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Bought it in 78 and drove it in college for a couple of years. The car was a beater, rode hard and put up wet. I wish that I knew now what I didn't know then, because when I got the bright idea to strip the paint and restore the car in the early 80's this was the surprise that I found. There was newspaper and chicken wire holding up the bondo and bubba glass repairs.
Life, career, kids, etc got in the way, and the car became a family joke as I dragged it in various states of repair from garage to garage every time we moved over the years. Like many of you guys I never gave up the dream of putting it back together again some day. One of the few good ideas that I had was to purchase all of the GM repair panels back in the early 80's. Eventually, after the kids were out of school and I was able to claim more weekends for my long traveled project, I was able to get the body back together and start the long haul back to life.
Hauling the body back from plastic media blasting early 2014 (I did have the car painted at one time many years ago, but there were too many issues, so off it came)
And where it is today after about 5 years of weekends. Project creep is alive and well as you can see, but it's finally back together and a hoot to drive. I can't believe that I didn't cave at one time or another and sell it along the way, but since the value was so reduced by being a pile of parts that probably stopped me. Glad I held onto it, and even happier that I stuck with it to completion. Thanks for looking.
And where it is today after about 5 years of weekends. Project creep is alive and well as you can see, but it's finally back together and a hoot to drive. I can't believe that I didn't cave at one time or another and sell it along the way, but since the value was so reduced by being a pile of parts that probably stopped me. Glad I held onto it, and even happier that I stuck with it to completion. Thanks for looking.
found august 7th 2019. parked next to the cesspool under a tarp for 30 plus years. ground up restoration under way. it will take some time to get the "after" photo.
found august 7th 2019. parked next to the cesspool under a tarp for 30 plus years. ground up restoration under way. it will take some time to get the "after" photo.
Curious what the frame looked like, having been in the conditions pictured.
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Originally Posted by 1964barnfind
found august 7th 2019. parked next to the cesspool under a tarp for 30 plus years. ground up restoration under way. it will take some time to get the "after" photo.
Nothing wrong with that! There's a lot of us who are not ready for the "after" pics yet.
And what's the story on how it was found? Parked by a cesspool, what lowlife would ever do that?
Last edited by Railroadman; 06-11-2021 at 07:32 PM.
06-10-2021, 06:42 PM
There's a lot of us who are not ready for the "after" pics yet.
