Looking for information on these Cars Please post original Super stock HEMI Dart LO23 cars Hopefully this post will turn into the Best Information place on theses cars Thanks for any help
Thanks Joey for giving us this part of the forum.... I hope it will be a source of information for those of us that are putting together a hemi clone and for those lucky enough to have the real deal!
So glad to see a super stock forum! I asked Joey to move the current SS&AFX restoration of a real 4 speed LO23 over to this forum on your recommendation davescuda. Thanks for the heads up . What sort of information are you looking for? General information or something specific? I will be glad to add everything I can.
Taken from Super Stock & Drag Illustrated June 1968. May be not all have seen this photo of Landy´s first Dart. There are a couple more if someone like to see...
Congrats on getting this started Dave. Hope to be able to help you where I can. I think you already know my car but maybe theres others here that don't liteweight
I would like to dedicate this forum to 69 Cuda 440 (Paul Ceasrine). He wanted this so bad and was excited for it. He wanted to empty his head here. He was pushing me to get this forum up and asking me how it was going. Well Paul we got it! RIP Paul
This one is very cool with original paper work. From what I an understanding only Darts that where sold at the dealers got build sheets
If you take a close look at the drip rail of the Dart in the first picture, you see no corner to cover the gap... Did Hurst simply skip this little piece, or has it been lost along the way?
Originally Posted by 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.
Here's a few pictures taken by our member @RPMagoo from back in the day in this post....Pretty cool! Hemi Under Glass and Other Things You Might Remember
I talked to Bryan Higgins (One of the owners of S&K Speed Hemi Dart) yesterday. What a great guy! The funny thing is, I was asked to call him about something totally different then these cars. In the conversation we were having lead him to say he owned an original Hemi Dart back in 68. He bought it from Grand Spaulding Dodge. Then that just start a bunch of stories. He still has the paper work to his original car and does not know where the Dart is today. He did say that they sell the Hemi Dart it in late 69. He is building a Hemi Dart now.
Here Bill Flynn's Yankee Pedddier in 69 I Have copies Bill Flynn's personal photo album. I will post some pictures soon. 68 car to a 69
Great photos Dave, I really like the late 60s vibe of the lettering on the S&K Dart. Avenger & 642 are particularly psychedelic. Reminds me of a Scooby doo or Tommy James style font. Love the paint jobs on many of these cars.
