Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 2 of 2 1 2
Re: Need a little help with tire on a Hemi Dart [Re: Troy] #581698
01/15/10 01:22 PM
01/15/10 01:22 PM
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 907
C
CrazyD Offline
super stock
CrazyD  Offline
super stock
C

Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 907
Troy - can you post any additional pages of the change order you might have?

Re: Need a little help with tire on a Hemi Dart [Re: CrazyD] #581699
01/15/10 04:05 PM
01/15/10 04:05 PM
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 17,516
Las Vegas, NV
6bblgt Offline
I Live Here
6bblgt  Offline
I Live Here

Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 17,516
Las Vegas, NV
These 45 pages of changes - where did they take place?
-------- at Hamtramck or at Hurst? Some at each? Were they built disassembled and rebuilt?

It appears the 28xx xxx part numbers were new (first use) during the developement of the B0/L0 SuperStock cars. Do other sheets confirm this?

DELETE part number 2539 091 Tubless Tire - 6.95 x 14 B.S.W. QTY/4
-------------- O/W 2539 093

Part # Chrysler 2834 950 Tubless Tire - D70 x 14 B.S.W. - Front QTY/2
---------- O/W 2834 948

*** WAG one is the part number for Goodyear the other for Firestone I have heard of no other tire manufacturers on '68 a-bodies.

I couldn't find a Chrysler product use for the 2462 274 Tubeless Tire - 7.75 x 15 B.S.W. - Rear QTY/2

The earlier part number leads me to believe there is another use for the tire, can any one confirm or deny?

Wish they had the VENDOR part numbers filled in, as I have the Goodyear part numbers for some of their tires.

Re: Need a little help with tire on a Hemi Dart [Re: 6bblgt] #581700
01/15/10 05:49 PM
01/15/10 05:49 PM
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,183
eganville ont
4
440beep Offline
super stock
440beep  Offline
super stock
4

Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,183
eganville ont
The information I have goes as follows:

The tires on the car were originally Firestone deluxe champion black walls 6.70 X 15 front and 8.20 X 15 on the rear. This is on Frank Spittle's original restored hemi dart.

I don't know if this is correct or not, but he went by pics of hemi darts on the Hurst lot.


Plymouth's gonna getcha! There are 3 things that will live forever, cockroaches, Keith Richards, & slant 6 Dusters 71 gtx 440 4speed air grabber blue on blue with white vinyl roof
Re: Need a little help with tire on a Hemi Dart [Re: 440beep] #581701
01/15/10 06:56 PM
01/15/10 06:56 PM
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 3,957
West Coast, CA
T
Troy Offline OP
master
Troy  Offline OP
master
T

Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 3,957
West Coast, CA
All the info I have shows a 14" wheel up front and a 15" wheel in the rear. The fronts were nothing more than "rollers"....just to move the car around. They used a 14" because they "say" that the "15" would not fit". I Think what there referring to is that a Dart would not fit on the transporter with a 15" wheels and that large hood scoop. If I'm wrong about this so be it but those front fenders have plenty of goon for a 15" front tire and wheel so

The rear wheels were special in the sense they were 15" Hemi wheels BUT they had additional 1.25" back spacing. This allowed room for the B body, big bolt pattern rear diffs.

I'll tell ya, when I first took on this project I thought it was going to be easy to do. Later on I found out that there are over two hundred special parts for these Darts and Cudas.....some are easy to make and others are very hard to replicate. Even worse is coming up with the info on these cars.....it's just not there!!


....there is nothing like driving my 1968 Hemi Dart around town and having people looking at you like you're nuts!!
Re: Need a little help with tire on a Hemi Dart [Re: Troy] #581702
08/29/10 03:48 PM
08/29/10 03:48 PM
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 3,957
West Coast, CA
T
Troy Offline OP
master
Troy  Offline OP
master
T

Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 3,957
West Coast, CA


....there is nothing like driving my 1968 Hemi Dart around town and having people looking at you like you're nuts!!
Re: Need a little help with tire on a Hemi Dart [Re: Troy] #581703
08/30/10 01:06 AM
08/30/10 01:06 AM
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 8,016
Polson, MT
DoctorDiff Offline
master
DoctorDiff  Offline
master

Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 8,016
Polson, MT
The standard '68 hemi wheels were 6" wide with 4" of backspacing. Unless the wheel center protruded past the outside of the rim, is an additional 1.25" of backspacing possible?

Re: Need a little help with tire on a Hemi Dart [Re: DoctorDiff] #581704
08/30/10 01:22 AM
08/30/10 01:22 AM
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 17,516
Las Vegas, NV
6bblgt Offline
I Live Here
6bblgt  Offline
I Live Here

Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 17,516
Las Vegas, NV
4" of backspacing sounds like a lot for a "stock" 6" rim? ...... but they did move the centers out for the HEMI a-bodies.

& the change order above shows the wheels as 15x6 with 1.25" positive offset (not additional) which = 4.25 backspace

6166407-68dartHEMI.jpg (58 downloads)
Re: Need a little help with tire on a Hemi Dart [Re: 6bblgt] #581705
08/30/10 01:56 AM
08/30/10 01:56 AM
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 17,516
Las Vegas, NV
6bblgt Offline
I Live Here
6bblgt  Offline
I Live Here

Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 17,516
Las Vegas, NV
Quote:

I couldn't find a Chrysler product use for the 2462 274 Tubeless Tire - 7.75 x 15 B.S.W. - Rear QTY/2




1967 W0/R0 cars were the first HEMI cars (& b-bodies) with 15" wheels/tires - Anyone have evidence on what they were?

I thought they were 8.15 or 8.25 x 15s but I am not sure? Has anyone seen "change orders" for the '67 Super Stocks?

Re: Need a little help with tire on a Hemi Dart [Re: 6bblgt] #581706
09/03/10 02:10 AM
09/03/10 02:10 AM
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 3,957
West Coast, CA
T
Troy Offline OP
master
Troy  Offline OP
master
T

Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 3,957
West Coast, CA
Quote:

4" of backspacing sounds like a lot for a "stock" 6" rim? ...... but they did move the centers out for the HEMI a-bodies.

& the change order above shows the wheels as 15x6 with 1.25" positive offset (not additional) which = 4.25 backspace




I have talked to a few people and they say this can be done to that rim.


....there is nothing like driving my 1968 Hemi Dart around town and having people looking at you like you're nuts!!
Page 2 of 2 1 2






Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.1