This was my father's last car. He purchased it as a project and restored it back to about an 80-point show car quality and enjoyed it for many years in that condition. He took the black and white photo of the car at that time. Later on, after some health problems, my father modified the car to its current condition. I do have the original engine and transmission and some of the original interior pieces and can make them available to a buyer if that's important. I do not have the original rear end, the wheels or the original instrument cluster. I am not sure what my father did with those parts. Actual mileage is unknown because of the loss of the original instrument cluster. The current mileage on the odometer, less about 50 miles, is the sum total of the mileage that my father put on this car after modifying it to this condition.The car currently has a Buick 455 V8 with a THM 400 transmission. It's got Mustang II rack and pinion steering and a Pontiac rear end. The side pipes are functional and are of a rather large diameter. The wheels are Conestoga reproduction Chevy Rally Wheels. The car has drum brakes all around, with the original drums up front and smaller drums on the rear. Due to his health problems, my father ran out of patience with the process of modifying the car and never finished it as intended, preferring to just drive it as it is. There is much that was not sorted out to show car standards, but he did drive it far out of state, taking it from Connecticut to the KKOA show in Pennsylvania one year.
The car was parked for some time after my father lost the ability to operate it safely. It suffered some storage damage during that time when glass from a skylight fell on the hood. A few years ago, I had it towed to a shop to get it running again and it again suffered storage damage when the shop operator failed to store it as agreed. The carburetor that my father had put on the car disappeared at that time and I had the shop install an Edelbrock to replace it. That carburetor stopped working this spring and the car now has a large Holley on it out of my parts stash. It runs and I've driven it, but the carburetor is not set up for the car.
This is a rare car. There were 235 of these built, with 12 known to exist when my father was alive. I think that number has gone up, but I'm not sure. I'm a motivated seller. This car is taking up space in my garage and I have ideas on how I'd like to use that space.