The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart

Posted By: Defbob

The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 05:15 PM

Jimmy's old Dart survived another fire. The body man (former co-worker) who was "suppose" to paint the car for me had an electrical fire in his garage. He may have not touch the car at since I dropped it off, but he did save the car from disaster. I am now waiting to bring it to a real body shop.

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Posted By: Defbob

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 05:16 PM

suffered some heat damage to the RF corner

Posted By: Triple Threat

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 05:18 PM

Holy crap man, that car is cursed! Better make sure the body shop owner's insurance is paid up.

Posted By: Defbob

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 05:23 PM

I just need to keep moving forward. It could have been so worse

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 05:27 PM

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suffered some heat damage to the RF corner

DAMN that car seems to attract fire... I'm sure you'll
get it back together for another attempt ... hopefully
you have burnt out the fire curse (no pun intended)..
I think the devil is following that car and wants to see
it WARM all the time... best of luck with it

Posted By: sg66mopar

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 06:18 PM

Sell that thing to somebody in Alaska for ice racing before it turns into charcoal!

Maybe put in a BIG rubber band or some squirels in a cage.

Posted By: Guitar Jones

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 06:21 PM

That is just too coincidental. The word possessed comes to mind.

Posted By: Defbob

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 06:21 PM

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suffered some heat damage to the RF corner

DAMN that car seems to attract fire... I'm sure you'll
get it back together for another attempt ... hopefully
you have burnt out the fire curse (no pun intended)..
I think the devil is following that car and wants to see
it WARM all the time... best of luck with it

Ya, the Devil wants his ride back...

Posted By: d-150

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 06:22 PM

christines daughter?

Posted By: Al_Alguire

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 06:25 PM

Sorry to hear about the mishap. I feel your pain after having a fire myself this year. Sucks for sure but I guess the brite side is it was not together or painted yet. And yeah the word possessed seems to come to mind

Posted By: Mr.Yuck

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 06:33 PM

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christines daughter?

At least Christine fixed herself...

Posted By: Guitar Jones

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 06:35 PM

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christines daughter?

At least Christine fixed herself...

Well has anyone ever asked it to?

Posted By: 340B5

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 06:50 PM

That thing needs to be Exorcised.

Posted By: Wv68charger

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 06:53 PM

It's just telling you that it wants a flame paint job that's all

All kidding aside sorry for the mishap hope you get it together and it flies!

Posted By: Thumperdart

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 07:09 PM

No joke, I`d sell that thing and never look back............Had a 69 Sport Satellite that right after I painted it got smashed by a drunk driver, hit a big dog then sold it to a friend. His wife crashed that car several times and needless to say he sold it.

Posted By: roadhazard

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 07:09 PM

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That thing needs to be Exorcised.

Just thinking the same thing

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Posted By: Performance Only

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 07:19 PM

How many is that now, three? I would pedal that thing as fast as I could. Do you feel the bad omen yet?

Posted By: 340B5

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 07:27 PM

On the serious side....any time you run at that level bad things are eventually going to happen.
If you play with fire.....

Posted By: pittsburghracer

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 07:32 PM

It needs exercised alright. Get an engine in that thing and run the dog poop out of it.

That is one bad car.
There's still a nice picture of it on Summites Motorsports Park ad for Octobers Shakedown Race. Our spot is rented for that race and we will be there spectating.
http://www.summitmotorsportspark.com/ind...20/-/-?Itemid=1

Posted By: HEMIFRED

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 07:32 PM

Posted By: Leigh

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 08:28 PM

Just bizarre circumstances, that's all. Good to see the damage is minimal. Good luck on getting it fixed.

Posted By: sixpackgut

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 09:50 PM

that is unbelievable!!!!!

Posted By: rickstershemi

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/21/13 11:44 PM

and all this time I thought is was just a Cuban thing......guess not

I'd park that [Edited by Moparts - Family Friendly Site - Keep it clean] in an empty field.....nawh it just wants to go fast

Rickster

Posted By: Quicktree

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/22/13 12:30 AM

I wouldn't drive that thing if you gave it to me. it is cursed

Posted By: BloFish

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/22/13 01:14 AM

Not a good track record thus far

Posted By: 68 HEMI GTS

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/22/13 01:16 AM

never seen a car than can survive so many fires, just crazy.

Posted By: RonTheAnnouncer

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/22/13 02:08 AM

That's crazy...you need to have the car lettered up after it's built. Borrow a line from Blue Oyster Cult... "Burnin' for you".

Posted By: Bad340fish

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/22/13 03:06 AM

It has to get a true fire paint job, that way it already looks like its on fire and the fire might just leave it alone?

Posted By: 8urvette

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/22/13 04:37 AM

Hurry up and get it done, then get some good collector car insurance on it. thats a guaranteed payoff for you!!!!!!

but seriously I don't know that i could ever drive that car...

Posted By: racerx

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/22/13 08:44 AM

No joke, I`d sell that thing and never look back............x2 b4 u find yourself

Posted By: tboomer

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/22/13 12:14 PM

Wow!!!

Posted By: 70blackfish

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/22/13 08:25 PM

dont sell it.........that car is awesome

Posted By: Defbob

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/23/13 12:35 AM

I will never sell the car, I waited years to get my hands on it

I had another bodyshop that had painted my first race car come down and give me an estimate. I will be dropping the car off to him on the 30th. I am just thankful that my car was not ruined. I lost a lot of valuable time and money dealing with Brian, but I will keep moving forward.

Posted By: jake4cars

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/23/13 01:24 AM

Geeez!!! that car has the worst luck.

If you are interested my niece's husband just opened a body shop in Norwich. His name is Keith Kudej, it's Kudej's body shop.

Good Luck with whoever you choose, I can recommend a body shop in Syracuse, Indiana to stay away from LOL!!!

Joey

Posted By: BigFish69

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/23/13 02:17 AM

I got the name for the dart THE ARSONIST

Posted By: hemi-itis

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/23/13 03:14 AM

This has been a HOT topic for a few years now

Posted By: sixpackgut

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/23/13 05:40 AM

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This has been a HOT topic for a few years now

rotflmao

Posted By: turbobitt

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/23/13 02:47 PM

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I will never sell the car, I waited years to get my hands on it

I will be dropping the car off to him on the 30th. I am just thankful that my car was not ruined. I lost a lot of valuable time and money dealing with Brian, but I will keep moving forward.

If your bodyshop deal falls through, We have a restoration shop just upstate from where your located and you already seen my work.
Allan G.

Posted By: FlyFish

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/23/13 03:51 PM

FLAME ON!!

I'm thinking I would either give that car a good flame job, or paint it up to look like a fire extinguisher...ethier way...

Posted By: HEMIDOG 70

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/23/13 04:46 PM

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I got the name for the dart THE ARSONIST

Pyrodart

Posted By: b1dartsport

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/23/13 05:06 PM

I don't know if you are a religious person or not but if I were you, I would tow the Car to my local place of worship and have the Minister or Priest come out and give it a blessing.

.Believe it or not I had a friend who had this done to a possessed Dirt Track Car and he had no worse than average luck with it after that!!

Posted By: Challenger 1

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/23/13 05:24 PM

I don't think the car is cursed, it's just a car.

The learning curve with a PSI blown hemi is very sharp. It usually makes a lot of sense to get a experienced tuner to help you get started with one of those combos, your money way a head to get tuning assistance.

I bet Jimmy would agree with me now.

Plus a car is much harder to deal with than dragster. When a fire happens with a dragster there's less to catch on fire because the engine is toward the rear.

Good luck with your new car, I saw one of your post where you built a new 4X4 frame, you can handle the work yourself.

Why don't you tackle the body work and determine your own outcome?

Posted By: DusterDave

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/23/13 05:27 PM

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This has been a HOT topic for a few years now

You're gonna get flamed for saying that!

Posted By: DusterDave

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/23/13 05:29 PM

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I got the name for the dart THE ARSONIST

Pyrodart

Do the tru fire paint job all over, and name the car FULLY INVOLVED

Posted By: Defbob

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/23/13 10:13 PM

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Why don't you tackle the body work and determine your own outcome?

I use to work at a restoration shop, but I cannot paint at my house and I am currently building the Willys Wagon for Tom.

Posted By: Challenger 1

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/24/13 02:36 PM

Thanks

Posted By: blown572dart

Re: The Curse of the Jimmy's Dart - 09/25/13 09:38 PM

Quote:

I don't think the car is cursed, it's just a car.

The learning curve with a PSI blown hemi is very sharp. It usually makes a lot of sense to get a experienced tuner to help you get started with one of those combos, your money way a head to get tuning assistance.

I bet Jimmy would agree with me now.

Plus a car is much harder to deal with than dragster. When a fire happens with a dragster there's less to catch on fire because the engine is toward the rear.

Good luck with your new car, I saw one of your post where you built a new 4X4 frame, you can handle the work yourself.

Why don't you tackle the body work and determine your own outcome?

I agree and we were creeping up on it. At the level we were playing it was very expensive and things break.

As much as I miss the car I am happy to say that all the time that I am spending with my kids has been very rewarding and wouldn't change in return for the car. The car is in good hands and I hope he really enjoys it as much as I did.