Original hemi dart information

[muscle_car_fan]

Originally Posted by Liteweight

Hemi Dart Porn


A Dan Williams photo

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Hi Daryl! Nice to find this thread, have some catching up to see everything here! Dan

[fullmetaljacket]

Here's The Manhattan Speed structure nowadays. There used to be a garage door opening to the far left of the front of the building where another black and grey looking window door is now. This is where they brought in cars to repair,install,modify and store. That Dart might have lived in that hole from time to time.
I'll search for some more flicks from the original store owners. I can smell 'em.
I mean this story is getting at me as well since this was my neighborhood.

[fullmetaljacket]

A little larger.

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by fullmetaljacket

A little larger.

Can you imagine firing up a Hemi Dart in there today??? lol

[fullmetaljacket]

I can just imagine.
A friend who worked at Ebbets Field Dodge back in the 60's, got delivery of one of the LO Darts (that ended up being the SPEEDWIN car) and it came off the trailer with one of the header manifolds uncapped in some way. He told me it was rather loud that morning they received it.

Some local people must have thought it was the ghosts of the Brooklyn Dodgers fans roaring. LOL.

[Charlie A]

[Charlie A]

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by fullmetaljacket

Here's The Manhattan Speed structure nowadays. There used to be a garage door opening to the far left of the front of the building where another black and grey looking window door is now. This is where they brought in cars to repair,install,modify and store. That Dart might have lived in that hole from time to time.
I'll search for some more flicks from the original store owners. I can smell 'em.
I mean this story is getting at me as well since this was my neighborhood.

Hey Lee
great to see you back here bud!!!! Glad you haven't given up on me or my quest yet. It's been a long freakin haul with still many gaps that still need filling.

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[Liteweight]

The pic of the LO being loaded on the trailer is Charlie Castaldo's first Dart which was a stick car. He rolled this car @ E Town in 69. The Dart pictured with Charlie crouched down by the front fender is the Palmer Dodge LO that Tom Crutchfield originally owned with Lynn Balyck (sp). This car is currently owned by Tom Lee & is residing in NY.

I had the opportunity with speaking with John Castaldo (Charlie's son) a few weeks ago thanks to a lead from Jimi Vignogna trying to get more information on Charlies Racing operation back then. Mostly to see if he possibly had a 3rd Dart that was never campaigned.
Charlie did an interview with Super Stock and Drag Illustrated back in 1971 describing his race operation and that he was looking at campaigning a legal SS/AA car for 1971. It has never come to light after the article and Jimi And I both thought because of Jimi seeing Charlies name on my doors back in 1980 that possibly my car could of been Charlies 3rd Dart. I was thinking that this might fill in the gap between it being The Manhattan Speed Parts Dart, then disappearing in 1969 early 70? till the day the Vignogna's purchased it in the late 70's early 80's.


I am still looking into this as a possibility but from the information I have got from John Castaldo does not support this theory presently.
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[Liteweight]

here is an interesting pic of a just delivered Canadian BO29 which Fank Elliot eventually purchased. Notice the lack of supports inside the hood scoop. They musta missed this one.

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