Original (as in REAL, not a clone) 1968 LO23 Hemi Dart

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  • Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
  • Me in my original 1968 LO23 Hurst Hemi Dart at Thunder Valley Dragways in Marion, South Dakota. August 11, 2019. Getting the suspension dialed in so we can start turning up the shift points, transbrake, etc. Ran a 9.20 at over 146 on this run.
    When I say "original", I am referring to the fact that this car is indeed one of approximately 80 original 1968 Hurst Hemi Darts, it is NOT a clone! It is obviously not "all original" as in "bone stock", since I pulled the original Super Stock 426 hemi for safekeeping, and am running an all-aluminum 604 cubic inch hemi engine. I believe this run was a 9.24 at 146-147 mph. Still breaking in the engine and dialing in the chassis. This car should run 8.80s at 150+ mph when it is fully sorted.

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  • @jasonpark5692
    @jasonpark5692 4 роки тому +238

    Coolest thing I have seen on youtube in a long time.

  • @Impactjunky
    @Impactjunky 4 роки тому +112

    Faster than a Demon or Hellcat right out of the box with no supercharger. Real muscle right here.

    • @Impactjunky
      @Impactjunky 4 роки тому +28

      @огромная эрекция I can tell you've never heard of the LO23 Hemi Dart before bro. These cars picked up the front wheels straight off the showroom floor. Here's a quote from an article about the car. "Chrysler engineers stated the new 1968 Hemi Dart could reach speeds of 130 mph in less than 11 seconds and factory quarter mile times in the 10-11 second range, although times have been reported as low as the 9-10 second range." So yeah this car is pretty much doing what these cars do right off the showroom floor. www.rmw.lv/car/en/dart-hemi-l023-1968

    • @shortthrow50
      @shortthrow50 4 роки тому +7

      Such a childish comparison. It’s not stock and even so, you can make a Honda faster than a demon. You obviously don’t understand production cars and prices you little kid. Go back to playing xbox before I turn you over me knee

    • @Impactjunky
      @Impactjunky 4 роки тому +18

      @@shortthrow50 Reading the rest of the conversation would have helped prevent you from looking like a complete idiot. You turned yourself over your own knee LoL.

    • @mosburgz
      @mosburgz 4 роки тому +24

      @@shortthrow50 You do realise this is a factory production car right? so yes, it is stock..

    • @wymple09
      @wymple09 4 роки тому +7

      @@shortthrow50 I know enough to know that's not even close to stock

  • @BigGreazyPorkSamich
    @BigGreazyPorkSamich 4 роки тому +140

    The ole hemi’s are just earth pounding!

    • @daryllect6659
      @daryllect6659 4 роки тому +2

      The plural of "hemi" is "hemis", not "hemi's:.

    • @macmac8249
      @macmac8249 4 роки тому

      Daryl Lect Methinks that “spellcheck” f**ks up the plurals of a pile of words...might not be River Banks error.

    • @daryllect6659
      @daryllect6659 4 роки тому

      @@macmac8249 That would be "Riverbanks' "_
      River-Banks apostrophe.

    • @macmac8249
      @macmac8249 4 роки тому

      Daryl Lect Good one. Nonetheless, you’re correct...hemis is the proper plural. ( spellcheck just tried to use the “ ‘s” again).

    • @HashMaster1776
      @HashMaster1776 4 роки тому

      @@daryllect6659 '* not "

  • @richmondraider716
    @richmondraider716 4 роки тому +19

    who else watched this a dozen times????

  • @MrTheHillfolk
    @MrTheHillfolk 4 роки тому +54

    Old school and barely anything operated with a computer chip,how refreshing.

  • @billlittlejohn2331
    @billlittlejohn2331 4 роки тому +35

    That is one incredibly fast Hemi. The view from the drivers perspective really makes it look so much faster than watching from an outside camera shot.

  • @tierone4761
    @tierone4761 4 роки тому +9

    The Torque Flite behind the Hemi engine sure did what is was supposed to do! Imagine that, an automatic transmission with only 3 speeds! They have made their mark in history, no matter what kind of car they’re in. Good Day Everyone!

  • @artbrookey3468
    @artbrookey3468 4 роки тому +64

    And that boys and girls, is exactly how it's done

    • @jigglydoo
      @jigglydoo 4 роки тому +2

      Whoop! .. there it is ..

  • @MrMikey1224
    @MrMikey1224 4 роки тому +8

    I love how the steering wheel is cocked just a little the whole pass, that is what you call torque

  • @goodoljackburton9211
    @goodoljackburton9211 9 місяців тому +3

    This is as close as I’ll ever get to a LO23 Dart! Thank you!

  • @lindsaymcpherson4744
    @lindsaymcpherson4744 4 роки тому +37

    That hemi symphony is music to my ears . lo23 dart is mad as !!

  • @joelewing4498
    @joelewing4498 4 роки тому +5

    I was a 7th grader in 1967 and a total hot rod freak. My buds and I would go into grocery stores and straight to the big magazine racks.....and right into the copious amount of Hot-Rod-drag-type mags that were offered. It was then that I remember reading about this new 1968 Hemi Dart and Hemi Cudas that were being readied in limited numbers....as well as the new Mustang 428 Cobra Jet drag car. Finally saw those '68 Hemi cars run at Beeline Dragway in Scottsdale soon after.....can remember that NOTHING.....NOTHING....sounds quite like a Hemi under hard load when launching from the tree. I've always loved these....never could afford one. Thanks for posting this video! jbeinarizona

  • @Laffy1969
    @Laffy1969 4 роки тому +3

    Love how the steering wheel is cocked about 30 degrees left to compensate for the torque ... awesome! Then when he lets off back to top dead center.

  • @kramnull8962
    @kramnull8962 4 роки тому +3

    Nice to see that rare classic is still plowing the soil...

  • @francfurian8215
    @francfurian8215 4 роки тому +25

    Far out that was brutal. HEMI enough said!

  • @racehemi4862
    @racehemi4862 4 роки тому +64

    There is nothing like a Race Hemi draining 2 carbs.

  • @281cobracar7
    @281cobracar7 4 роки тому +16

    I think when the light went green the Monte carlo driver said "DAMN! ... I lost".

    • @kramnull8962
      @kramnull8962 4 роки тому +1

      Oh he was still diggin... His grave...

  • @MrRecklessHimself
    @MrRecklessHimself 5 років тому +24

    Beautiful. Just. Beautiful.

  • @chuckhaugan4970
    @chuckhaugan4970 4 роки тому +6

    Totally insane. When I was a kid, my brother and I spend days, weeks, months, trying to find a Dart GT, in good shape. This was in 1976. Even then, it was impossible to find a numbers matching 383 or 440 Dart. I mean, the amount of work: Four Sunday paper want ads, Little Nickle, Wednesday Automotive section of two local papers, countless hours driving the family wagon from lot to lot..... It was exhausting.... But, we finally found a 72, Demon 340..... Love these Grandma looking sleepers, to this day.

  • @codyb313
    @codyb313 4 роки тому +4

    Got to drive a '68 Hemi Roadrunner last year. What an experience

  • @joegoodman4312
    @joegoodman4312 4 роки тому +7

    I’m blown away by just how ferocious that was

    • @Bigboyy-dd7fd
      @Bigboyy-dd7fd 4 роки тому +1

      I accidentally came across these hemi dart videos. I'm a chevy man born and raised but Lawd have mercy. I was thinking violent but ferocious works also

  • @raymondschmidt9425
    @raymondschmidt9425 4 роки тому +7

    That launch made me hold my breathe just watching the video!
    Well done!

  • @Lucille69caddy
    @Lucille69caddy 4 роки тому +3

    From a mostly GM guy. That was SICK

    • @moparchallenger749
      @moparchallenger749 4 роки тому

      Still time to get your head right 😎

    • @Lucille69caddy
      @Lucille69caddy 4 роки тому +1

      Mopar Challenger I acknowledge greatness when I see it😎

  • @wheels-n-tires1846
    @wheels-n-tires1846 9 місяців тому +1

    Damn...!!! I used to daily a 440 powered 68 Dart, and it turned mid 11s every weekend. But a Hemi dart??? Omg a whole other level. What a dream car!!! (Right next to a Daytona!!!)

  • @thethomasj1795
    @thethomasj1795 4 роки тому +2

    Well, this brings back some memories. My Father's first car was a '68 Dodge Dart. It wasn't nearly as cool as this car. Great video!

  • @drippinglass
    @drippinglass 4 роки тому +20

    Damn! I thought all the OG’s were retired! I saw them run at Maple Grove back in ‘85. Kool that you are still making noise with it! 👍😀🇺🇸

    • @tarasbulba3190
      @tarasbulba3190 4 роки тому +1

      ❤ Maple Grove!

    • @OwensGarage
      @OwensGarage 4 роки тому +2

      Maple grove! I live about 15 minutes from there, can hear the top fuel cars from my house when they’re running.

    • @deansley174
      @deansley174 4 роки тому

      OG's??? What the hell are you talking about?

    • @drippinglass
      @drippinglass 4 роки тому +1

      deansley174 originals. BO23, LO23.

  • @robertk4501
    @robertk4501 4 роки тому +6

    Damn. Loving that ride along. Please make more and give us a walk around

  • @paulsummers2640
    @paulsummers2640 4 роки тому +2

    I like how the tach is adjusted...and....that car hauls....awesomeness

  • @robvoyles
    @robvoyles 4 роки тому +2

    One thing I've learned when it comes to racing cars, the ones that know what they are doing don't get on UA-cam arguing about who's the fastest, is it stock or not, etc.....they line up and let there times do the talking. If you want to know who not to worry about when it comes to fast cars and knowledge, just read some of the people's comments, arguing, etc... on this video.

  • @28yogy4todd
    @28yogy4todd 4 роки тому +1

    Great video. Thank you.

  • @ericdran9181
    @ericdran9181 4 роки тому +25

    Holy Crap! The Hair Stood Up on my Arms and Then My Legs!!!

  • @jerrybetancur5204
    @jerrybetancur5204 4 роки тому +6

    Friend of mine had one of these back in the 80's, used it as a daily driver to work. Orange sunshine, made you glad he had 4 point harnesses on the seats when he got on it.

  • @stephenvelden295
    @stephenvelden295 4 роки тому +5

    Thanks for the ride!

  • @jeremykops
    @jeremykops 4 роки тому +2

    I'm so glad UA-cam recommended this, Mopar or no car

  • @thevortexATM
    @thevortexATM 4 роки тому +2

    unbelievable, from 0 to passing speed on the freeway instantly

  • @randypleva2397
    @randypleva2397 4 роки тому +1

    Can’t get any better than that. Roar of the BEAST!

  • @dscott130
    @dscott130 4 роки тому +4

    Freaking awesome! Thx! I was 21 then and had a '68 Roadrunner.

  • @mattrosenboom4810
    @mattrosenboom4810 4 роки тому +4

    I'm a Chevy guy, but, hemi darts are amazing!

  • @tommcdonald53
    @tommcdonald53 4 роки тому +5

    Sweet video, nice run MOPAR !

  • @adolfiehillarious6076
    @adolfiehillarious6076 4 роки тому +4

    Along with this camera ride, the adrenalin rush is as real FOR ME as being therein! 920, is TOTIN THE MAIL! NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE 51" THE CHRYSLER HEMI RULES!

  • @OwensGarage
    @OwensGarage 4 роки тому +2

    That’s insane! What a violent launch!👍

  • @kevinpatrick8788
    @kevinpatrick8788 4 роки тому +66

    1 dislike by a chevy guy who got his ass whooped .

    • @adolfiehillarious6076
      @adolfiehillarious6076 4 роки тому +2

      CONFIRMATION BIAS, TO THE CHEVROLETETH.DEGREE!

    • @rtkl13
      @rtkl13 4 роки тому +6

      Hey hey now....I'm a chevy guy and I dig the Hemi. Infact I had a 70 roadrunner with a 383. Never should have sold that one

    • @daryllect6659
      @daryllect6659 4 роки тому

      @larry ballard A solid-lifter 427 Nova would give him a run for his money.

    • @baird5776mullet
      @baird5776mullet 4 роки тому +6

      @@daryllect6659 And If my Aunt had a dick she'd be my Uncle.

    • @kramnull8962
      @kramnull8962 4 роки тому +3

      @@rtkl13 Yeah, friend of mine in High School had a 68 with a 383 4bbl. Nothing special. But his Dad for craps and giggles put a 5.13 rear gear in that thing. It would only hit 80mph. But people would pay him to ride in it around town. Street light to street light was unreal for a 14-18 year old....

  • @loganshotrod4x464
    @loganshotrod4x464 4 роки тому +1

    I just love those old Hemi’s from the 50’s & 60’s. The new ones are cool too, but nothing like that old school shit 😎👍

  • @lw216316
    @lw216316 7 місяців тому

    I nominate this video for the number 1 music award.

  • @trillrifaxegrindor4411
    @trillrifaxegrindor4411 4 роки тому +1

    pure baddass,love it.you need a 4 speed then you would be god

  • @yachtsteve
    @yachtsteve 4 роки тому

    Thanks, love it, that burnout, red line light blinks, and out of the throttle. Then the actual run itself, red line light blinks shift happens red light light blinks shift happens again repeat

  • @rickchapman4240
    @rickchapman4240 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome!! I could just about smell the exhaust!!

  • @jerryhorn3621
    @jerryhorn3621 4 роки тому +2

    Yes MOPAR HAS and always WILL own the Quarter mile. Mind won't turn either, BUT GOES STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW.

  • @gregoryjamesaustin
    @gregoryjamesaustin 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the ride. 👍😎

  • @salvadorknight1623
    @salvadorknight1623 4 роки тому +1

    Damn!!! Mopar or no car!! I'm a dodge brother forever!! Nice beast brother!! 💪🏾

  • @zorpit
    @zorpit 4 роки тому

    Great video. Nothing sounds like a hemi. Motivates me to get mine back on the street.

  • @wesleycook3181
    @wesleycook3181 4 роки тому

    Now that is a beast. Awesome.

  • @v.e.7236
    @v.e.7236 4 роки тому

    Nothing more impressive than something like this running a great ET and all N/A! I'm all about the KISS theory: Keep It Simple Stupid. Build an engine, tune it and run it hard. No power-adders necessary.

  • @StrikersLG
    @StrikersLG Місяць тому +1

    I remember this car! Back in 2017 when I was in college I saw your son driving this and following you in your F8 Green Demon! First Demon I ever saw and first LO23 too. I gotta get to know you guys because I live in Sioux Falls now and spend a ton of time at TV with Rod Neugebauer and the other Mopar guys! lol

    • @DakotaGT
      @DakotaGT  Місяць тому +1

      You must be mistaken about the driver. I'm the only one who drives this car (all of my boys are too terrified to take this car down the dragstrip, and I wouldn't let them, plus this car isn't street legal so it's only driven at the track). Unless you saw us briefly move them from the trailer to the event (car show or dragstrip). But other than that- sounds good! Come up and chat with any of us sometime!

    • @StrikersLG
      @StrikersLG Місяць тому +1

      @DakotaGT sounds good! I think I have a video of that moment, I'll have to see if I can find it. You'll have to let me know when you head to the next event in TV or around Sioux Falls somehow!

    • @DakotaGT
      @DakotaGT  Місяць тому

      @@StrikersLG yes, I’d love to see that. You can send it to me on my Instagram account, or Clint.Brunner@usd.edu. Thanks!

  • @allenmax8995
    @allenmax8995 4 роки тому +4

    the sweet music of a howling RaceHemi!

  • @mikecarmean6446
    @mikecarmean6446 4 роки тому +3

    Now That Was Scary Fast...⚡️ Did Sound Like It Was Missing...🤔 Nice Car

  • @jakem117
    @jakem117 4 роки тому +2

    Wouldn't exactly say she's "original" in the technical or respectful sense. However, amazing car, fast, super fun car.
    Well done

    • @DakotaGT
      @DakotaGT  4 роки тому +1

      Jake M Correct, not the original engine or suspension, although I have everything for the car. The point of the original term was that this is a true original 1968 factory lightweight Hurst Hemi Dart, as opposed to the myriad of clones that are out there of this car

    • @jakem117
      @jakem117 4 роки тому +1

      That's badass. Didn't consider the fact of clones before posting...
      Title makes sense.

    • @tomcooper6108
      @tomcooper6108 3 місяці тому

      It's still carrying the shaved fenders, bare bones doors, no back seat that came from the factory. A valuable car.

  • @jonburrows7695
    @jonburrows7695 4 роки тому +4

    Great,and sounds sweet,my Ford Focus diesel won’t do that....greetings from Liverpool.UK.

    • @Timodon1
      @Timodon1 4 роки тому +1

      U mean Beatlespool? :) Beatles the best band ever!

  • @twinturbo421
    @twinturbo421 4 роки тому +1

    That was fun 😁👍

  • @pancudowny
    @pancudowny 4 роки тому +1

    I knew they were quick... but DAMN! =:0

  • @scottking2369
    @scottking2369 4 роки тому +5

    Love the old school tach sounds like its missing at top end

    • @DakotaGT
      @DakotaGT  4 роки тому +6

      Scott King yep, definitely was running lean on that run. Realized it before any damage was done, thankfully

    • @OxBlitzkriegxO
      @OxBlitzkriegxO 4 роки тому +3

      @@DakotaGT i heard it breaking up on the top end too. that stuff is sometimes hard to notice when youre driving it though.

  • @nickdigrispino2409
    @nickdigrispino2409 4 роки тому

    In the words of Joliet Jake, “it’s got nice pickup.”

  • @sneedtw
    @sneedtw 4 роки тому +1

    Took off at 1:06 was done by 1:16 wow!

  • @haakon2334
    @haakon2334 4 роки тому +4

    It’s a good thing you got that helmet strapped on LOL

  • @jamesfarrell8346
    @jamesfarrell8346 3 роки тому

    I had a sixty- eight dart. Slant six with 4 feet of straight pipe. Sounded great but didn't move like this. Well done.

  • @jimvetromila4562
    @jimvetromila4562 4 роки тому

    That automatic was pretty cool. All that gear grinding, missed shifts and shifter rods jamming up makes me wish I had automatic sometimes. Remember how the crappy Muncie 4 speed would get stuck in reverse. 😆

  • @finaloption...
    @finaloption... 4 роки тому

    Wicked cool!!!
    Thanks for the ride!

  • @johneli123456789
    @johneli123456789 4 роки тому

    I have no words to describe how I feel about this car...

  • @roadking99jokerst60
    @roadking99jokerst60 4 роки тому

    Well, freakn cool. I used to go with racer buddies to T.V. in the early 70's. Got to see Judy Lilly in her SS/AA Cuda. Great times.

  • @beachbumseaglass
    @beachbumseaglass 4 роки тому

    This is great. I can't stop watching it.

  • @michaelhutton7462
    @michaelhutton7462 4 роки тому +7

    OO HELL YEAH..!!! MOPAR " HEMI ' POWER..!!!!!

  • @upfactoryracing4148
    @upfactoryracing4148 4 роки тому +1

    Wicked!!! Man that Dart was gone!!!

  • @rickchapman4240
    @rickchapman4240 4 роки тому

    Watched it again.... still gave me goosebumps!!

  • @ralphsmallblock4367
    @ralphsmallblock4367 4 роки тому +4

    Wow xplosive that’s some muscle 👊🏻✊

  • @db3170
    @db3170 4 роки тому

    My heart raced for a second... badass

  • @Tk-ou9ec
    @Tk-ou9ec 4 роки тому

    Awesome mate. I have an 1980 V8 Chrysler with a mild small block but I sure wish it would sound like a Hemi. Fully sik 🤣

  • @mustardproductions3531
    @mustardproductions3531 4 роки тому

    Holy crap that thing is dialed! I didn't see the "9" second part in the desciption and thought "cool..old hemi dart making a go at it{.. Wooo! You can tell by the launch alone, that thing is pavement wrinkler... AKA hauls major ass... Car works like a dream...

  • @fehlrock
    @fehlrock 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome ! ♡♡♡ HEMI

  • @glb5053
    @glb5053 4 роки тому +1

    Legit my dream car. I wouldn't even paint it.

  • @tphvictims5101
    @tphvictims5101 Місяць тому

    I’m 70 years old and I saw some of the best American cars ever made. American car manufacturers blew it for themselves. What a shame.

  • @chrisallen766
    @chrisallen766 2 місяці тому

    Damn....thanks for the ride!😊

  • @scottbaker1800
    @scottbaker1800 3 роки тому

    I'm a Pontiac man,and that was awesome!!!!

  • @kd5ozy
    @kd5ozy 29 днів тому

    atta boy! You brought out the expert in overyone

  • @walterfurian1129
    @walterfurian1129 4 роки тому +4

    Man that was quick !

  • @phonejunky1
    @phonejunky1 4 роки тому

    A bad ass video showing a bad ass hemi car driven by somebody that knows what the hell they are doing...on a scale of 1 to 10..... I'd give a 1000!...Mopar or No car....

  • @mariogonzalez3226
    @mariogonzalez3226 5 років тому +8

    Hemi power 🐘

  • @internazisuite
    @internazisuite 4 роки тому

    Great camera work from that operator thank you

  • @p-citysmittycatfishing7160
    @p-citysmittycatfishing7160 3 роки тому +1

    Nice lick. Car is geared perfect too. 👍🏻

  • @baird5776mullet
    @baird5776mullet 4 роки тому +1

    SWEET!

  • @WhoopAzzRacing
    @WhoopAzzRacing 4 роки тому +3

    nice pass

  • @super63strat
    @super63strat 4 роки тому

    Love that beast !!! Sounds fast because it is thanks Dart GT hemi man

  • @workman122
    @workman122 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, long live the internal combustion engine.

  • @gaetanodetorrice5555
    @gaetanodetorrice5555 3 роки тому +1

    That's my favorite muscle car 👍👍👍

  • @juliuskovacs5116
    @juliuskovacs5116 2 місяці тому

    Wow!!!! Thanks for the ride !

  • @cactuscanuck6802
    @cactuscanuck6802 4 роки тому +1

    Holy crap that thing is pure violence! Not gonna lie, I think I peed a little

  • @blusinbarnesify
    @blusinbarnesify 4 роки тому

    My Dad left me his 1965 Dodge A990 Coronet 426 Post Hemi he ordered from Mr Norm Grand Spaulding Dodge. But my Mom was so stubborn she would not take the car so it got crushed I guess in 1976 in Cicero Illinois.. it kills me every time cause it's the only memory I have with my dad and me going out and him jumping on it and liftin the car up in the air...

  • @elvisjerrylee
    @elvisjerrylee 4 роки тому

    Man, that would be so awesome to actually do a 1/4 mile run behind the wheel of that car.

  • @emilyscandycakes4530
    @emilyscandycakes4530 4 роки тому +1

    watching this ...and sound through my blue tooth in my civic....man ...wish that engine was in here

    • @DakotaGT
      @DakotaGT  4 роки тому

      Emilys candycakes lol!

  • @crushingvanessa3277
    @crushingvanessa3277 4 роки тому

    Wish I could one day go for a ride in an old Hemi car. Don't know anyone personally and could never afford a rusted out one.

  • @johnm1720
    @johnm1720 4 роки тому

    Badass. Awesome view as well.