The entire trans tunnel, and from the rear seat to the tail light panel had been fabricated by later racer/owners. So it would have taken an entire 68 Dart underbodyr from cowl to tail rear bumper crossmember to restore the car. Far more work than me or anyone I worked with back then, could ever manage to do on our own.
Crazy thing is that it still retained its original half-thickness sheetmetal doors and seat belt strap-activated windows (no internal regulators for weight savings) as well as the original seats and brackets and the entire, unaltered factory glass fenders and hood. And if you look closely at the photo, you can see that the odometer was between 2 and 3/10ths, making it read all of one quarter mile!
The photo of the front spindles shows how tricky Dick Landy was. He cut and rewelded the spindles so they resulted in a wheelbase offset of an inch, moving the front tires forward without anyone being the wiser.
Last edited by njsteve; 03-13-2021 at 02:42 PM.
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