This 1969 Dart was Rebuilt from Rust and Driven 400 Miles for a Photo Shoot

    Zach MartinWriter, Photographer

    The father/son project car is not unusual in hot rodding, making this father/daughter project all the more special. Rick Guisto and his daughter Regina stopped a clapped-out 1969 Dodge Dart GT on a one way trip back to the Earth, and breathed new life into it. After working on the car, together, for fifteen years, it was completed in 2012. Short of installing the convertible top and the interior, the pair restored every inch of the car.

    The donor cars were Rick's 1970 Challenger which gave up its 340, and another donor Dart for healthier California sheet metal. The engine is mostly stock with an Edelbrock aluminum intake, and a Holley four-barrel carburetor in front of a three-speed overdrive A-833 transmission.

    The suspension is mostly stock with updated 1972 parts, 11-inch disks in the front, and drums in the back on an 8 rearend. They also added fat 1-inch torsion bars and -inch sway bars.

    Shortly after the build was completed, the pair took the car on a 7,000 mile road trip around the United States. This is quite possibly the ultimate test of any project car, so when they had to make the drive from Phoenix to the TEN headquarters in L.A. for a photo shoot, they didn't think twice.

    Look for the full feature coming soon on moparmuscle.com