SUPER STOCK BO29 HEMI Barracuda and LO23 Hemi Dart forum

Should FABO have a forum for BO29 & LO23 Hemi A-Bodies

  • Yes

    Votes: 145 88.4%

  • No

    Votes: 19 11.6%
  • Total voters
    164
  • Poll closed .
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Here is the car with the first owner, still trying to find good color pictures so I can paint it back to the original schema!
 

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HemiSSDart said:
Another forum for these awesome cars certainly can't hurt any, but still the classracer post is the best source of information and pictures to date! Here is what my car looked like the last time it raced, wish it looked like this now!
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yes it is and I do not understand why its not here. lets get it all here. forabodiesonly we need this forum, lets go.!!!
 
HemiSSDart said:
Another forum for these awesome cars certainly can't hurt any, but still the classracer post is the best source of information and pictures to date! Here is what my car looked like the last time it raced, wish it looked like this now!
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Do you own it now....???
 
What was the reason(s) I've seen so many broken/repaired crossrams for sale over the years?
 
69 Cuda 440 said:
'The Phoenix Flop'

Town & Country Chrysler-Plymouth ~ Phoenix, Arizona were the biggest Mopar High-Performance
Dealership in the Southwest Region.

They were big performers early S/S cars, and AWB cars during the mid-60's.

They ordered a 1968 BO-29 Race Hemi Barracuda {Automatic} from the 'initial' batch of
1st Produced BO-29 cars.

It was shipped to them via Car Hauler {with several other 1968 factory Model cars} in
early-March.

'The Phoenix Flop'

As per Eddie Jansen, who was there to help unload the BO-29.

The Barracuda had been loaded onto the car hauler, 'nose first'.

Instead of getting a few guys on the Hauler, and push the Barracuda off, we made a major mistake.

We had somebody from the dealership get in the car, and start the thing up. It was as loud as Hell.
The guy put the Transmission in 'Reverse', and he tried to back it up at idle. The car stalled.

Then he started it up again. But when he put it in gear, it stalled again.

The 3rd-time, he started it up, and revved it up while he put it in gear. Well, the rear tires
grabbed the right side ramp, and it snapped the rail like a sling-shot.

The Barracuda came crashing to the pavement on it's right rear. A 10-Foot drop.

The right-real quarter-panel buckled like a Pretzel. The back glass panel popped out, and
landed on the right-side of the car. Amazingly, it didn't crack or shatter.

But, the right-rear frame rail was bent and twisted up. Now the right-rear of the car was
about 12" higher than the left side. The trunk-lid was bent, and it was a real twisted mess.
It was not only sad, but funny as hell.

We had to call Chrysler to tell them the bad news.

So we put the car back on the Hauler, and it was shipped back to he Hurst Facility at Madison Heights,
Michigan.

We were told that we would get another BO-29 within 10-Days.

We needed a BO-29 fast, because we had scheduled several Match-Races at Bee-Line Dragway
for all of the month of April. Plus we had '2' big AHRA Meets upcoming as well.

Plus we had set up a photo shoot with E.T. Magazine {AHRA Publication}

We need time to prep the car, paint it and get it ready.

When the end of March came around, we were told that we would have to wait a few more weeks to
get one, or drive up to Detroit to pick one up.

Somebody 'high up' at the Dealership then said to forget about it.
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Pauls last post on this
What a wealth of knowledge Paul had, he will be missed!!!! I was hoping he was going to share it with us if we got the new forum.
R.I.P. 69 Cuda 440 Paul Ceasrine
 
davescuda said:
Pauls last post on this
What a wealth of knowledge Paul had, he will be missed!!!! I was hoping he was doing to share it with us if we got the new forum.
R.I.P. 69 Cuda 440 Paul Ceasrine
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ON HO, I didn't know Paul had died, sad day indeed. RIP Paul.:angel12:
 
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How the heck did I miss this thread?

I grew up watching the SS Cudas and Darts kick azz.

My last few Cudas have been NSS/AA or SS/AH clones.

If I can provide any input or history I'd be glad to help out.

I vote yes for this thread.

:glasses7:
 
Still no word on whether or not there is going to be a dedicated forum?

Guess the diecast and model forum must really be burning up all the bandwidth...
 
nothingbutdarts said:
sscuda,
How about some pictrures of your ss clone cars?
I can't wait to read more history on these cars!
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Build pics or finished pics?

Most of my SS Cuda pics are old school Kodak photos. I would have to take digital pics of the photos in order to post them. My current NSS/A Cuda build was captured on digital media and I've got a ton of digital pics as it is my last build.

And yes, NHRA was hated back then too. I remeber racing at 2:00 am a lot of times to finish out an event. Cayuga, St. Thomas, and Niagara were my primary tracks.


:glasses7:
 
rmchrgr said:
Still no word on whether or not there is going to be a dedicated forum?

Guess the diecast and model forum must really be burning up all the bandwidth...
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From what a staff member told me is if they do it, it will be done when they change over to the new format. So we will see, I hope so, it would be very cool. The Bummer is that Paul (RIP) was one of the guys that had a registry for these cars. I have some of his stuff save. I will post as much as I can. I will reach out to the other guys also.

We have a picture in the top right on this site and nothing for theses cars. Just seem wrong to me. I will do as mush as a I can do and I am sure that all of us interested in this will also help out and make this awesome.
 
Ok - here we go.

The end goal was to built a relatively fast street car that was competitive in a NSS Hemi Shoot Out.

This is my current project. A '69 Cuda FB roller that was purchased from a gentleman in Long Island, last licensed in 1990. It was relatively rust free. The project was supposed to only take a max of 2 years. It's been 5 years so far because life kept getting the way. And to this day my former clients have no idea what "retired" actually means.

I brought the car home, removed the trim, glass, and bolt on body panels, cut the quarters off, and discarded every body panel except the roof and cowl. I did sell the hood and fenders.

I had mint doors from a previous project, a bolt on fiberglass decklid from AAR, and a complete race weight glass from end , and bumpers that were supposed to go on a previous build.

Within a month of getting the car home I had the front end panels fitted, doors on and aligned, and the cheap *** Taiwanese (Cross Canada Auto Body) quarters on and straightened.

The roof had some slight wrinkles or waves that needed some TLC.

With the body work done I moved on to the chassis upgrades.

Stay tuned for the 2nd installment tomorrow.

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davescuda said:
From what a staff member told me is if they do it, it will be done when they change over to the new format. So we will see, I hope so, it would be very cool. The Bummer is that Paul (RIP) was one of the guys that had a registry for these cars. I have some of his stuff save. I will post as much as I can. I will reach out to the other guys also.

We have a picture in the top right on this site and nothing for theses cars. Just seem wrong to me. I will do as mush as a I can do and I am sure that all of us interested in this will also help out and make this awesome.
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Still not getting what the problem is and why the lack of forward motion. Hard to imagine 'the powers that be' would harbor any negativity towards this particular idea. I mean, it's Chrysler factory racing history! They were/are the baddest Super Stock cars on the planet purposely derived from the humble A body! How is that not what all of us are here for on some level?

So if that's the case, (which it should be) why wait until this vague 'changeover' happens? What sense does that make? Wouldn't 'they' want to have stuff already in place to verify it's producing the results/traffic/discussions 'they' would like to see?

Just seems sort of lacking in the logic department. I hafta think it's easy enough to sit down in front of the server, open the software and add the new forum. Again, it was decided at some point we needed a diecast and model forum, seventeen different regional boards and a dedicated convertible forum. Why not this one?

I just have a feeling FABO was sort of a 'franchise' type experiment that just happened to grow legs and survive. Think about it - there's a whole litany of "ForXXXOnly" forums that are not half as successful as this one. It's because for whatever reason, the guys that come through here (corny as it sounds) are more fiercely dedicated to their cars than others. There are some things that make you wonder how deep the enthusiasm is with the forum owners, inaction on this deal being one of them.

I appreciate this place on the whole and I think it's a good forum for the most part but the lack of understanding about this particular thing points to a management entity that is not wholeheartedly connected to the people here and perhaps not really understanding the impact these particular cars have on our hobby.

What do I know though. :scratch:
 
rmchrgr said:
still not getting what the problem is and why the lack of forward motion. Hard to imagine 'the powers that be' would harbor any negativity towards this particular idea. I mean, it's chrysler factory racing history! They were/are the baddest super stock cars on the planet purposely derived from the humble a body! How is that not what all of us are here for on some level?

So if that's the case, (which it should be) why wait until this vague 'changeover' happens? What sense does that make? Wouldn't 'they' want to have stuff already in place to verify it's producing the results/traffic/discussions 'they' would like to see?

Just seems sort of lacking in the logic department. I hafta think it's easy enough to sit down in front of the server, open the software and add the new forum. Again, it was decided at some point we needed a diecast and model forum, seventeen different regional boards and a dedicated convertible forum. Why not this one?

I just have a feeling fabo was sort of a 'franchise' type experiment that just happened to grow legs and survive. Think about it - there's a whole litany of "forxxxonly" forums that are not half as successful as this one. It's because for whatever reason, the guys that come through here (corny as it sounds) are more fiercely dedicated to their cars than others. There are some things that make you wonder how deep the enthusiasm is with the forum owners, inaction on this deal being one of them.

I appreciate this place on the whole and i think it's a good forum for the most part but the lack of understanding about this particular thing points to a management entity that is not wholeheartedly connected to the people here and perhaps not really understanding the impact these particular cars have on our hobby.
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Exactly, X426
 
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