The Dart's blue headlights are a tip of the hat to Ronnie Sox and also add to its menace. "One of the special things about the car are the signatures from Ronnie Sox and Bob Reed inside the trunk lid," Dave says. With the new Hemi pounding under the hood, Dave has been very happy with his Dart. The only obvious addition to the interior is a LeCarra steering wheel that adds some flash to the cabin.ĭave would like to thank Stan Murphy for all his assistance with the chassis adjustment and fabricating the new intake manifold. Dave gets his engine's vital information through a handful of AutoMeter gauges and a five-inch Sport Comp II tachometer. The Turbo Action Cheetah shifter is a reverse pattern and provides a racy look to the caged interior. He installed a new black carpet from YearOne, along with black bucket seats, and replaced all the cloth and vinyl. Gary Johnson at Craftsman Auto Upholstery in Bradenton, Florida, did all the work. Inside, the Dart was restored to look original. Sitting behind the Hemi is a Turbo Action TorqueFlite with a trans-brake built to handle the punishment it experiences at the track. Now the car boasts Strange adjustable aluminum coilovers front and rear with a Top Gun four-link and anti-roll bar. So he found a 426-Hemi block, pieced together an engine and raced it for several years like that. "I finished the paint in 1994, and this is still the same paint job that has held up for 15 years."ĭave ran the car with the 383 for a few years before he decided it was time to go faster. "I didn't need to make a single rust repair," he claims. The Dart was stripped down to bare metal to be sprayed down in B5 Bright Blue Metallic. Being a painter by trade, this was right up his alley. After this was completed, he turned his attention to the body and paint. In this case, running order meant they tubbed and caged the car, and corrected all of the previous issues. Once he got the car home he enlisted two of his friends-Joe Sadlowski and Rick Staab-to help him get the car into running order.
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