Dodge Hemi Dart LO23 Super Stock
As one of the biggest forces on America’s drag strips in the ’60s, Chrysler always looked for ways to improve performance, introduce new concepts, and break records. After years of fiddling with mid-size platforms, for 1968, Mopar shoehorned the Race Hemi in the smallest platform they could find – Dodge Dart (via Dodge Garage).
The actual fabrication of this beast was a tough task. The Hemi Darts were assembled almost by hand using regular 383 Dart as a basis. Installing the big Hemi in the small Dart’s engine bay was a challenging and tight fit, but Chrysler engineers managed to produce exactly 80 cars. Of course, none of them were street legal, and they all went to racing teams, painted in primer and ready for race decals and stripes.