According to Lou, Tom Hoover found the car in 1977 while
visiting his parents in Pennsylvania. The car was parked behind
a fence at Shetran Auto Sales. Tom thought the Dart might be
something that Lou would be interested in and told him of the
find. Lou had originally planned to buy the car for a customer
of his who'd been looking for a Hemi Dart.  When the customer
backed out of the deal, Lou decided to keep it. At the time of
his acquisition, the Dart was covered with a green metalflake
lace-style paint job with some painted-on stencil lettering that
said "Rising Sun." At a racing event in Indy, Lou's brother
damaged the door on a Dart he was racing, so Lou loaned his
brother the door from this Hemi Dart. Now this yellow Dart
sports a different lightweight door. The green was a little
bright for the older Mancini, so a fresh shade of Lemon Twist
Yellow was applied. After Lou decided to keep the Dart, a Dana
rear was added, replacing the 831/44 that had been factory
supplied. During the Dart's tenure with th