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:

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This is what was left when we found it in 2015:

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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.

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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:

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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.
WOW - mad respect. Lots of blood, sweat and tears. Look forward to seeing this one complete. Love a good come back story!