Very cool project and looks like great work as usual! Rick seems to be a great guy i met him at Good Guys in Columbus last year. Is this a car for him or a customer? I'd love to hear more on this. Thanks.
It is Ricks personal car. I met him at Moparty last year and became fast friends. He told me about what he was planning with this Dart, installing a 6.4 Gen III Hemi....low and mean but street-able. I offered him a glimpse of a few builds I had been involved in and now here sits the Dart along with Ricks pile of Wilwood brake component boxes.
My plan is to do a maxi-mini-tubb (plus 3/4" per side) , add the latest version of the 4-bar package similar to my silver Duster, but naturally I have picked up a couple of mods for Ricks application to allow for behind the axle coil-overs / panard bar and full exhaust without moving the axle centerline forward. A Strange 9" /w 3:25 gear is Ricks choice for differential. Works out well since I am a Strange dealer. Up front HDK will supply the standard HDK power rack and pinion / coil over install / anti sway bar / Gen III engine mounts package along with a semi-removable / bolt in enlarged tunnel for the OEM 8HP80 transmission with the Holley transmission crossmember mount.
The Dart inner structure was very cancer free except for rear shock /trunk area which is now removed. The porous right side inner trunk extension will get replaced during the make-over.
After that....Rick will pick it up for his magic touch.
