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----Des,,,Im guessing that no one would remember the car as I think they only built the motor and didnt install it, but I could be wrong......Bill S

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I thought Diamond-Elkins hooked up sometime back then. Des, like Bill said most engine shops had nothing to do with the cars themselves.

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----Mark didnt mention it but Butch Elkins may have become a minority partner at some point. He apparently was a really talented guy with headwork.....Bill S

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I remember a few decades ago when I bought a flat red painted, LO23 1968 Hemi Dart. It came with an NOS 1970 426 hemi block and a bunch of stuff from Diamond Engineering including a magnesium crossram still in the box from them. It appeared to have been cut open, modified and welded up again.

I bought the Dart just to keep the NOS engine. I sold the Dart a couple weeks later for twice what I paid....

...it later turned out to be Dick Landy's 4-speed Hemi Dart.

DOH! http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...pson2Thumb.gif

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...LO23dart-1.jpg

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...8c/LO23vin.jpg

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...erticard-1.jpg

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...c/scan0016.jpg

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...68c/parts4.jpg

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...68c/parts1.jpg

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...68c/parts5.jpg

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...68c/parts3.jpg

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...68c/parts2.jpg

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Steve, you still got that box the cross-ram came in? per chance...

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Nope. The car sold in 1988, along with the Hemi Dart specific parts. I kept the block, heads, and rotating assembly, put it together and eventually sold the running engine in 1993.

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Just looking for a close shot of the branding/logo

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So Steve, you owned Dandy Dick Landy's Hemi Dart in the 80's? WOW what a car!

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YUP. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

If I had simply sanded off the flat red paint I would have found the original Landy colors in the door jambs....like the later owner did.

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I feel sick. One of my non Chevy heros! A real car too.