[The Champ]

Originally Posted by 428goat

My wife said on day why don’t you just restore your 67 gto instead of just doing a little at a time. I ended using all the bays of out 3 car garage to do a frame off. Took a year and a half. She supported me all the way. A real keeper. Love her.

When I bought my GTO, I brought my wife with me so she knew exactly what I was buying.

When I brought it home 6 days later, she said one thing. "Just get it done."

This is what I brought home:



I bought it in June of '92 and drove it for the first time in October of '94. Frame off resto - still wasn't totally done - but was done enough to get 800 miles of driving done before the snow flew.

Her brother had taken his '58 Ford retractable hardtop apart (was a running, driving car) to restore it before we met. 25 years later he sold it in boxes.