Early A race cars 63-66

Dart 2. After Garlits first rear engined1965/66 Dart's throttle stuck and the transmission exploded (cutting the car in half) on the first run, and After the former Branstner-Howell built rear engined 1965 Dartcharger, a.k.a. 1966 PolkaDart (66 fenders/ trans removed) aka Garlits Dart (black paint) went through the traps upside down (backflipped) at Detroit, a second (or third) version came along, the Swamp Rat IX, (basically a Swamp Rat VI with a 66 fiberglass Dart body). NHRA.com