There's no denying this was a really fun car to drive, which is why I held on to it. I always imagined I'd get it back on the road at some point, I just didn't realize I'd sixty by then.
When it took me 10 years to finally put a lift in my garage that was built for a lift my buddy said "slow plan better then no plan".
I had rust in floor of my '69 Barracuda since 1980 and now at 62 years old finally replaced the entire floor many decades later. Like you I held onto that car through the rough choppy waters of life....