Original hemi dart information - Page 525

Charlie A · 11-05-2018, 05:30 PM

Doug Walker · 11-11-2018, 10:45 AM

from the 2018 US Nationals
August 29th - 31st

marfen · 11-11-2018, 07:35 PM

Cool pics. thx for posting. Looks like Dan and his co-pilot are having a great time!!!

hemid68 · 11-11-2018, 11:38 PM

Thanks Doug for the pictures! My co-pilot was my Grandson, and we had a BLAST! Thanks to everybody for the kind words on The Motivator.

sudsaroo · 11-12-2018, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Any idea's whose B029 this was...

It belonged to my Uncle Al Faretta from Altoona Pa. Car is long gone. I have no idea where.

copperhead · 11-12-2018, 06:33 PM

It may or may not have been covered here but I recently download a racing app called Nitro Nation just to kill some time. As the game loads from screen to screen, there are various pictures and descriptions of muscle cars, classics and super cars. One pic is of a '68 LO Dart. Nothing to brag about but I thought all of you die hards would get a kick out of it. :-)

copperhead · 11-12-2018, 06:48 PM

marfen · 11-12-2018, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sudsaroo

It belonged to my Uncle Al Faretta from Altoona Pa. Car is long gone. I have no idea where.

This was one beautiful barracuda, paint scheme looks great and keystones to boot.

Jerry's 68 Hemi Dart · 11-12-2018, 11:12 PM

This is Jerry Nowacki. Was told by a friend my former 68 Hemi Dart was here. Based on what I've read I'm going to answer some questions. Yes, this was Dick Oldfields original 68. Yes, he sold to Don Knight. And I did purchase the Dart from DK for $3300 including a single axle trailer. Yes if only foresight was as powerful as hindsight ! I raced the car for a half season the way I purchased from DK. As you all may know the SS/AA record at that time was 10:33 @131 mph. The best I could do was 10:70's @128. The following winter I took the car to Ramchargers and had them redo the engine and tranny and look the car over.. The following season came and the ET's stayed about the same. The car just didn't hook up. I spoke to everyone I could in search of THE SECRET to making this car work. I spoke with Ron Mancini and Jim DeFrank and they told me I had the same combo they had..Then I met Akron Arlen and took the car to him to narrow the rear end and install the super trick wheels..Still no luck getting the car to hook. Best time with the Dart was 10:56 @130. Still not good enough to catch the Chevy's I had to give a 2-3 seconds handicap. Oh there was ONE Time at a points meet the car hooked and wheeled. Would you believe the high gear planetaries froze up and I never got into high gear. Arghh. No doubt would have been in the low 10 range. Sold the car to Carl Horn and never looked back. Heard Carl put a stick in the car and raced B modified. Don't know his end result. The following season I purchased a 67 Camaro SS/KA rag top from Dave Colbert. The car hooked. I cut good lights and went to the pay window most every week. There's a bit more to my story however, I'll end it here. Btw Dick Oldfield found the Dart a few years back. Still white and it resides in Minnesota as a bracket car.

Charlie A · 11-13-2018, 06:42 PM

Don't know why the pictures I put here were deleted.
So.....I'll replace them with this:

11-05-2018, 05:30 PM	#5241
Charlie A VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 2,483 Likes: 68 Liked 87 Times in 63 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information

11-11-2018, 10:45 AM	#5242
Doug Walker Photographer Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 398 Likes: 31 Liked 2,493 Times in 254 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information from the 2018 US Nationals August 29th - 31st Attached Thumbnails

11-11-2018, 07:35 PM	#5243
marfen Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 208 Likes: 0 Liked 16 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information Cool pics. thx for posting. Looks like Dan and his co-pilot are having a great time!!!

11-11-2018, 11:38 PM	#5244
hemid68 Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 156 Likes: 134 Liked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information Thanks Doug for the pictures! My co-pilot was my Grandson, and we had a BLAST! Thanks to everybody for the kind words on The Motivator.

11-12-2018, 06:33 PM	#5246
copperhead Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ks Posts: 140 Likes: 198 Liked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information It may or may not have been covered here but I recently download a racing app called Nitro Nation just to kill some time. As the game loads from screen to screen, there are various pictures and descriptions of muscle cars, classics and super cars. One pic is of a '68 LO Dart. Nothing to brag about but I thought all of you die hards would get a kick out of it. :-) Last edited by copperhead; 11-12-2018 at 06:49 PM.

11-12-2018, 06:48 PM	#5247
copperhead Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ks Posts: 140 Likes: 198 Liked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information

11-12-2018, 11:12 PM	#5249
Jerry's 68 Hemi Dart Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 1 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information This is Jerry Nowacki. Was told by a friend my former 68 Hemi Dart was here. Based on what I've read I'm going to answer some questions. Yes, this was Dick Oldfields original 68. Yes, he sold to Don Knight. And I did purchase the Dart from DK for $3300 including a single axle trailer. Yes if only foresight was as powerful as hindsight ! I raced the car for a half season the way I purchased from DK. As you all may know the SS/AA record at that time was 10:33 @131 mph. The best I could do was 10:70's @128. The following winter I took the car to Ramchargers and had them redo the engine and tranny and look the car over.. The following season came and the ET's stayed about the same. The car just didn't hook up. I spoke to everyone I could in search of THE SECRET to making this car work. I spoke with Ron Mancini and Jim DeFrank and they told me I had the same combo they had..Then I met Akron Arlen and took the car to him to narrow the rear end and install the super trick wheels..Still no luck getting the car to hook. Best time with the Dart was 10:56 @130. Still not good enough to catch the Chevy's I had to give a 2-3 seconds handicap. Oh there was ONE Time at a points meet the car hooked and wheeled. Would you believe the high gear planetaries froze up and I never got into high gear. Arghh. No doubt would have been in the low 10 range. Sold the car to Carl Horn and never looked back. Heard Carl put a stick in the car and raced B modified. Don't know his end result. The following season I purchased a 67 Camaro SS/KA rag top from Dave Colbert. The car hooked. I cut good lights and went to the pay window most every week. There's a bit more to my story however, I'll end it here. Btw Dick Oldfield found the Dart a few years back. Still white and it resides in Minnesota as a bracket car.

11-13-2018, 06:42 PM	#5250
Charlie A VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 2,483 Likes: 68 Liked 87 Times in 63 Posts	Re: Original hemi dart information Don't know why the pictures I put here were deleted. So.....I'll replace them with this: Last edited by Charlie A; 11-20-2018 at 05:47 PM.