I was contacted by a former client that a guy wanted me to look at his 72 that he’s owned since 73!

I was glad to go look at it - especially being owned that long by the same guy . I was told he was ready to restore it .

When I pulled up to his house I was like - holy $^!# that’s bad .

The guy had it sitting in storage and needed to proceed with fixing it up since he was moving . He said a shop quoted him over the phone that it would take 1 year and 60k .

I proceeded to let him down . He seemed indignant at first . I told him that sentimental value would be the only reason to even start on this car - and I didn’t think there could be any plausible reason to spend 60k . I also told him the reality that the car would sit at a body shop for 5 years . At the age of 72- he said he might be dead by then .

I told him I couldn’t - in good conscience- tell him to invest any money in that car . I said with 60k budget you could buy two Z cars that were nice drivers .

In the end he thanked me . He really had no clue about restoration and the reality of that adventure . It did have a crack free dash as best I could tell .

You didn't buy it??

2 hours ago, madkaw said:

sitting in storage

Looks like it was stored under a heron colony.

Holy crap, literally...

That will take a week to wash... but at least give it a scrub before it goes to the crusher.

8 hours ago, Patcon said:

You didn't buy it??

It didn’t even roll and I didn’t see enough to warrant the hassle . I told another z guy that it had a white interior and he should grab it . I don’t have room