Anyone Ever Hear of Hurst Built 1969 Hemi Dart?

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info that very few people know about Hemi Darts and that is-



In 1969 Hurst corporation was commissioned to build 5 Hemi Darts and they

did so and they are very rare, rarer than the factory 68 cars and do you

know how I know this I was contacted by one of the engineers who built those

cars before he died and after much discussion and looking in certain areas

of my car (that only he would know) I found out I had his personal Hemi Dart

that he raced in 1969 -YAHOO!! Boy was he happy just to talk to me and see

pics of his car-He also named the car which I put on the car in removable

decals-He also had made marks in a certain area of the car every time they

would win a race and only I know this area in the car - so it gives my car

some value it (was not somebody's clone built in there back yard), again I

do not expect a sh*t pile of money for my car- here is the only reason I am

selling it -

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Just some dude that turned a 340 car into a Hemi car. At best, a very old clone. And lots of racers did that.

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It's easy for you fellows to take shots at him now that his source has up and died. A very convenient passing, I should think, for you critics. I'm afraid I must ask you for your whereabouts on the evening that former Hurst employee, Mr. Yahoo, died.

I, for one, believe the seller. You see, it's a known fact that many Hurst employees would carve notches into their rearends any time one of their cars won a race. Sometimes they would have their wives or even Linda Vaughan do the carving.

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how could you race again with that much ass carving???and seeing lindas

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It's easy for you fellows to take shots at him now that his source has up and died. A very convenient passing, I should think, for you critics. I'm afraid I must ask you for your whereabouts on the evening that former Hurst employee, Mr. Yahoo, died.

I, for one, believe the seller. You see, it's a known fact that many Hurst employees would carve notches into their rearends any time one of their cars won a race. Sometimes they would have their wives or even Linda Vaughan do the carving.

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Acually it was Col. Mustard in the kitchen with the candle stick .... Col. Mustard actually had the car built by Dick Landy who then gave it to Lee Cameron to race who then gave it back to Dick. I can prove it cause there is a cigar butt in the ashtray and I have a picture of a Dart - racing - somewhere.

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Hurst also had a program in the late 60's with, of all folks, American Motors. I don't remember which model they used, but I do remember they were painted red, white, and blue as a salute to the flag. Anyone remember that?

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Those are Super Stock AMX. Bob Tarozzi said he gave notice and once he finshed some Nascar testing in Florida, he went straight to Harry Crane's to start working on the AMX program. Didn't even leave Florida. There is a website that has a lot of S/S AMX docs. If you look at the mods done there, they are very similar ideas to the S/S 68 Hemi cars.

Tarozzi said one of factors of doing the S/S AMX program was the possibility/promise/implication of being a driver on the American Motors entry into Nascar's Grand American series. Jim Paschal was the main driver and Bob only got a couple? starts. Then they lacked funds to run two drivers...typical . Then Bob was hired on at AAR (Gurney) to be the chief engineer on the 70 Barracuda Trans Am effort.

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Hurst also had a program in the late 60's with, of all folks, American Motors. I don't remember which model they used, but I do remember they were painted red, white, and blue as a salute to the flag. Anyone remember that?

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Those are Super Stock AMX.

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I have researched the 68 Hemi S/S cars quite a bit but never heard of any 69's being built. I also am not aware of any Chrysler Engineers driving in competition - I could be wrong but Mancini worked in the transmission lab - not sure if he was actually an engineer - I don't think John Tedder was either - like I said I could be wrong. Many 68 cars were updated to 69 & 70 models though. Alot of the cars that were updated to 70 models are still unaccounted for. I have spoken to a number of Hurst employees (& shop manager) and never heard of any 69 cars. Ever notice how good the 69 Hurst S/S AMX's launched - I was told that they used the leftover S/S springs from the 68 Hemi program on the cars - apparently Dick Maxwell found out and really chewed them out about this!
Mark J

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When I talked to Bob Tarozzi 2 years ago he said Ron Mancini was the technician assigned/picked to him to help with the project. Ron was not an engineeer and was hourly and in the union. Bob mentioned it was tough putting in late hours because Ron couldn't stay because he was hourly.

Got the impression that those two people were the only ones assigned to be dedicated solely 100% on the project. 68hemiss, does this sound right??

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Ron Mancini did not even get a '68 Hemi Dart in '68. He got his first one off of Gil Clark in '69. I find it hard to believe that he worked on the project and did not even receive one.

Could you be thinking of Ron's Uncle, Dan Mancini?

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I have researched the 68 Hemi S/S cars quite a bit but never heard of any 69's being built. I also am not aware of any Chrysler Engineers driving in competition - I could be wrong but Mancini worked in the transmission lab - not sure if he was actually an engineer - I don't think John Tedder was either - like I said I could be wrong. Many 68 cars were updated to 69 & 70 models though. Alot of the cars that were updated to 70 models are still unaccounted for. I have spoken to a number of Hurst employees (& shop manager) and never heard of any 69 cars. Ever notice how good the 69 Hurst S/S AMX's launched - I was told that they used the leftover S/S springs from the 68 Hemi program on the cars - apparently Dick Maxwell found out and really chewed them out about this!
Mark J

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When I talked to Bob Tarozzi 2 years ago he said Ron Mancini was the technician assigned/picked to him to help with the project. Ron was not an engineeer and was hourly and in the union. Bob mentioned it was tough putting in late hours because Ron couldn't stay because he was hourly.

Got the impression that those two people were the only ones assigned to be dedicated solely 100% on the project. 68hemiss, does this sound right??

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Ron Mancini did not even get a '68 Hemi Dart in '68. He got his first one off of Gil Clark in '69. I find it hard to believe that he worked on the project and did not even receive one.

Could you be thinking of Ron's Uncle, Dan Mancini?

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I have researched the 68 Hemi S/S cars quite a bit but never heard of any 69's being built. I also am not aware of any Chrysler Engineers driving in competition - I could be wrong but Mancini worked in the transmission lab - not sure if he was actually an engineer - I don't think John Tedder was either - like I said I could be wrong. Many 68 cars were updated to 69 & 70 models though. Alot of the cars that were updated to 70 models are still unaccounted for. I have spoken to a number of Hurst employees (& shop manager) and never heard of any 69 cars. Ever notice how good the 69 Hurst S/S AMX's launched - I was told that they used the leftover S/S springs from the 68 Hemi program on the cars - apparently Dick Maxwell found out and really chewed them out about this!
Mark J

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When I talked to Bob Tarozzi 2 years ago he said Ron Mancini was the technician assigned/picked to him to help with the project. Ron was not an engineeer and was hourly and in the union. Bob mentioned it was tough putting in late hours because Ron couldn't stay because he was hourly.

Got the impression that those two people were the only ones assigned to be dedicated solely 100% on the project. 68hemiss, does this sound right??

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Ron Mancini did not even get a '68 Hemi Dart in '68. He got his first one off of Gil Clark in '69. I find it hard to believe that he worked on the project and did not even receive one.

Could you be thinking of Ron's Uncle, Dan Mancini?

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I may have misquoted the wrong Mancini. Dave Hakin could verify

But it was thier job. Just because they worked on it, didn't mean they got a car with it.