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Lou Mancini dart #959757 03/27/11 10:59 AM 03/27/11 10:59 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 109 Canada R restoracer OP member
restoracer OP member R Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 109 Canada	Does anyone on here remember Lou Mancini having another hemi dart other than the yellow publicized car ? There was a yellow one at barret jackson a few years ago but this is not the car I am referring to.This is also in no reference to the Ron Mancini darts ,my friend has a dart and a former owner told us it was Lou Mancinis at one time,car was also in Quebec around the Montreal area in the early 80s ,does anyone remember this car? Thanks

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: restoracer] #959758 03/27/11 12:00 PM 03/27/11 12:00 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 866 Winnipeg ,Mb. CA. chryco super stock
chryco super stock Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 866 Winnipeg ,Mb. CA.	It was white and apparently street driven. I saw it featured in a couple of mags years ago . It`s likely the yellow one you mentioned however. Chryco Gas is fer washin' parts ....Alky`s fer drinkin' ...Nitro`s fer Racin'!

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: chryco] #959759 03/27/11 02:16 PM 03/27/11 02:16 PM
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restoracer OP member R Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 109 Canada	Quote: It was white and apparently street driven. I saw it featured in a couple of mags years ago . It`s likely the yellow one you mentioned however. Chryco the white car is a different car than the yellow one from barrett jackson,that yellow car was featured in a magazine article in the 70s when Lou Mancini had it,they took it for a street drive ,article said it was found on a used car lot but that was a wrong story as the writer just wanted to make the story sound more exciting,they also featured the car with no hood.

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: restoracer] #959760 03/27/11 05:15 PM 03/27/11 05:15 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 866 Winnipeg ,Mb. CA. chryco super stock
chryco super stock Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 866 Winnipeg ,Mb. CA.	Quote: Quote: It was white and apparently street driven. I saw it featured in a couple of mags years ago . It`s likely the yellow one you mentioned however. Chryco the white car is a different car than the yellow one from barrett jackson,that yellow car was featured in a magazine article in the 70s when Lou Mancini had it,they took it for a street drive ,article said it was found on a used car lot but that was a wrong story as the writer just wanted to make the story sound more exciting,they also featured the car with no hood. Good info and thanks ! And now ....I have the rest of the story . Gas is fer washin' parts ....Alky`s fer drinkin' ...Nitro`s fer Racin'!

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: chryco] #959761 03/27/11 07:45 PM 03/27/11 07:45 PM
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A727Tflite master A Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,076 Michigan	The Dart was purchased from the owner of the used car lot, it sat on the lot just as in the article, but behind a fenced in area. Tom Hoover did indeed see it for sale but it was in a fenced lot with a broken engine. It never lived in Quebec, it was never white. I only had one Hemi Dart. My brother had one original Hemi Dart which he won several national events with, one dart that started out as a body in white which he won one national event with and the last one which he crashed at Indy in 1976. Lou Mancini

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: A727Tflite] #959762 03/27/11 08:26 PM 03/27/11 08:26 PM
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restoracer OP member R Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 109 Canada	Quote: The Dart was purchased from the owner of the used car lot, it sat on the lot just as in the article, but behind a fenced in area. Tom Hoover did indeed see it for sale but it was in a fenced lot with a broken engine. It never lived in Quebec, it was never white. I only had one Hemi Dart. My brother had one original Hemi Dart which he won several national events with, one dart that started out as a body in white which he won one national event with and the last one which he crashed at Indy in 1976. Lou Mancini Thanks for clearing that up Lou ,no better way of getting the correct story than from the man himself,I will pass this info on to the owner and a big thanks for replying.

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: restoracer] #959763 03/27/11 08:37 PM 03/27/11 08:37 PM
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restoracer OP member R Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 109 Canada	The magazine article did say the yellow car was found on a used car lot but made it sound like it was someones daily driver as it said it showed the signs of being someones daily driver and story made it sound like it was just another used car,thats from the original story on the car,later magazine articles said Tom Hoover gagged when he read that,goes to show cant always believe what the magazines print.

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: restoracer] #959764 03/27/11 08:58 PM 03/27/11 08:58 PM
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A727Tflite master A Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,076 Michigan	I respect (respected - he passed away of course) Baskerville but he wrote the article and added that it was a rusted hulk. There was NO rust anywhere, it never was on the street. I took the car down to metal, it was pristine. It indeed had a very nice lace paint job on it but someone added yellow enamel lettering using a K-Mart stencil kit. Baskerville did s*%t himself when I smacked the throttle to the wood, it did change lanes on me. Kirschenbaum did get P.O.'d at me for driving and taking pics with the hood off, and the bumper was tweaked to boot. But it was fun anyway. Lou

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: restoracer] #959765 03/27/11 09:01 PM 03/27/11 09:01 PM
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B G Racing master Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,910 Eighty Four, PA	My understanding the yellow car was originally built buy Ray williams at Sponceller Dodge in McDonald Pa, and was green and white and monikered the "Asphalt Animal Jr".It was later sold at a Wexford,Pa car lot and eventually went to Pottstown,Pa.After changing a few more hands it was purchased by Mancini and restored for street purpose and sold again at auction.I can not varify this as fact,but if it's correct it was a dealer built car not an original L023M car. [IMG]http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq21/ajcasini/max_zpsdppwd9km.jpg[/IMG]

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: B G Racing] #959766 03/27/11 09:09 PM 03/27/11 09:09 PM
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sixpakdodge master S Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,101 Yes	A friend of mine owned Lou's Dart prior to Lou owning it. It was green and raced as "Car of The Rising Sun." Definitely an LO23 car.

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: sixpakdodge] #959767 03/27/11 09:17 PM 03/27/11 09:17 PM
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A727Tflite master A Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,076 Michigan	I still have a copy of the title, it's an LO car. It had no white on the car when I purchased it. Only green. It had the original shifter in it, interior, etc. It had two holes that only the original LO/BO cars had. I highly doubt a dealer would do what Hurst had done. Back in the day, you didn't have to have an original car to compete with it. Why go through all the exercise? Today, yep, the extra exercise is worth it. I would really like to see the car again if anyone knows where it is at. Lou

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: A727Tflite] #959768 03/27/11 09:21 PM 03/27/11 09:21 PM
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A727Tflite master A Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,076 Michigan	By the way, who owns the neat Dart in the pics?

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: sixpakdodge] #959769 03/28/11 12:31 PM 03/28/11 12:31 PM
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mike s top fuel M Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,668 Mi,U.S.A.	Quote: A friend of mine owned Lou's Dart prior to Lou owning it. It was green and raced as "Car of The Rising Sun." Definitely an LO23 car. Yup Leave the gun.......take the Cannoli's....Mike

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: A727Tflite] #959770 03/28/11 12:34 PM 03/28/11 12:34 PM
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sixpakdodge master S Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,101 Yes	... 6554031-l_e9d011ae60d7d2a9d90cb050f4909e4f.jpg (4594 downloads)

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: sixpakdodge] #959771 03/28/11 05:10 PM 03/28/11 05:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 581 Detroit, MI David Hakim super street
David Hakim super street Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 581 Detroit, MI	Lou, I just sent you a PM regarding your HEMI Dart.

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: David Hakim] #959772 03/28/11 10:07 PM 03/28/11 10:07 PM
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A727Tflite master A Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,076 Michigan	I wish I would have taken pics of the car before I started working on it. I actually bought it with the intention of street racing, oops, racing it. As it turned out, I never did get it to the track or on the street anymore than driving it for the article, to a local high school car show, and to the front end alignment shop. The trip to have the front end aligned ended up with the young technician stating he had to test drive it before and after the alignment. I said the only thing you'll be driving is nails and then I left.

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: A727Tflite] #959773 03/28/11 10:49 PM 03/28/11 10:49 PM
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ro23car super stock Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,162 s e mich	well who owned the car i think was called irish rover. i remember seeing it a detroit autorama many years ago.

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: ro23car] #959774 03/28/11 11:00 PM 03/28/11 11:00 PM
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JAKE68 pro stock J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,495 Shelby mi.	The irish rover was Rons original car that was the red and black one. Jake Last edited by JAKE68; 03/28/11 11:02 PM. JAKES AUTOMOTIVE

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: JAKE68] #959775 03/29/11 05:50 PM 03/29/11 05:50 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 210 Elverson, Pa J Joe Grippo enthusiast
Joe Grippo enthusiast J Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 210 Elverson, Pa	Here is the Dart in 1997 when it was owned by my friend Tim in Pottstown, Pa... 97-NMCA MAPLE GROVE-DAN AND TIM002 by Joe Grippo, on Flickr 97-NMCA MAPLE GROVE-DAN AND TIM001 by Joe Grippo, on Flickr Time Wasters.... http://public.fotki.com/JoeGrippo/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joe_grippo/sets/ http://www.youtube.com/user/JoeGrippo?feature=mhum

Re: Lou Mancini dart [Re: Joe Grippo] #959776 03/29/11 05:57 PM 03/29/11 05:57 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 210 Elverson, Pa J Joe Grippo enthusiast
Joe Grippo enthusiast J Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 210 Elverson, Pa	And here it is in 1996 when a bunch of us went to the Super Stock Reunion in Dinwiddie, Va... 96-SUPERSTOCK REUNION-VMP027 by Joe Grippo, on Flickr Tim sold it around 2000 to a guy in Indiana and I think he was the one took it to BJ where F. Engelhart bought it and it fell off my radar. Time Wasters.... http://public.fotki.com/JoeGrippo/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joe_grippo/sets/ http://www.youtube.com/user/JoeGrippo?feature=mhum

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