Original hemi dart information

[Charlie A]

Found another "lil" Super Cuda pic, about halfway down the page.

http://www.cartechbooks.com/vstore/s...3&chapter=4692

back to my corner.

Added: Carpinet Bros. 68 Hemi Cuda

http://www.cartechbooks.com/vstore/s...3&chapter=4694

[mopar68]

I hate it when sites like the above put tiny pix on their webpage. Anyway, here's an enhanced and larger shot of same photo.



M68

[mike s]

Originally Posted by marfen

QUEBEC HEMI DART
Not that's it's a couple of years later and a lot more views I'll try again. Any Quebec/Ontario/North East US folk remember this car , history, pics from the early 1980s? Phone # in ad is LaSalle/Montreal. We have documented this LO23 back to this time when it was advertised in the Auto Trader in 1983-84. We've hit a dead end here. It went to Nova Scotia in 1984, R. Boyd bought it. Possible Gene ONeill connection but we'd like to establish some ownership trail/history from 1983 and earlier. BTW MANY THANKS Mark, Greg, steve o, for the countless hrs researching another mystery dart.

Is that car a Detroit car? Any idea on who the owner selling the car was?

[ssaahemifan]

I have a bunch of photos... most have to be re-sized to post.

Harris Auto...
Bear A Cuda
Matchmaker

[mike s]

Real LO23

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by mopar68

Nice car but good Lord, those slicks are ridiculously large! Is it really necessary to run more than a 14 x 32" tire on a less than state-of-the-art Hemi Super Stocker, especially a vintage one? I mean with all the traction availalble via the modern tire compounds, concrete track surface and liberal application of traction compound on it, you'd figure that would be more than enough tire.





Does anyone know if this was a 'real' Hemi Dart or not? Btw, check out the cigarette in Bob Reed's mouth. I don't think he could get away with that today in this Orwellian age of political correctness and authoritarianism.

M68

Maybe it's old age and bad eyes but doesn't the nose of the Bob Reed Dart look "drooped"?

[Paul Ceasrine]

The front-grille is not a GT, looks like a 270 grille.
But who cares at 135+ mph.

Vic,

On the 'Hair Bender' Barracuda, very likely it was shipped to
Ryan Plymouth in South Dakota.

Also, 'Bear-A-Cuda', after Freed Motor Company, it was then
sponsored by Fremont Dodge, out of Fremont, California.

Here's a few.
BO29 (#01 car),,,,,Sox & Martin
BO29 (#02 car),,,,,Jack Werst
BO29 (#06 car),,,,,Dave Wren
BO29 (#13 car),,,,,Wilkes Motor Sales,,,,,,,,,,, Zainesville, Ohio
BO29 (#14 car),,,,,Pete Myl Motors,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Corapolis, Pennsylvania
BO29 (#33 car),,,,,Bill Vanwey,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Dayton, Ohio
BO29 (#47 car),,,,,Park Chrysler-Plymouth,,,,,Chicago, Illinois
BO29 (#50 car),,,,,'Gentle Ben',,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Meridian, Idaho

[Paul Ceasrine]

The LO23 list starting from the northeast and following.
'13' of the LO23 Hemi Darts went through Grand Spaulding Dodge in Chicago.

1) Bill Flynn,,,,,,,,'County Dodge'
New Haven, Connecticut
SS/B (4-Speed)

2) Bob Ramstrom
Worcester, Massachusetts
SS/B (4-Speed)

3) Gene O'Neill
Worcester, Massachusetts
SS/B (4-Speed)

4) Chick Brignolo
Norton, Massachusetts
SS/BA (Automatic)

5) Joseph Petrelle
Springfield, Massachusetts
SS/BA (Automatic)

6) Chuck McJury
Schenectady, New York
SS/B (4-Speed)

7) Charlie Lendrum
Westerlo, New York
SS/BA (Automatic)

8) Dick Oldfield
Kenmore, New York
SS/BA (Automatic)

9) Charlie Castaldo
Scarsdale, New York
SS/B (4-Speed)

10) S & K Speed Shop
West Babylon, L.I., New York
SS/B (4-Speed)

11) Joe Jill
Happauge, L.I., New York
SS/BA (Automatic)

12) Manhattan Speed Shop
New York City, New York
SS/B (4-Speed)

13) Jones Colonial Dodge
Pittsford, New York
SS/BA (Automatic)

14) Charles Singer Dodge
Kearney, New Jersey
SS/B (4-Speed)

15) McCollum & Bolland
Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
SS/BA (Automatic)

16) Bob Banning Dodge
Hyattsville, Maryland
SS/B (4-Speed)

17) John DeRosa
Hyattsville, Maryland
SS/BA (Automatic)

18) Richard Shipley
Baltimore, Maryland
SS/B (4-Speed)

19) Pete and Jack Toms,,,'That Dart,,,'Capitol Motors Dodge'
Fort Dietrich, Maryland
SS/BA (Automatic)

20) Bob Hodge,,,,,'Beach Brothers Dodge'
Salem, Virginia
SS/B (4-Speed)

21) Melvin Yow
Lillington, North Carolina
SS/BA (Automatic)

22) Max Hurley
West Jefferson, North Carolina
SS/B (4-Speed)

23) Clyde Curtis
Hudson, North Carolina
SS/BA (Automatic)

24) Reid Whisnant
Stockbridge, Georgia
SS/B (4-Speed)

25) Wyman Barnett
Thomaston, Georgia
SS/BA (Automatic)

26) Bill Tanner
Norcross, Georgia
SS/BA (Automatic)

27) Bill Tanner (2nd car)
Norcross, Georgia
SS/B (4-Speed)

28) Biscayne Dodge, Joe Weis
Miami, Florida
SS/BA (Automatic)

29) Alan Carroli
Daytona Beach, Florida
SS/B (4-Speed)

30) Mary Ann Foss
Bellville, Ohio
SS/BA (Automatic)

31) Jerome Williams
Cleveland, Ohio
SS/B (4-Speed)

32) Denny Kilbane
Strongsville, Ohio
SS/BA (Automatic)

33) Miami Valley Dodge
Dayton, Ohio
SS/BA (Automatic)

34) Ken Holwick
Salem, Ohio
SS/BA (Automatic)

35) Ed Knesevitch
Columbus, Ohio
SS/B (4-Speed)

36) Northland Dodge 'The Rod Shop'
Columbus, Ohio
SS/B (4-Speed)

37) Ray Daily
Dayton, Ohio
SS/BA (Automatic)

38) Herb Mcandless
Memphis, Tennessee
SS/B (4-Speed)

39) Bill Welker
Clarksville, Tennessee
SS/BA (Automatic)

40) Thurman Callaham, 'Rumble Bee;
Knoxville, Tennessee
SS/B (4-Speed)

41) Kenny Salter
Mobile, Alabama
SS/BA (Automatic)

42) Cecil South
Birmingham, Alabama
SS/BA (Automatic)

43) Joe Ralph Thompson
Rison, Arkansas
SS/B (4-Speed)

44) Larry Cooper,,,,'Holiday Dodge'
West Monroe, Louisiana
SS/BA (Automatic)

45) Tom Crutchfield
Kokomo, Indiana
SS/BA (Automatic)

46) Larry Griffith
Livonia, Michigan
SS/B (4-Speed)

47) Richard Smith
Farmington, Michigan
SS/BA (Automatic)

48) Don R. Brewer Dodge (Driver; Gil Clark)
Port Huron, Michigan
SS/BA (Automatic)

49) Robert Alton,,,,,, 'Wild Fire'
Farmington, Michigan
SS/BA (Automatic)

50) Jack Thomas
Hinsdale, Illinois
SS/B (4-Speed)

51) Ed Halsey,,,'Watson's Auto Sales'
Bethalto, Illinois
SS/BA (Automatic)

52) Lloyd McVey
East Peoria, Illinois
SS/BA (Automatic)

53) Balzekas Motor Sales
Chicago, Illinois
SS/BA (Automatic)

54) White Bear Dodge
White Bear Lake, Minnesota
SS/BA (Automatic)

55) Jim Miller
St. Louis, Missouri
SS/BA (Automatic)

56) Preston Honea,,,,, 'Ray Rixman Dodge'
St. Louis, Missouri
SS/BA (Automatic)

57) Harold Tomlinson
Garland, Texas
SS/B (4-Speed)

58) Gene Snow,,,,,,,(LO23M8B297857)
Fort Worth, Texas
SS/BA (Automatic)

59) Dallas County Dodge Dealers
Dallas, Texas
SS/B (4-Speed)

60) Vera's Automotive,,,'Creveling Dodge'
Corpus Cristi, Texas
SS/B (4-Speed)

61) Jon Hooper
Tulsa, Oklahoma
SS/B (4-Speed)

62) Rick Kent
American Falls, Idaho
SS/B (4-Speed)

63) Dick Landy
Sherman Oaks, California
SS/BA (Automatic)

64) Dick Landy (2nd car)
Sherman Oaks, California
SS/B (4-Speed)

65) Bill Bagshaw
Hollywood, California
SS/B (4-Speed)

66) Shirley Shahan
Tulare, California
SS/BA (Automatic)

67) Butch Leal,,,,'Delano Dodge'
Delano, California
SS/B (4-Speed)

68) Harry Holton
Patterson, California
SS/BA (Automatic)

69) Ruel Nichol
Arcadia, California
SS/BA (automatic)

70) Jim Clark
Covina, California
SS/B (4-speed)

71) Chinook Dart
Calgary, Canada
SS/BA (Automatic)

72) Cam Noseworthy
Edmonton, Canada
SS/BA (Automatic)

* 10 more to be listed, as soon as I confirm the data.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Mike,

I'll have to search for the magazine regarding the 1968 Hemi Barracuda.
The car was originally purchased by a 17 year-old kid out of
Southern California, in May 1968.

Not sure what dealership had it. It was a long time ago.

[JCShiels]

Paul,
I worked at Town and Country Dodge from '69 to '71 and knew the origional owners of the "Wild Fire" SS/BA '68 Dart. I was told that there is a Robert Alton (Alten?) listed as one of the purchasers. Did his name ever pop up in your research. Thanks for any info you can give!

Jim Shiels