What would you do?

[BL1 70 RR]

At Carlisle 2015 there was a petty blue superbird, the owner said the car had been sitting in a barn since 1971, the superbird had 3000 miles on it. The story behind it was that a highschool kid took it from his dads dealership show room, went hot rodding around in it for prom night and ended up putting it in a ditch, with the car not being "new" anymore they had no clue what to do with it so they placed it in the family barn. This car was recovered by tearing the back off the barn. The car was covered in dust, dirt and 44 years of dandruff and it was displayed the exact way that it was taken out of the barn. Now if this was your car would you restore it, or leave it the way you recovered it, almost as a time capsule.

 

[Beekeeper]

I would sell that bastard and buy an A12!

 

[JoeSbee]

Indeed

 

[Basket case]

document it, clean it, go thru the brakes and such, then drive the snot outta it.

 

[Roger63]

Restore and drive it like I stole it

 

[hunt2elk]

Restore and enjoy it.

 

[PP1RT]

I would leave it as is!!!

 

[Cranky]

I don't buy that story about a dealership doesn't know what to do with a used 'new' car. Those cars were a hard sell back then and many dealerships simply turned them into regular cars after they sat on the show room for many many months and sometimes for well over a year. It would more believable if some guy bought it and then got drafted into the Army. That's what happened to me in 71. Just rebuilt my Belvedere and got it running in early Jan and was gone by late April. If that story is true, I'd be surprised but have heard of stranger things happening....

 

[Photon440]

I'd wash it really well, touch up the areas that needed it and leave the rest. I hope the interior and undercarriage stayed in good shape.

And if I was the manager of Carlisle I'd not have wanted 44 years of fungus and mold spores brought into the building.

 

[GetX'd]

I would restore the thing. It's a travesty to leave the old girl in that condition. If that's what to plan is I'd say sell it to someone that's going to honor it.

 

[BL1 70 RR]

Personally for me it would be a tough choice, i would restore it but driving it would be the part where I would be conflicted, with it only having 3000 miles. I would probably sell it and buy another one that I could enjoy. When I was reading about the story it didn't really add up either but whatever the reason it left behind an intresting car.

 

[Seventy]

I seen the car there Friday, interesting story whether or not it is true is a moot point, its the story that comes with the car, making it 100% more true than any story you or me can imagine up, lol...

If it was mine I would do the math, if the car is worth $100K as it sits, and $175K restored with a resto cost of $75K, I would sell it as is and save my self the time and work, then go buy a perfect hemi 70 bee or 440-6 pack cuda convertible.

But thats me I am not crazy about wing cars, they are nice to look at but I like a lot of other cars more...

I am glad it was at carlisle, it was cool to see...

 

[69 GTX]

I would have it restored.

 

[NJRR]

I would clean it up, get it roadworthy and drive it as a "true survivor" if it is in fact legit.

 

[747mopar]

Those things are butt *** ugly! I'd sell it and buy a 67 Belvedere, 70 Challenger and a 67 Barracuda haha.

 

[GetX'd]

I seen the car there Friday, interesting story whether or not it is true is a moot point, its the story that comes with the car, making it 100% more true than any story you or me can imagine up, lol...

If it was mine I would do the math, if the car is worth $100K as it sits, and $175K restored with a resto cost of $75K, I would sell it as is and save my self the time and work, then go buy a perfect hemi 70 bee or 440-6 pack cuda convertible.

But thats me I am not crazy about wing cars, they are nice to look at but I like a lot of other cars more...

I am glad it was at carlisle, it was cool to see...

Frankly after giving it more thought I agree with Seventy. The only thing is I doubt it's worth $100k as it sits. But using the same principle I'm agree with his point. Wing cars are rare - but that doesn't mean you love them more than anything else. I fancy other cars more myself too. Would take the $$ and buy what I really want and in pristine condition.

 

[RS23VOA]

Cool car but that thing was full of bondo and repainted. Looked like 103k miles.

 

[Photon440]

Cool car but that thing was full of bondo and repainted. Looked like 103k miles.

Well that would completely change my original reply. If it isn't original paint then of course I would redo the whole car.

 

[furyus]

I don't get the whole " don't wash that super rare dirt!"
These cars have to be somewhere to be found, and restored. If they were left outside, there'd be nothing to restore. I'd be impressed if a car came out of long term storage looking perfect. That would be rare and unusual. Some beat up junker covered in dirt is just a project car. I think some slick thinker thought this up as a way to make more money on project cars. Granted it should have all the correct markings, and matching numbers, but that just makes it a better candidate for a resto.

 

[69roadr]

i would flip that thing so fast that the dust wouldn't fall off