Original hemi dart information

[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

[Paul Ceasrine]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

New information,,,,
The John Macey BO29 car (original owner). John crashed the SS/BA
Barracuda at Connecticut Dragway (mid-1969).

The car was totalled,,,,,,only the engine and drive-train were
retained.......

This car was an early BO29 car,,,,as it came through with the
straight ball-joint/lower-control-arm units.

Bought by John, with help from Harris Auto Sales (Chrysler-Plymouth)
dealer out of Providence, Rhode Island.

[CycloneFE]

I haven't followed this thread being a Ford guy and all, but I ran across this pic from our local Drag Strip, Motion Raceway, that closed in 1983. It does say Dale Baker SS/AA on it, I knew nothing about him or the car. I do like the rear spring separation in the pic.

[John Boland]

I went to Capitol and was there almost every weekend from 75 to 79. So I saw Sam in that car making a lot of passes.

And I saw a lot of cars with Mr. Arnew's name on the fender...

Here's the story on this Cuda - Sam traded for the Cuda according to this. http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/m...ger/index.html

Originally Posted by jackarnew

HM
Sam had I think 3 different Cudas all at different times. He sold the first to me, and then purchased Ed Hamberger's Duster. That didn't last long, too slow and too hard to keep running on the mark. After that I think he got Landy's Charger.Sometime around that, he bought another Cuda from Allentown Pa.. It was yellow and black,The owners were the Wheatley Bros. He ran SS/AA Around that time had my hands full with work and my car, lost connection with Sam. Pictured car could be #3 or #2 repainted. Sorry not known who purchesed any of these from Sam.
Sam relocated from Md., and havent seen him in a few years.
I know a close frend of his, will aks him if he can get any history
I may wrong about Duster, Charger it may have been the outher way around.
All this took place some 40 years ago, so it's the best I can remember, facts may be off a little.
One thing for sure Sam Pannuty was a first class act. His equiptment took second to none when it came to looks during those years

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by John Boland

I went to Capitol and was there almost every weekend from 75 to 79. So I saw Sam in that car making a lot of passes.

And I saw a lot of cars with Mr. Arnew's name on the fender...

Here's the story on this Cuda - Sam traded for the Cuda according to this. http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/m...ger/index.html

Sam won S/S eliminator the first day he showed up at Aquasco with it. I believe it was the day after he got back from picking it up from Dick Landy.