Start with the Petrie car. When I looked at the Dart it was in John Petries name but in John Brown of Ohio hands. John Brown and I had discussed that it would not cost any duty coming back into Canada because it was in a Canadian Province Ownership with Petries name on it. Could there be two John Petries,yes, that is a very common name in Canada. The car was at Mopar Nationals way back in the first two or three years it was held in Columbus Ohio. John Brown had built a motor for it and the car went 10.60s. If you know who John Brown is from Ohio he had at one time 4 68 Hemi A Bodies all real cars.
This guy that showed me with the Bill of Sale says Frank Elliotts car was his. He said only two BO29 Cars were sold into Ontario, Canada. The Bill of sale has a silent partner on it. It shows a location of a garage in Oakville on the Bill of sale. Oakville, Ontario is on the South West side of Toronto and the bill of sale shows a Dealership on the East side of Toronto. I got a email today that jogged my memory about the Elliott car. Frank Elliott put it up for sale for around 13K back in the late 70s early 80s. I do not think this is the Beatty and Woods 68 Hemi Barracuda since Elliott still owned the car at that time. My Challenger raced against the Beatty and woods Hemi 68 Barracuda they were in the same class and a 1971 Hemi Challenger just could not compete because the cars were 500lbs in weight difference from an E Body to a A body with a Hemi and four speed and Danas. This was around 1972-3.

I know Petrie name was on the Ownership of the 1968 Hemi Dart that John Brown owned. That car was paint white when I saw it in Columbus. That car was driven on the street by John Brown. There is a guy in Manitoba, Canada that says he has a Petrie LO Hemi Dart. I do not know if this is the same car that John Brown owned. I lived within 3 Miles of John Petrie back in 1965 to 1980, I do not remember him owning a 1968 Hemi A Body. I know he raced a Ford Funny car then in 1968. In 1969 he had a 1969 Hemi GTX Conv. and a 1969 Hemi Super Bee. The Petrie Super Bee is still alive, now the GTX is said to maybe be still alive, I do not know for sure about the GTX. Mark email me the Dealership name and I will tell you if it is the same. This is not the only Hemi A Body this Dealership sold. I know they sold a LO Hemi Dart.

Just found some pictures posted by a friend of mine on his facebook site and then someone posted them on Class Racer. These are the pictures of the car being picked up when new.

http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?p=424795

Mark look at the Number on the Window.

Chryco, the BO29 Car was it originally a four speed or an Automatic. I know the one from the Welland area was an Automatic and became a four speed.

The Beatty and Woods car, the last time I saw it in the late 80's, had a tube chassis in it. The only part of the original car remaining was the shell. The owner at that time had the VIN in his tool box.

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The Beatty and Woods cuda has since had its updated race car chassis modifications removed ,and factory floors and rails re-installed a few years ago .A common practice performed to bring many of these old factory race car warhorses back to day one configuration, as most were raced hard and heavily modified to stay competitive, and caged for safety as they got faster .Interesting is car when found still had the hurst thin doors ,grey primer under the weatherstrip trim ,and some other BO unique items as well. Cool piece of Canadian mopar drag racing history,according to registry the only known auto BO delivered new to Canada ,originally from Niagara Falls ,and still resides in Canada .