Antique & Classic Cars Blog

A full restoration is a fun project to undertake and to watch. Seeing everything so clean, like you’re the original builder, is a nice experience after years of oily wrench turning or rust dropping on your face when you scoot underneath.

This is a ‘62 Karmann Ghia owned by my friend John, in whose heated garage my ‘69 MGB GT is quietly slumbering over the winter. His mechanic, Matt, has just fitted the wiring harness.

The black car in the back corner is a parts car John bought for $300. He’s going to take everything mechanical off of it, plus the full interior, but there’s a guy who still wants what remains. John told him, “It’s really rusty,” but the guy claims, from photos, that the car he owns is far worse.

Kinda cool that many stylish old cars are worth something even as stripped-down hulks. It encourages folks to keep reviving them, which preserves history and makes the roads at summertime more interesting, when the old collector stuff comes out to play.

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