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Re: Late Vs Early "A" Body.....
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03/01/10 12:53 PM
03/01/10 12:53 PM
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Fresno, CA
Jim_Lusk
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February 1967 issue of Car Craft, article on p. 54:
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DODGE GETS 383 TREATMENT, Chicago's Mr. Norm doesn't believe in being number two, especially when it comes to selling high performance cars. When Chrysler gave the 383 engine to Plymouth for the Barracuda, Grand-Spaulding built its own special Dart.
Article goes on to say:
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With the 67 model year . . . Norm . . . had high hopes of getting a 383 Dart. On announcement day, however, they found Dodge had been by-passed in favor of the Barracuda, which Chrysler Corporation felt would compete more strongly against the Mustang. . . .
Norm took a top of the line Dart GT, which was equipped with a six-cylinder and automatic transmission, and put the shop's racing specialist, Frank Oglesby, to work in making the swap.
The Grand-Spaulding built 383 Dart was the one that was tested by Car Craft. It differed in several respects from the later production 383 Dart.
That still doesn't say anything about the oft0-cited claim that Norm showed them it fit. They (Chrysler) already knew it fit since the Barracuda and Dart are the same under the hood.
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