Anyone ever turn an old Dart into an ultimate daily-driver?

The Dart below my name is my driver but it was a solid car to begin with. It sat for 8 years so I went all through the fuel system first. Dropped the tank, replaced all the rubber lines and blew out the hard lines. New pump filter and rebuilt the carb. I went through the brakes from front to back and top to bottom. Serviced the tranny and changed all the hoses. I made it a restore project that lasted a year. A little here and there with it being down the longest for body and paint but mostly weekends and evenings.

My neighbor painted it and my bro-in-law is a body man whom helped me with the body. I have about $8.5k in the car at this point from start to finish by doing my own work and knowing others who could help me with things I don't have the experience to do but even those things I try to learn. Headliner install? Like having a baby: right afterwards a woman swears she'll never do it again but after a bit? Sure! The paint's not perfect and neither is the body but that's because I knew it was going to be a driver and didn't want to blow a huge bundle only to find my first door ding just after. The reality is that six days after paint I got rearended by some old timer on oxygen. Insurance paid and we fixed it.

I have less in this car than I would for a nice late model used car so find friends, make contacts and post on this site looking for people close to you who can help. Most everyone on the forum is thrilled to help. It sounds like you just want it to be mechanically sound and reliable. That's not hard to do and it's good experience for you. Get crackin'! ...and have fun.