My first mistake was not looking at the car in person but when you're younger and have your mind set on something it does not really occur to you. My second mistake was buying a car that was not more intact then the one I had gotten. I go pick it up and bring it home and start to look it over. "This could work" I said to myself. I did not really care about the inside of the car at the time because I wanted to restore it into a drag car so all the inside was going to be stripped out anyways. The outside look what would be expected for 20 years of neglect and who cares if it did not have a motor I wanted to slap a big block in it!
The next day I start to tare into it, literally. The carpet was so bad I could rip it out easily with my hands. Out comes the carpet, seats and rest of the interior. Rust spots galore with some holes as well. Headliner comes out nothing but rot in the roof where the T-Tops were. Great now I would need a new roof. Taking it apart took place over the next couple days then it got put on back burner as I bought new tools and some literature on restoration.
Time passed it still sat on back burner, the job growing ever more difficult by the day. Having to find the missing parts to start the body work proved too much and too expensive. I cut my losses and labeled this car as a basket case. It would cost way to much to restore then it is worth and way too much time to do it. It was not a total loss I managed to part it out and now it sits again, a shadow of its former self. I hate to do it but there is one last thing I must do. If I don't find someone who wants it for any renaming parts or rear end it is going to the scrap yard, sad I know but not much else can be done with it.
What the car looked like in 1979. (Not the actual one I bought)
The car when I got it.
The craptastic interior.
The car as it sits today.
Rest In Peace.
