for some reason, this cool looking Dart popped up on my computer, http://www.hotrod.com/articles/this-1969-dart-was-rebuilt-from-rust-and-driven-400-miles-for-a-photo-shoot/ and I read the name, Rick Guisto, and thought, hmmm, that name seems familiar.
A quick google search later, and boom!
here is the Challenger he recently upgraded for track time, that was featured in Hot Rod magazine summer of 2016 http://www.hotrod.com/articles/man-buys-1971-challenger-for-2k-builds-street-legal-racecar/
The Dart is the topic of a short blog http://johnjdolan.blogspot.com which is where you find that the Dart belonged to Rick's high school buddy John Dolan, and it was given a blip in Mopar Action magazine in 1991,
The Dart became Rick's, and was in rough shape.
it was stored until life got on track after marriage, kids, house, business etc etc all lined up to where the car could get some center stage time and the build is at http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/threads/1969-dart-gt-convertible.110061 The rebuild happened after about 15 years of storing the car, and then 5 years of nights and weekends, with the help of his daughter who helped weld, sand, primer, paint, wire, reassemble, hold parts, polish and clean... it was finished
once completed in all ways, it went for a road trip of 17 states and 6000 miles.
This car may have more people owning a set of keys to it than any other, due to the deep history of it, and I count at least 6 sets of keys spread out among the families involved.
And mostly, none of that was mentioned in the article http://www.hotrod.com/articles/this-1969-dart-was-rebuilt-from-rust-and-driven-400-miles-for-a-photo-shoot/ yes, they really could use my help at Hot Rod, but I'm not moving to El Segundo to ride a desk, and deal with an even higher cost of living, to do what can be accomplished from any laptop in the world.
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