Worst car brought back to life in FABO history.
Once again, not an A-body but a pretty good candidate. I found my best friend's first car 25+ years after he sold it. He couldn't not buy it and make the effort, despite it being a 318/column triple-green car.
This is a photo from when he first bought it in 1986:
This is what was left when we found it in 2015:
Most of these leaves are not inside the car, they're under it. The driver's side torsion bar fell out on the trailer ride home. We never found it.
There were no doors on it when we found it, so we installed a pair of clean '69 doors. We were afraid we'd rip the car in half getting it on the trailer and put a lot of faith in the hinges and latches.
How it looks today:
He's still got a way to go, but a lot of time has been spent gathering parts. It has to be as perfect as he can make it (but not 100% correct). Other than the roof and deck filler panel, all the sheetmetal is either 100% rust-free used factory or NOS (a lot of the NOS is 1969 that he'll convert to '68). He's also gathered a staggering amount of NOS parts for the interior, suspension, etc. It's an all-out labor of love.
Once again, not an A-body but a pretty good candidate. I found my best friend's first car 25+ years after he sold it. He couldn't not buy it and make the effort, despite it being a 318/column triple-green car.
This is a photo from when he first bought it in 1986:
This is what was left when we found it in 2015:
Most of these leaves are not inside the car, they're under it. The driver's side torsion bar fell out on the trailer ride home. We never found it.
There were no doors on it when we found it, so we installed a pair of clean '69 doors. We were afraid we'd rip the car in half getting it on the trailer and put a lot of faith in the hinges and latches.
How it looks today:
He's still got a way to go, but a lot of time has been spent gathering parts. It has to be as perfect as he can make it (but not 100% correct). Other than the roof and deck filler panel, all the sheetmetal is either 100% rust-free used factory or NOS (a lot of the NOS is 1969 that he'll convert to '68). He's also gathered a staggering amount of NOS parts for the interior, suspension, etc. It's an all-out labor of love.