I would worry more about the low air pressure zone after the rear window and the massive amount of air under the car before I worried about the side markers.. but I get your point. Why don't you build a superbird or daytona clone? :)) At one point I dreamt about trying to turn a dart, valiant or A body cuda into a kind of superbird like car... that would be nuts :)

The 140 beats the 240 hands down in the looks department.. I am a lover of most cars from the early 60's to 72ish. 142s are the ultimate combination of stock features, size, looks, and price (im no millionare). (in my opinion of course) What else manufactured in that time period is in that size range, has classy sedan styling, and has 4 wheel discs, etc, etc... not much and definately nothing north american :)

About deleting the rain gutter.. I like clean simple lines.. no bling bling for me or other things cluttering it up. I'm not a fanatic that shaves door handles etc, but the rain gutter is mighty ugly. I am worried that it is infact a seam however.. infact I am almost sure it is...