That is just plain cool. Yeah...there is a lot of work needed, but remember, that is THE CAR your Dad used to own, and that makes it worth much more then most can imagine.
Reminds me of a nice 70 Challenger R/T Convertible I owned in the early 80's. When I bought it from the second owner, it was pretty rough and I was newly married and didn't have much in the way of extra money. Worked long and hard to get it back to presentable shape and even stripped the ugly F3 Green paint off and had it repainted in the original PW1 white...even though it had a green interior! Heck, that's the way they made it and even then I liked 'em original! (other then the Cragar SS/Ts I had to put on it).
Anyway, several years later I sold it to a father and son. The Dad promised me he would make sure the kid respected it. Well, less then a year later I saw it sitting in a local community college parking lot. Smashed, jacked up, mis-matched wheels, bald rear tires, a sliced convertible top. I almost cried right then and there.
What I would give to own that car again, regardless of what it is worth.
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