesting because it validates the owner knows the amount of cars built. ALOT of people think even today there were only 50 built. Even owners of these cars are of that belief today. To know there were 80 back in 1991, the owner was educated in these things.
Just by chance a fellow who was parked beside this Dart showing his car, at this show by the name of Scott Buckley, started making replies on this thread about that show,that Dart, and its owner Clinton Johnson Jr.. Apparently Clinton did a lot of street racing with this car up in Chicago. I asked Scott to stop by and share some of those stories here. Sounds like those conversations were very interesting.
I asked Scott if he knew what happened with this car after. He replied that he never heard anything of it or the owner after that show in 1987.
Now, if you look at the last picture on this post you will find a list of winners for that particular show. Scott won 1st place with his 69 cuda while Clinton with the Hemi Dart won 2nd.
Now if you go to the next post below you will find the Trophy that Scott won at that show in 1991. The one with that Ole Red Dart of Tim Hennessey from a picture at Mopar Nats in 87 on the front of that trophy.

Does anyone recognize this orange Dart. Mark Janaky or Dell Jones?? Is this a real one or is another one I'm thinking it might be that showed up at a race track in Ohio around that time. If so what car these numbers come from?

liteweight

68hemiss · 02-11-2018, 11:27 PM

Daryl,
Its real, I have spoken to Clinton
Mark Janaky
1968 Hemi S/S Registry

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Originally Posted by Liteweight

Been an interesting day. Came across this one. At first I thought it was a clone car till I looked at the display stand in the second picture.LO23M8B297888
There's a few things that I found interesting in this post that came up. Time span of this was a Wisconsin Car show Aug.1991\
. Also when you read the display sign the owner of the car lists it as 1 of 80. This is interesting because it validates the owner knows the amount of cars built. ALOT of people think even today there were only 50 built. Even owners of these cars are of that belief today. To know there were 80 back in 1987, the owner was educated in these things.
Just by chance a fellow who was parked beside this Dart showing his car, at this show by the name of Scott Buckley, started making replies on this thread about that show,that Dart, and its owner Clinton Johnson Jr.. Apparently Clinton did a lot of street racing with this car up in Chicago. I asked Scott to stop by and share some of those stories here. Sounds like those conversations were very interesting.
I asked Scott if he knew what happened with this car after. He replied that he never heard anything of it or the owner after that show in 1987.
Now, if you look at the last picture on this post you will find a list of winners for that particular show. Scott won 1st place with his 69 cuda while Clinton with the Hemi Dart won 2nd.
Now if you go to the next post below you will find the Trophy that Scott won at that show in 1987. The one with that Ole Red Dart of Tim Hennessey from a picture at Mopar Nats in 87 on the front of that trophy.

Does anyone recognize this orange Dart. Mark Janaky or Dell Jones?? Is this a real one or is another one I'm thinking it might be that showed up at a race track in Ohio around that time. If so what car these numbers come from?

liteweight

HEMIDARTDAVE · 02-12-2018, 01:22 AM

That display sign looks just like the one for the Hemi Dart I saw at New England Dragway 2 or 3 years ago, although it may be a different car. I have more pics on my PC up north. I talked to the couple that own it. When I get back home, I'll have to look for the pics, and I thought I or someone else posted a pic of it on this thread.

marfen · 02-12-2018, 01:32 AM

the vin on the sign is 297899

marfen · 02-12-2018, 01:38 AM

thanks for bringing those Facebook finds over to this forum and this record setting thread…for us non face bookers who aren't very social media savvy.

Liteweight · 02-12-2018, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by marfen

the vin on the sign is 297899

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So it is. Fat finger small phone screen syndrome . Thanks Marfen. Its been corrected

liteweight

Liteweight · 02-12-2018, 11:58 AM

Pictures deleted due to non compliance

Here's the next set. After dissecting these for whatever I can find this is what I have
come up with. Always open to new set of eyes that may see something I"m missing.
- I am seeing 4 Darts in this pic. The one closest must be very near to completion since it has the Super Stock trunk mounted battery in it now ..
-Trunk floor and lid are now painted black.
-The car jacked still has its steel front fenders on it and the ]

-This pic shows what looks to be an automatic car with a 8 3/4 in it. IHard to really tell the width of it but if I were a gambling man it looks the B Body width.
]

Pictures supplied by Bob Buntin, shared through Tim Hennessey and clarified by Robin McQueen

4mopower · 02-14-2018, 07:43 PM

Does anyone recognize this orange Dart. Mark Janaky or Dell Jones?? Is this a real one or is another one I'm thinking it might be that showed up at a race track in Ohio around that time. If so what car these numbers come from?

liteweight

[/QUOTE]

I posted some info on this car awhile back, but can't find the post.
I remember the owner of the car tell me he did some match races against Dick Landy back in the day.

The first pic above is from the same show i was at in Lockport, Illinois.
The second pic is later at a different location?

rhinodaert · 02-16-2018, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4mopower

Does anyone recognize this orange Dart. Mark Janaky or Dell Jones?? Is this a real one or is another one I'm thinking it might be that showed up at a race track in Ohio around that time. If so what car these numbers come from?

liteweight

I posted some info on this car awhile back, but can't find the post.
I remember the owner of the car tell me he did some match races against Dick Landy back in the day.

The first pic above is from the same show i was at in Lockport, Illinois.
The second pic is later at a different location?[/QUOTE]

I remember that show too. I lost out to Bob, Butch, and Al with my 69 Dart GTS 383 4-speed car that I still have today. Those were some great shows!

mopar68 · 02-20-2018, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by 4mopower

Does anyone recognize this orange Dart. Mark Janaky or Dell Jones?? Is this a real one or is another one I'm thinking it might be that showed up at a race track in Ohio around that time. If so what car these numbers come from?

liteweight

$5,495.00 in 1968 in 2018 dollars equals $39,593.87 --not really that expensive of a car in today's world.

Pete

02-11-2018, 10:40 PM	#1
Liteweight VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,280 Likes: 23 Liked 31 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information Been an interesting day. Came across this one. At first I thought it was a clone car till I looked at the display stand in the second picture.LO23M8B297899 There's a few things that I found interesting in this post that came up. Time span of this was a Wisconsin Car show Aug.1991\ . Also when you read the display sign the owner of the car lists it as 1 of 80. This is interesting because it validates the owner knows the amount of cars built. ALOT of people think even today there were only 50 built. Even owners of these cars are of that belief today. To know there were 80 back in 1991, the owner was educated in these things. Just by chance a fellow who was parked beside this Dart showing his car, at this show by the name of Scott Buckley, started making replies on this thread about that show,that Dart, and its owner Clinton Johnson Jr.. Apparently Clinton did a lot of street racing with this car up in Chicago. I asked Scott to stop by and share some of those stories here. Sounds like those conversations were very interesting. I asked Scott if he knew what happened with this car after. He replied that he never heard anything of it or the owner after that show in 1987. Now, if you look at the last picture on this post you will find a list of winners for that particular show. Scott won 1st place with his 69 cuda while Clinton with the Hemi Dart won 2nd. Now if you go to the next post below you will find the Trophy that Scott won at that show in 1991. The one with that Ole Red Dart of Tim Hennessey from a picture at Mopar Nats in 87 on the front of that trophy. Does anyone recognize this orange Dart. Mark Janaky or Dell Jones?? Is this a real one or is another one I'm thinking it might be that showed up at a race track in Ohio around that time. If so what car these numbers come from? liteweight Last edited by Liteweight; 02-12-2018 at 11:13 AM.

02-12-2018, 01:22 AM	#3
HEMIDARTDAVE Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 260 Likes: 5 Liked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information That display sign looks just like the one for the Hemi Dart I saw at New England Dragway 2 or 3 years ago, although it may be a different car. I have more pics on my PC up north. I talked to the couple that own it. When I get back home, I'll have to look for the pics, and I thought I or someone else posted a pic of it on this thread.

02-12-2018, 01:32 AM	#4
marfen Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 208 Likes: 0 Liked 16 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information the vin on the sign is 297899

02-12-2018, 01:38 AM	#5
marfen Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 208 Likes: 0 Liked 16 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information thanks for bringing those Facebook finds over to this forum and this record setting thread…for us non face bookers who aren't very social media savvy.

02-12-2018, 11:58 AM	#7
Liteweight VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,280 Likes: 23 Liked 31 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information Pictures deleted due to non compliance Here's the next set. After dissecting these for whatever I can find this is what I have come up with. Always open to new set of eyes that may see something I"m missing. - I am seeing 4 Darts in this pic. The one closest must be very near to completion since it has the Super Stock trunk mounted battery in it now .. -Trunk floor and lid are now painted black. -The car jacked still has its steel front fenders on it and the ] -This pic shows what looks to be an automatic car with a 8 3/4 in it. IHard to really tell the width of it but if I were a gambling man it looks the B Body width. ] Pictures supplied by Bob Buntin, shared through Tim Hennessey and clarified by Robin McQueen Last edited by Liteweight; 02-18-2018 at 01:23 AM.

02-14-2018, 07:43 PM	#8
4mopower Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 4 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information Does anyone recognize this orange Dart. Mark Janaky or Dell Jones?? Is this a real one or is another one I'm thinking it might be that showed up at a race track in Ohio around that time. If so what car these numbers come from? liteweight [/QUOTE] I posted some info on this car awhile back, but can't find the post. I remember the owner of the car tell me he did some match races against Dick Landy back in the day. The first pic above is from the same show i was at in Lockport, Illinois. The second pic is later at a different location?