Very cool, can't wait to see it. Chad, do you show your stuff at the Land O Lakes GTO Musclecar show? I keep meaning to make it back there for that, its a great show. (Plus my parents like any excuse for me to pack up a grandkid or two and head back to Minneapolis.)
If the Dart is found, that just leaves one family jewel left to find. My Mom's brother got home from Vietnam in 1971 and treated himself to a toy: a '70 GTO convertible, red/red 455/4sp with A/C. I remember many a ride with my Uncle to the Clark station on Highway 10 to get his KOOL cigarettes, watching that Hurst T-handle shifter on every shift.
Unfortunately, the car was pretty well used up by the time I lost track of it in the late '70's. The car had two Chevy Rally's on the back, to replace the the front Rally II's that were trashed when hitting a curb at 60 mph or so. By the time it left the family, it literally had gone through 5 or 6 engines (another 455 or two, some 400's, and a 389). And being a Minnesota car, rust was on the march as well.
Though I was very young, the 70's were a memorable decade. My uncle stayed in my Grandparents basement for a time, and I stayed there during the day while my parents worked. My Grandmother read my Uncle the riot act when she found her 4 year old grandson (me) over at the neighbor's, putting their grass clippings into a sandwich bag - a "gift" for his uncle who apparently collected such things....
Peace
TOM