The compact but still fire spread LO23 HEMI DART is one of Dodge’s milestone models from the 60s. It is an A-Body Drag-Racing special that started as a Dart GTS-Hardtop from 1968, already an incredible machine that can be 275 or 300 hp for an Effici Smok-Blok-blog Mopar’s 383CI Big-Block Engine designed to deliver high-quality performance. With a little Hurst Performance Magic, it became a celebrated Drag Racer that tears.
Dodge adjusted the LO23 Hemi Dart for the National Hot Rod Association Super Stock, for which cars had to weigh no more than 6.99 pounds per horse power. As a result, the LO23 included a series of weight -saving measures to make it as light of weight as possible. Instead of steel caps and mudguards, the roof of fiber optics and mudguards contained by Hurst. It also received sour steel doors with thin side window glass held in place due to adjustable safety belts instead of standard window controllers. And it has sacrificed many facilities, including back seats, middle console, armrests, sound -dragging material, exterior mirrors, stove, radio and carpets. The result? A well -designed car that eventually weighed around 3000 pounds.
It was a well -done work, but Dodge was not completely finished making wonderful power. The engineers threw 425 hp and 490 pound-foot torque in a cross-ram racing-spec 426 Hemi-Motor-a favorite of a Jalopnik-readers-spudged. So much power in such a compact, lightweight car brought considerable gear gains, with the stripped down arrow lasting about 10 seconds to erase the quarter mile.
Dodge only made 80 LO23 Hemi Darts
By the time Hurst Performance finished changing Dodge Hemi -Darts for Chrysler in the facility in Madison Heights, Michigan, there were a total of 80 of the muscle cars. So the LO23 is a rare and wanted car from the collector that requires deep bags to possess when it becomes available. In their original forms, these cars sell hundreds of thousands of dollars, proven by one car followed by ClassicThat $ 200,000 achieved the last time it changed ownership, in 2023 – a substantial increase compared to the $ 4,500 for which the L023 was originally sold in 1968.
If you can get one, this should usually be supplied with disc brakes in front of the L023 Hemi Dart was the first Dodge package that offered this function and an A-833 hand-handled four-speed gearbox or 727 Torqueflite three-speed automatic transmission. You will also notice that the regular front seats in the Dart GTs have been replaced, with lighter Bosstrum chairs that have been borrowed from the Dodge A100 bus (each with a weight of 24 pounds) that take their place.
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