[GTOLiam]

Well, after driving all night straight through to the hottest place on earth and then back... it's home. It took some time to pull it out of the weeds and load it... I about passed out towards the end in the 95 degree heat. Don't know if I'm just getting old, but no sleep and OK heat about did me in lol.

Anyway, the seller was a great guy and helped out a ton to get it on the trailer and strapped down. He's retired but sitting on about many acres filled with good scrap steel to sell. Not much left for collectible cars although he did have a 72 square body that might be worth saving.

This is a 69 SJ Matador red w/black top and black knit interior. It looks like everything original is there, no part swaps, and correct and the body, frame, trunk, floors, are surprisingly solid. It must be dry and desert-like there because the Cordova top is in rags yet no rust holes around windows or anywhere on roof.... amazing. The red dirt reminded me of Talladega. I believe the tabs read 1991 when it was parked and it looks like it's unmolested minus the rats nests. I did get the motor to spin but then I hit the couch and haven't touched it since. Putting some Coopers on the original rallys Monday and I'll start playing with it next weekend.

Thank you Coker!