Found my dads original 1971 duster!

H22A4 said

I can only imagine the aggravation you have taking photos of it now. Those interior shots are grim considering you paid for that work. While you weren’t confident of your car restoration skills prior to the project, I suspect looking at the work done, you now realise you could do some of the reassembly work yourself. The interior reaasmebly (maybe not redoing the upholstery or reinstalling the front/back windshield) but reinstalling everything else (door panels, carpets, reinstalling seats, trim parts) is totally doable. Same for exterior bits (lights, bumpers) as well.

Fillmore, SK is a pretty small town and you’ve already discovered two other people he has fleeced as well. How/when did you find out about those two other people?

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Ya. Thanks. I don’t even like looking at the car now. But I will try to get some pictures. Also yes. I’m pretty sure he’s wrecked the quarter glass stainless trims. I’m scared to see how he has the coffin console attached. I thought the carpet was supposed to be 1 piece and not that concoction he has around the shifter as a separate piece. I think everything has to come out. It’s wrong and also likely needs out for new bodywork and paint.
When I dropped motor off he said “this one has been here for 2 years and the guy got tired of waiting, so I had to buy it off of him”. Then he realized what he said and tried to make up a different story. I had more than enough red flags. Just felt too invested etc. My mistake for carrying on with it. He also told me about another one that he fixed up and sold and had to buy back. That’s why I wrote to him that the problem with a liar is that they can’t remember all of their lies