Just another Dart....

69valiantracer said
I ran the vin from the lis plate which gave me the full history of the car. This is a very rare Hemi 4 speed Dart, raced by Dick Landy, who won the Winternationals in 1969 with it.
Then, before it was shipped to Australia,Dick installed a Big Block Chevrolet motor with a power 'glide in it, and won many race's there, before being shipped back.
Dick had the quarters changed to stock so he could drive it on the street as a sleeper.
Then he put a slant 6 into it so his daughter could drive it to high school.
After she graduated, a little old retired contractor lady (hence the nails in the quarters) bought it and used it as a driver for the rest of her life, till she passed away.Her son put it on Ebay, that is whom you purchased it from.His name is Mark Lang (he is who I got all my info from). He says he has the title in his possession.But misplaced it when he was dating Ashley Force, and working on John Forces crew.

What a barn find!

I have the original matching number Hemi, 4 speed transmission, along with the Ford 9" (yes Dick ran a 9" Ford diff. in it.) in my possession. I want to see them together again, so I will sell them to you for $2500.00. They were just all just freshened too.
PM me if intrested.

You forgot to mention that the serial number is DL21J9A100001 when you break down the codes are:
D=Dick
L=Landy
21=2 door sedan
J=426 Hemi
9=1969 model year
A=Lynch Road, MI assembly plant
100001=Sequential serial number.....first car built for Dick Landy for the 1969 model year.

The car was originally scheduled to be built as a 2 door sedan and when Dick saw it rolling down the assembly line, he decided it had to be converted to a 2 door hard top because he hated the look of a sedan. So they pulled the car off the assembly line and waited for the next hard top Dart to come by and they switched roofs. They decided to leave the V.I.N. as is to piss off Galen Govier. At this point it was a body in blue so nobody noticed.
However, some of the top Chrysler execs got wind of this and were going to refuse to put the Hemi engine in it during the final assembly process. As a matter of fact, Tom Hoover and Dick Landy had a fight in front of the car over it where Hoover pushed Landy towards the front of the car, he tripped on the Hemi and hit the grille with the side of his head, breaking his cigar. You can still see the dent in the front of the grille showing where Landy's head and cigar hit. Landy threatened to sue Hoover and Chrysler over this incident so Hoover backed off, installed the Hemi himself, and bought Landy a new cigar. Dick Landy decided to leave the grille in the car with the dent in it to spite Hoover. As a bonus, Dick got a complete spare Hemi a month shipped to him so he wouldn't sue, that's why Dick Landy had so many Hemi engines from then on.
Just a little bit of trivia to add to your 100% correct story.......

I think the car should be restored as raced in 1969 by Landy, but it's your choice.