Original hemi dart information

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by Liteweight

Hey Charlie
Absolutely nothing!!!! Still searching daily for photos of it mostly on facebook since lots of people post their pics they have just found in a drawer or something. Even looking in the background of staging lanes and pits etc. Your right. Its like it just isnt out there after 1968 for whatever reason. Prolly got parked due to mechanical destruction or the owner himself just made it invisable from a ugly divorce or he passed or???????? The search continues

liteweight

I have often wondered about this one. In the stripped down picture of your car it had a silver paint job if I remember correctly. And the dent in front of the rear bumper may have left a spot you might be able to still see. Did we ever identify this one? There was another picture of it parked next to a motel somewhere in this thread.

[Charlie A]

And if you look at where the dark blue is on the sides and the roof, it matches where the paint is removed from the car being stripped. Not to mention the now famous quarter panel repair.
And, if you look close enough, you can see a double exposed picture of the r/r wheel opening / quarter panel back to the bumper.

[71Dartman440]

Both picts appear to have same front tire/rim combo too

[Bobdakota]

Originally Posted by Charlie A

And if you look at where the dark blue is on the sides and the roof, it matches where the paint is removed from the car being stripped. Not to mention the now famous quarter panel repair.
And, if you look close enough, you can see a double exposed picture of the r/r wheel opening / quarter panel back to the bumper.

Does anybody know where this picture was taken? Maybe could ID the Camaro, maybe it’s owner or past owners would know who’s dart it was?It’s a longshot but hey, I’m sure you’ve been down that road before. Good luck on your search! Bob

[FED 387]

There's a 4 sale sign on that building behind the left front fender--- maybe get the area. code give u an idea where that picture of the stripped down car is

[Charlie A]

Have I ever mentioned my favorite LO23?


Ok. Maybe once or twice.....





And the man....

[68hemiss]

Charlie,
Was Joe Ralph Thompson the original owner of this Dart?
It seems that all of the pictures I have seen of the car are from 1970 when it was running P/S - seems like I have also seen it in M/P. At the US Nationals (or maybe the World Finals ) in 1968 he had the 65 car.
Thanks,
Mark Janaky
1968 Hemi S/S Registry

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by 68hemiss

Charlie,
Was Joe Ralph Thompson the original owner of this Dart?
It seems that all of the pictures I have seen of the car are from 1970 when it was running P/S - seems like I have also seen it in M/P. At the US Nationals (or maybe the World Finals ) in 1968 he had the 65 car.
Thanks,
Mark Janaky
1968 Hemi S/S Registry

Yes he was. Number 43 on original owners list. Gene Graham was usually driving it

[Liteweight]

Originally Posted by Bobdakota

Does anybody know where this picture was taken? Maybe could ID the Camaro, maybe it’s owner or past owners would know who’s dart it was?It’s a longshot but hey, I’m sure you’ve been down that road before. Good luck on your search! Bob

Hey Bob
the photo of the Dart in the pits beside the Camaro has been looked into by me trying to ID that car. I have searched for more photos of that Camaro also on east coast based racetracks trying to get more info. I think this was at New York National speedway but cant confirm.
the photo of the stripped down Dart is definitely my car during the early 80's when Lou Vignognia owned it. He commissioned Paul Pittman to paint it white. I contacted Paul several years ago and he found these photos of it and sent them to me.

liteweight

[Bobdakota]

Originally Posted by Liteweight

Hey Bob
the photo of the Dart in the pits beside the Camaro has been looked into by me trying to ID that car. I have searched for more photos of that Camaro also on east coast based racetracks trying to get more info. I think this was at New York National speedway but cant confirm.
the photo of the stripped down Dart is definitely my car during the early 80's when Lou Vignognia owned it. He commissioned Paul Pittman to paint it white. I contacted Paul several years ago and he found these photos of it and sent them to me.

liteweight

Thanks for the reply, I’m always surfing the web looking for info on the darts and barracudas. I’m trying to do a photo history of these cars, as a personal project. You and the rest of the guys on this forum seem to be more knowledgeable than myself, I appreciate all the info you guys have provided me. I’ll keep my eyes open if I happen to run across anything I may look like your dart. Yes as you know some of these cars are more scarce for info and pictures and others. I have followed The‘s car since the early 90s. Having gone to many national events, we’ve probably actually ran into each other somewhere along the way I’m sure. My father-in-law and brother-in-law run nostalgia superstock, a 1967 cuda painted like a Sox and Martin car. It is not a fastback though . We are from the Midwest, Dubuque Iowa.
Bob