Hemi Dart

[FASTBACK340]

No, not the Revell one. A real one, sort of...kinda.

Attended a show today with the Barracuda and there was a whole bunch of nice cars there. Unfortunately my camera was dead so I had to rely on my phone to snap a few pictures. This guy rumbled in late in the day and parked next to me. It's a tribute build of a `68 Hurst Dart. It had a 426 crate Hemi, 4 spd. and a 4:10 Dana in it. SS-A/FX out of Arizona built it. Aside from the custom color, it also had A/C, which is a neat touch on an absolute animal such as this.

Enjoy.....

[nybuilder]

Where in NY was the show?

[FASTBACK340]

It was held at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, Long Island.

[george 53]

Sure is a one off. I don't think ANY hemi Darts left the factory with A/C!!!!!! :lol:

[FASTBACK340]

Sure is a one off. I don't think ANY hemi Darts left the factory with A/C!!!!!! :lol:

Factory A/C? Those original Hemi Dart's & Barracuda's didn't even have roll up windows! You pulled a strap made from seat belt webbing and slid the lexan window up by hand! A snap held the strap in place to keep the window closed. Those cars were mid-10 second cars with just a set of slicks and some tuning from the factory. They had the small lightweight bucket seats from the Dodge A-100's w/ aluminum frames. No wipers....heater....sound deadener....back seat.... Heck, they didn't even PAINT `em! They were delivered in gray primer w/ black fiberglass noses. It was probably one of THE most extreme vehicles ever screwed together by a domestic manufacturer. Just over a 100 were built almost evenly split between the two divisions. Awesome cars.

This particular car was really nicely done..... It had all the "correctness" but with intelligent upgrades, such as lightweight aluminum dual circuit master cylinder and 4 wheel disc brakes. The A/C was a neat touch in such a brute. I'm really sorry I didn't get a video of it running. OMG! MY car was vibrating, and it was parked about 15' away!

If I hit the lottery, I'll be in Arizona ordering my Hemi S/S Barracuda clone. With A/C.....

[Harry P.]

You guys need to check out Bill Coulter and Len Carsner's feature on building a Hemi Dart in the current issue of MCM (#161). Bill built a strip version, Len did one as delivered from the factory (gray primer and fiberglass front end).

[my80malibu]

I have personally seen that one here at the Goodguys show last spring. It is a very nice car.