DIAMOND ENGINEERING

[olredalert]

----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

[Salvatore]

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

[olredalert]

----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

[njsteve]

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!

[Tracker1]

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

[njsteve]

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.

[Tracker1]

Just looking for a close shot of the branding/logo

[Salvatore]

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

[njsteve]

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.

[Salvatore]

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