I was sitting here today thinking of the '87 vert I brought back from the dead! Like alot of people, I ran into some money problems and had to sell it not long after I completed it. I really miss it!
I originally bought it in '07 for $700 for the drive train, part out what ever I could and take the rest to the crusher. But people started daring me,, betting that I couldn't restore it. Well, after some thought I decided to take on that bet.
Somehow the project got nicknamed "The Heap", which fit perfectly. LOL
I took it completely apart , filled up a dumpster more than once and started over. It had no top, the cowl was destroyed because the hood had came up at some point in time, the body was twisted, doors dragging, suspension was shot, interior was trash, mice had taken over the hvac, ect, ect, ect.
I wish I still had before pics but I had the progress build on my old desktop that died a couple years ago so I lost everything.
I painted it "Grabber Orange". A paint color used on '70 model Mustangs and then again briefly in '07. I put together a complete black interior and used a nice top and frame from a wrecked '91. From many years of playing with these cars, I had accumulated a ton of used OEM parts, aftermarket stuff, wheels, tires, springs, shocks, ect, ect. I used most of it and saved me ton of $. I still had an estimated $10K in it.
I had just got it road worthy and running good when someone made me a decent offer so I sold it, really before it was completely done.
Oddly I haven't seen it since, nearly 4 years now. Wish I knew where it ended up. Its hard to hide a car that color. LOL Has anyone seen it around?
I originally bought it in '07 for $700 for the drive train, part out what ever I could and take the rest to the crusher. But people started daring me,, betting that I couldn't restore it. Well, after some thought I decided to take on that bet.
Somehow the project got nicknamed "The Heap", which fit perfectly. LOL
I took it completely apart , filled up a dumpster more than once and started over. It had no top, the cowl was destroyed because the hood had came up at some point in time, the body was twisted, doors dragging, suspension was shot, interior was trash, mice had taken over the hvac, ect, ect, ect.
I wish I still had before pics but I had the progress build on my old desktop that died a couple years ago so I lost everything.
I painted it "Grabber Orange". A paint color used on '70 model Mustangs and then again briefly in '07. I put together a complete black interior and used a nice top and frame from a wrecked '91. From many years of playing with these cars, I had accumulated a ton of used OEM parts, aftermarket stuff, wheels, tires, springs, shocks, ect, ect. I used most of it and saved me ton of $. I still had an estimated $10K in it.
I had just got it road worthy and running good when someone made me a decent offer so I sold it, really before it was completely done.
Oddly I haven't seen it since, nearly 4 years now. Wish I knew where it ended up. Its hard to hide a car that color. LOL Has anyone seen it around?
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