W117monte Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 I was checking out a recent Hemmings Motor Muscle, and i saw pics of the Sox & Martin Cuda, and Dandy Dick's 68 dart, and they both were in SS/E? I thought these cars were strictly SS/B at the time? Any one know why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6bblbird Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 That sure is confusing. This I know for a fact. LO23 and BO29 cars never ran in SS/E or SS/EA in NHRA sanctioned competition. I have the Hemmings article that states Landy's Dart was running in SS/E but I think the photo of the Dart may be distorted.I believe that it actually has a SS/B designationon the windshield with the B just looking somewhat like an E. Anyone have a better explanation? WF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kucaba Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 The Dick Landy dart kit by Revell is an SS/EA . Landy and S&M ran several cars starting in '67 as per the Performance clinics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W117monte Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 Check out the Feb 11 issue of Hemmings Muscle. pages 42 and 43. They are definately hemi cars, and definately running SS/E. You can see the hemi badge on Landys dart, plus it has HEMI painted on the hood. It must be a weight thing. Or maybe they werent running SS/B at that event? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kucaba Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Are these pics in Hemmings about current cars,restored cars, pics from the past or what? If they are current could it be that the hemi part is just a badge or some paint? Could it be that the SS/E is for EXHIBITION. If historical,the hemi Darts of yore ran SS/A or SS/B.Is There a pic of the engines in the car? How about maybe Hemmings (or whoever) pulled photos from their files? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W117monte Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 They are old pics of the original cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6bblbird Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 suprised that Walter didn't know this one. Landy had a 440 Dart for SS/E before the Hemi SS/B-A cars. i think the 440 car and one of the Hemi cars still exist today, whereabouts of the second Hemi car are unknown. Oh I do know that, but the question was about the Hemmings story that states that the Hemi cars of Landy and Sox ran in SS/E. WF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6bblbird Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 O.K. I might have an explanation for the photos in Muscle Machines. Here they are: We have a tendency to forget that the NHRA was not the only game in town. Many Pro racers actively raced for NHRA, AHRA, and IHRA points and cash. I believe that the Sox photo may have been taken at Rockingham Dragway (AHRA at the time). The hill on the left of Sox's car is a clue. The "staging tower" in the Landy picture is certainly not from any NHRA National Event track in 1968. If the AHRA had a different factoring system from NHRA for SS cars(I'm sure that they did) that would explain the SS/E designation. Unfortunately I do not have a AHRA rule book or classification guide for the period in question to back myself up. Anyone notice that Sox's car has no turn signal lamps in the grille? WF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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