Re: Yenko barn find
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: watk69</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I just don't get at all why a guy that buys a special car like that back in the day, perhaps ran it hard and blew it up, would just retire it to a barn to rot into the earth. Its not like a forgotten Z they made 20k of. I'd have been fixing it or at least had gotten my son or grandson helping me. Just don't understand the mindset, it would keep me young working on it
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In the case of my dad: he got sick. He was diagnosed with debilitating Rheumatoid arthritis and could barely get around, much less work on (or even drive) our GTO. He was 35 years old at the time. The car sat in one spot my entire growing up years (about 25 years) until I could convince him to let me keep it at my house.
So there are certainly reasons, even if they are not clear to the casual observer.
Fortunately - it did not deteriorate much even though it was an unheated garage.
K
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'65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer
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