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Hemi Moose 02-21-2012 10:37 PM
Re: life after Super Stock for the Hemi A-bodies?
 
Melvin Yow's '70 Hemi Dart Swinger...was it converted or a body in white.

http://images23.fotki.com/v871/photo...82/main-vi.jpg

Hemi Moose 02-21-2012 10:45 PM
Re: life after Super Stock for the Hemi A-bodies?
 
Another earlier shot of Melvin Yow's '70 Hemi Dart pro-stocker...I also recall reading that this car was a converted '68 Hemi Dart, but it's been so long that I'm not positive.

http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparf...1&d=1338686890

Liteweight 02-27-2012 03:24 PM
Re: life after Super Stock for the Hemi A-bodies?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hemi Moose (Post 310810)
Liteweight, I've heard two different stories on the Larry Griffith '68 Hemi Dart, one that it was a converted car, and the other that it just got repainted but still had it's '68 sheetmetal...so I don't know which story to believe...but this '68 Hemi Dart was painted black with lots of chrome underneath before it got re-restored and lettered up in his name & colors again.
So, I got to looking at these pictures & came up with this. All 68 Darts came with black plastic door handle buttons. They changed to chrome in 69 & onward.
If you look at both Larry & Melvin's doors, both 70 cars appear to have black door buttons. So either they're original LO's or the doors came off an LO. But I do believe Larry's is his original 68 that was converted back when it was restored black.

I've been paying particular close attention to 70 & up Darts that might have had some surgery done on the tails lately.

liteweight

Hemi Moose 02-27-2012 10:15 PM
Re: life after Super Stock for the Hemi A-bodies?
 
Here's a couple more old shots of Larry Griffith's '70 Hemi Dart pro stocker...

http://images47.fotki.com/v1474/phot...fith006-vi.jpg

http://images49.fotki.com/v1458/phot...fith009-vi.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...Griffith-2.jpg

Chris DeGidio 02-27-2012 10:21 PM
Re: life after Super Stock for the Hemi A-bodies?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hemi Moose (Post 310813)
Melvin Yow's '70 Hemi Dart Swinger...was it converted or a body in white.

http://images23.fotki.com/v871/photo...82/main-vi.jpg
IIRC, isn't this the CPPA test car from years ago as well??

Steve Stasko 02-28-2012 12:36 PM
Re: life after Super Stock for the Hemi A-bodies?
 
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Originally Posted by Chris DeGidio (Post 311861)
Converted. IIRC, isn't this the CPPA test car from years ago as well??
The CPPA car started off as Charlie Allen's '68 440 Dart. It is in PA being converted back to a '68.

Chris DeGidio 02-28-2012 05:17 PM
Re: life after Super Stock for the Hemi A-bodies?
 
I read somewhere that the Melvin Yow car was converted. Just didn't know if it was the CPPA car,couldn't remember other than it was blue.

mopar68 03-06-2012 09:47 PM
Re: life after Super Stock for the Hemi A-bodies?
 
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Originally Posted by Geerhead55 (Post 300764)
He may not have had the record,,, but the early part of 1970 seemed to belong to Bill Jenkins and his '68 427 tunnel rammed Camaro, as he had back to back wins at the Winternationals and the Gatornationals, and also ran in the 9.90 range that day in Pomona, the first time Pro Stock was contested in NHRA national event competition. His opponent in each final was of course, Ronnie Sox in his Hemi powered '70 Cuda.
Danny Durham
From what I recall, Bill Jenkins ran a 430 cu. in. engine in his 1968 Camaro--not a 427--based on the 4.44" bore Can Am aluminum block and 3.47" stroke, i.e., big bore/short stroke/long connecting rod combo.

M68

mopar68 03-06-2012 09:52 PM
Re: life after Super Stock for the Hemi A-bodies?
 
Hey, Chris...nice avatar. :cool:

M68

mopar68 03-06-2012 10:01 PM
Re: life after Super Stock for the Hemi A-bodies?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Geerhead55 (Post 293192)
That photo is curious to me, as there are no side markers, which of course the '68 cars had round ones. Is this car really a '67 made over? Also, I believe the Cragar Super Trick wheels came out in '71 and the Centerline Auto Drag wheels were around late '73. I've broken enough Super Tricks loose over the years for front half polishing to know that the wheels in the photo are Centerlines,, so, I'm curious as to when this picture was taken. Did Bob run one of these Darts in Pro Stock as late as '73 or is this a tribute car at a later event. Its a neat shot, but I'll admit its got me thinking.
Danny Durham
Danny, I'm 99% sure this photo is from early 1972. Though the front wheels look like Centerlines, they are not. Bob Lambeck had a Plymouth Duster by 1973.

M68


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