"Rookie-Touring" '69 Dart

Dartman1969 said
Will;
A couple of questions if you don't mind. It appears that the motor in the photo is a first generation 8.0 V-10 is that correct? How will you be handling the electronics for the motor? Custom made harness? Factory harness? Any thoughts on the air intake? Can you modify the original air box to fit to the custom hood you had made?
I also had a question about your renderings: The original rendering (Hemi Dart) shows round marker light/turn signals in the grill the second rendering shows rectangle ones. Have you decided which you are going to use? Also in the second rendering it looks almost like the car is a post. Is this because the window trim is shown in body color instead of chrome? Any thoughts on making that trim closer to the window color so it disappears?
The car looks awesome and can not wait to see new pics!
~Michael

Michael,
The motor is a Gen 2, virtually the same but slightly different intake. I have the electronics for the engine and will be using them. Later down the road when I hit the lotto I may pick up the AEM unit because it offers unlimited expandability. It's virtually the same electronics I bought for the Hemi.

I'm planning a custom airbox in one of two variations, dependent on how far back I can stick the motor before I have to shorten my legs. If I can, I'm going to tilt the radiator into the engine compartment and use some smooth tubes to run the air intake over the radiator and in front of it. The alternative is to build a box that allows me to pull air directly from the scoop. I may play with both and do whichever is cooler.

When I first planned my build I was going to use a '68 grill and swap out the markers for driving lights with built in markers. After working with the artist on the second iteration, he felt it had a better look with the stock '69 markers and using Jeep driving lights molded into the bumper. I'm going to modify my stock bumper to accept the lights and am also thinking I'll open up the bottom of the bumper to work in conjunction with the front spoiler to direct air to the radiator. Then I'm going to build a mold from it and pull a 'glass bumper with the spoiler/splitter incorporated into the bumper as one piece.

You are correct on the chrome trim as well. It's body color in the rendering which does give it a bit of a post effect, unintended. I'm planning to mostly eliminate the chrome on the car. The trim will either be a satin black or body color. The mirrors in the rendering are also going to be different, I have a set of Gen 3 Viper mirrors that I'll be using.

Happy to answer any other questions you may have.