1965 Mustang - Starting all over again

Roddie...ME TOO!

My first mustang was a used 67 Shelby 2+2 302 Fast back in white

I have done my own, and helped a bunch of deep deep resurrections of muscle car stuff decades ago

When Bob first posted the crash damage of those cars...and then described what they were... I was physically ill

Insurance bucks cannot, nor ever will, compensate for the hundreds or thousands of labor hours


New project will be fun to watch if Bob will document the progress

Yes, it's wasn't a good time for the younger set.  But, no one was hurt in the accident and replacements can be had, just don't tell them that.  They would much rather have the originals.  

Me?  I restored this Corvette from a neglected wreck with a frame that was rusted in half that required a complete replacement.  Took me nearly six years.  I let it go a quarter century ago and never missed it.....until I resurrected these pictures...







Suffer me guys that have seen these before.....For the newbies here.






- Bob

Bob.
I'm intrigued by the Corvette's license plate frame.  "Corvettes by GM Down Under".  Is that a reference to our southern hemisphere haven or am I just being a little indulgent?

Speaking of GMs Down Under, the last Australian built GM (Holden) will roll off the assembly line on Friday.  Been building Holdens since 1948 and producing local vehicle bodies (They were originally a coachworks) since the 20s.
Global conditions mean that no mass produced vehicles will be built in Australia any longer.  Ford have gone, Toyota finished production a week ago, Chrysler/Mitsubishi dies a few years back.  The sad part is, Toyota have the most advanced factory in the world here in Melbourne, but couldn't continue production merely because the closure of Ford, GM, Chrysler have pul all local parts manufacturers out of business.  Toyota would have kept producing had there been a local parts industry still producing.

What many of you may not know is that many Americans have been driving Aussie designed and built Chevs & Pontiacs for years.
Pontiac G8 & Chevrolet SS.

and Pontiac GTO,

They also built a Chev Lumina and apparently a Buick as used by the police until GM USA put a stop to the import in favour of a locally produced car.  All sadly no longer.

Oldenginerod wrote:.  

Speaking of GMs Down Under, the last Australian built GM (Holden) will roll off the assembly line on Friday.  Been building Holdens since 1948 and producing local vehicle bodies (They were originally a coachworks) since the 20s.

What many of you may not know is that many Americans have been driving Aussie designed and built Chevs & Pontiacs for years.
Pontiac G8 & Chevrolet SS.

All sadly no longer.

Friday is sad day indeed.  Was waiting for the Holden UTE to come to the US to replace my El Camino.  Don't look like that'll happen.
Gotta hand it to your Countrymen, they. sure know how to paint vehicles!!

Marleysky wrote:
Friday is sad day indeed.  Was waiting for the Holden UTE to come to the US to replace my El Camino.  Don't look like that'll happen.

All hope is not lost.
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Yes, I know that Holden built many performance oriented for Pontiac USA many years ago, and shortly before Pontiac went belly-up with the G6/8??

The pictures I posted of the Corvette are from it's current owner in California.  The license plate and frame are a mystery to me.  A couple of years ago Mark did an internet search in hope of finding it with the idea of buying the Corvette back.  Somehow with only the year and serial # 000020 he found it but the owner won't give it up.  He emailed me and I gave him the history of the car along with many pictures of the restoration.   He paid approximately six times more than I sold it for.  Today with that serial number I would think it's worth even more.