Original hemi dart information

[davezinn]

I know some may not agree but I think the Larry Griffith Dart looked better when it was black and with the Keystone's on it..............

[Charlie A]

Still MIA to my understanding:



Below:

This is the only Yankee Peddler I have seen pics of that says "Church's Motors" and not County Dodge.

Also note the Deb's Autpmotive on the door. Any signifigance to any of that?

[marfen]

Originally Posted by bob george

John sold two Darts to KC,the Weakly car and a white Dart we got from Nova Scotia.

the white dart from NS is our Gene's Speedshop dart.

[ddartdude]

The Speedwin Automotive Engineering car in March of 2006. Photos taken at the Florida Mopar Nationals.

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by ddartdude

The Speedwin Automotive Engineering car in March of 2006. Photos taken at the Florida Mopar Nationals.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Charlie,

Bill Flynn got one of the 'first' LO23 Hemi Darts.

Bill was based out of New Haven, Connecticut - which is where
'County Dodge' was located.

County Dodge co-sponsored Bill's car 'Yankee Peddler' for the
1968 campaign.

Lettering with 'Bill Flynn' with box lettering.

For 1969, Bill was then sponsored by 'Chorches Motors' out of
Manchester, Connecticut.

New lettering, with 'Bill Flynn' in script lettering.




Debs' Automotive {Owner; Moe Deluge} had '4' locations;

* Springfield, Massachusetts {Machine Shop, Chassis Dyno Shop & Performance Center}
* Milford, Connecticut
* Orange, Connecticut
* Hartford, Connecticut

'Deb's Automotive' sponsored many Connecticut and Western Massachusetts cars.

[Charlie A]

Paul C.

I bow to thine wisdom and greatness.

Thank you. Knowledge like that needs to be posted here.

It's the history lesson this topic has become.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Charlie A,

You're too kind. Mucho appreciado'.

Joseph Petrelle {Hampden Dodge}
'Debs Automotive' ~ Springfield, Massachusetts

Joseph Petrelle ran at;
* Orange Dragstrip {Fitchburg, Massachusetts}
* Connecticut Dragstrip {East Haddam, Connecticut}.
* Milton Dragstrip {Milton, Vermont}

I have an article where Joe Petrelle ran an 11.22 @ 125.20 MPH to win in the Finals of
Super/Stock Eliminator at Orange Dragstrip in 1968.

[jimi]

Originally Posted by Charlie A

that dart always gets me good when I see it , around 1982-83 my father and I went to look at the speedwin dart to buy it for my first race car. if I remember correctly Ralph Vendrisco owned it at the time. he was asking a whopping$8800.00 for it . my dad did not want to buy it cause it had one or two pieces of corning glass missing.

that car sure is beautiful now.

on another note I heard recently that an uncut 68 lo dart was found and purchased in orange county new York near Middletown. I got this info second hand . I am tryiog to get some pictures of this car . who ever got it went to buy a hemi road runner with no engine and the dart was in the garage next to the road runner . both cars were less engine and have been sitting for a long period of time. hopefully this is true and another missing car can be id'd

[Paul Ceasrine]

1968

Bill Flynn