The First 1967 383 A-Body, 'Barracuda or Mr. Norms's Dart'

V (December 1966)

Chicago's 'Mr. Norm' doesn't believe in being Number Two, especially when it comes
to selling High Performance cars.

When Chrysler Corporation gave the '383' engine to the Plymouth Barracuda, Grand-Spaulding
decided to build it's own 'Special Dart'. Norman Harvey Kraus said that the decison had been
made by those who govern Chrysler to put the 383 big-block engine in the small A-Body for 1967,
and that it was ruled that the Plymouth Barracuda would be the most desirable for this new package.
Plymouth introduced the 'new' Barracuda to the public on November 25, 1966.

Since the Plymouth Barracuda and Dodge Dart share the same components, Mr. Norm decided to build
his own 383, using a current 1967 Dart GT, and an 'H-Code' 383 4-Barrel engine from a B-Body.