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

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

Easy project completed yesterday................got the headlights back in and the grill all bolted in.

Waiting on the hood lip trim molding, which will be here later this week.

 

[MidnightSwinger]

Absolutely beautiful

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

Absolutely beautiful

Thanks Brother

 

[Demonracer]

I can hardly wait to see the dyno results and the see the car make a few hard passes.

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

I can hardly wait to see the dyno results and the see the car make a few hard passes.

You and me both

 

[bkd]

Are you going to add pins to the Scoop? eventually? I lurk on the other forums here is all.

MAN I LOVE THIS CAR BUILD Reconditioning!!!!

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

Are you going to add pins to the Scoop? eventually? I lurk on the other forums here is all.

MAN I LOVE THIS CAR BUILD Reconditioning!!!!

He incorporated them in and painted black

 

[halifaxhops]

Good call or it would flex going down the road at say 30mph!

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

Good call or it would flex going down the road at say 30mph!

My FIL cut out so much support with the different scoops he had on. They did an awesome job adding structure and solid metal back in

 

[Frodee]

Thanks Scott and she is a gem for sure.
I hope to see her someday and back in her glory and think your FIL is real proud of you.

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

Thanks Scott and she is a gem for sure.
I hope to see her someday and back in her glory and think your FIL is real proud of you.

Thank you Fred.

 

[RustyRatRod]

So that's the same original hood?

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

So that's the same original hood?

Yes Sir

 

[RustyRatRod]

Yes Sir

That's badass how they fixed it back up!

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

That's badass how they fixed it back up!

Thanks. Yeah I am impressed with the job they did. It was really rough and had a ton of holes and issues. It is so solid now with the metal supports they added

 

[4spdragtop]

Wow! I just assumed by the looks of it that it was a new one. Amazing!
Unreal. So a metal hood then?

Yes Sir

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

Wow! I just assumed by the looks of it that it was a new one. Amazing!
Unreal. So a metal hood then?

Yes, same metal hood and original hood springs on the car used

 

[RustyRatRod]

Wow! I just assumed by the looks of it that it was a new one. Amazing!
Unreal. So a metal hood then?

Crazy, ain't it?

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

Here it is after sandblasting

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

You can really see in this picture how much of the structure he removed. There was not much left and it flexed a lot.

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

A company contacted me a couple days ago about the magazine article and they make plaques. I am leaning toward the metal one.............

 

[4spdragtop]

Metal one using "leftovers" from the car?

A company contacted me a couple days ago about the magazine article and they make plaques. I am leaning toward the metal one.............

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[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

Metal one using "leftovers" from the car?

They make a thin metal black or silver. Waiting on another proof to see how it looks

 

[4spdragtop]

Kinda almost depends where you're gonna hang it.

 

[Scott_ 69HemiDart]

Kinda almost depends where you're gonna hang it.

I think it would be cool to bring to the car shows as well