1969 Race Dart w/ 426 Hemi- garaged for 45+ years

I'm surprised you do not clean up the aluminum valve covers that were on the car. They are overall smaller, scream race car and way more period correct than the cast covers. I know of several on Hemis with zero leak issues.
I did clean them up came out pretty good, however with the aluminum heads and new rocker stands they didn’t fit. Had to get the larger cast from Ray Barton