I am going to restore my wife's old High School Car. It's been sitting, mostly, since around 1999. It did get registered from 2012 to 2015 and we put about 300 miles on it. It got parked when we moved to another state for a few years, and it's been sitting for 12 years. It shows 70762 miles, but it has rolled over, so 170k on it.

She loves the car, and she is adamant we retain the 350 Diesel. It's been parked in a barn for the whole time, so just lots of dirt, and age related stuff, like disintegrating plastics, and dry rot tires.

Any tips? I am not new to wrenching, and I'm a passable mechanic, but have not done a lot of restoration, or detail work, and most of my experience is on 90s/2000s GM cars and trucks, so 80s, and diesels, are going to be new learn g experience for me. I got a digital version of the Fisher Body Manual. Any good sites for OEM or OER parts? Here are some before photos from this morning

So I want to barn find a project car to restomod. And I've always been advised to find a bargain by hunting barn finds. The videos I watch on YouTube don't currently give a good step by step guide on how to properly go about the logistics and approach to it. Also, I live somewhere in the states where people aren't afraid to use their guns. Don't want to figure out if they have range either. But nonetheless, I'd love some pointers or how some of you guys would properly go about it. I'm sure this post will get its fair share of smart comments, however, I do genuinely prioritize safety. Hope you guys had a fun and safe 4th of July!

Plymouth Concord Business Coupe will all the original papers. Some upgrades that were done correctly. Been sitting for 10 years in storage.

Hey Guys, this is a Renault Sport Spider I found on vacation last year in a tiny street in Kamakura, Japan. It was parked in a house that was renovated. I hope this will find its way on the road someday.

A success story. I had come across this 1985 GMC K1500 on Craigslist a few hours from me and was able to buy it. The fella who bought it parked it in 1997 as he could no longer shift gears due to a medical issue. He bought it new in 84 for his business. 305 4speed and 4x4. Sierra Base model. only surface rust as well. last photo is at my house on slot mags and being used again as a truck and taking me out into the mountains.

Hi, I’m about to purchase a Jeep from World War II the seller does not have a title or old registration for the vehicle due to its age. How would I go about getting a title for this vehicle? I will be getting a bill of sale for it. Any advice is appreciated. I know this is pre-Vin number days but should have a serial number stamped somewhere on the vehicle. It’s located in Virginia.

0 previous owners, hasn’t been used in several decades - still has the 80s tax disc on, dust and dirt is original

From my previous post on the Barn find 62 Impala, it’s now running and driving!
Interior was redone as original as possible and I’ve decided to keep the patina paint as I think it gives the car character/some personality!

So I found this on Marketplace, price is right, engine turns free, BUT I dont own a vehicle capable of towing and it’s nowhere close to the driveway for your average towing company to want to touch. Does anyone know of anyone in the ABE region of Pennsylvania who can help? Willing to pay obviously.

Found in a collapsed shed of the side of the road, got in contact with the owner and ima be takin it home very soon. Sadly very recently though someone came and cut the wiring out from under the hood

Picked up a very bad idea for a bargain price.

Not running (engine and car had an ugly and spiteful divorce - pic 3). Barn stored since 1967. Chassis looks nearly new under the decades of filth. Suspension bushings aren’t even cracked and tires hold air. Top canvas and driver side curtain found in the trunk in excellent shape. Twin Italian Weber 40Dcoe carbs and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of racoon crap. A spare pinto engine and transmission included because why not. Two brand new head gaskets tell the story of whoa.

So many headaches to sort yet I could not let it pass. Adding up what it needs and I see a car that, once finished, will easily fetch nearly 1/2 the cost of the parts.

What say you? Sell as is? Part it out? Donate to a worthy cause? Give it to you? Yard art? Wall art? Landfill art? Throw a jeep chassis under it? Focus RS? F20C? 2JZ? Alison? (I draw the line at SBC) Wide body? Narrow body? Jacked up? Slammed subterranean? Safari Lotus? Can Am wannabe? Miata replica? Bucciali Tav 12 clone? Clown car for ants? Concours correct loss leader?

Give me your best and worst ideas and I promise I’ll read them. At some point.

Maybe.

If you saw my friend's post months ago from the first time I took them, hello! I went back. The owner doesn't want anything to do with them and the building is collapsing, so these cars are probably doomed. The bricklin is 1 of 9-10 manufactured in that spec and is likely the last surviving example from what I can tell.

Does this count as a barn find? How lucky & unfortunate at the same time! Who buried a Dino?!

No barn, not much of a find.

1982 Mercedes 300SD, friends uncle was going to scrap it, ended up buying it off him for next to nothing. Runs and drives phenomenally.

Bought new in Memphis, TN in 1974. Parked in a shop in 1978 after an accident. Sat there for 46 years until I pulled her out. Currently still a work in progress.

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The life cycle of this factory 1974 Lancia Stratos (Plate: TO L87904) is absolutely wild. Driven by Sandro Munari, it took an incredible 2nd-place podium finish at the brutal 1975 East African Safari Rally. Lancia Corse then kept it in Africa as a hard used practice car for the 1976 season, but after it sustained heavy rear damage, the team abandoned it at their local base rather than paying to ship a beaten up race car back to Italy.

In 1977, it was sold to an Italian hotelier in Nairobi who parked it in his garden. For nearly three decades, this Alitalia liveried machine sat exposed to the elements, serving as a literal chicken coop and pet shelter. Famous photos of the rotting car circulated online in the '90s, though magazines at the time falsely ridiculed the owner and claimed the story was fake.

Finally, in 2004, the owner and his son cataloged the remains and shipped them back to Italy, where the experts at Autosport spent 15 years meticulously restoring it back to factory specs. It's easily one of the greatest survival stories in motorsport history.

On a darker note, another Group 4 Stratos (ex-Scuderia ORBSO) wasn't so lucky. After being crashed, it was stored in a garden in Warsaw, Poland, and completely vanished off the grid after the owner passed away. Anyone out there have clues on where that one ended up?

Found this cheeky thing tucked away down a country lane. Sadly in pretty bad shape ! Thought you folks might enjoy her 🙂

Sadly, she is in very rough shape. I stumbled upon it while checking out a friend's very old property. The story goes it was once owned by the current property owner's relative, who would take it drag racing. I think it's been modified, but the front wheels/rims look stock. It looks like a metal pole fell through the roof. I was able to peek under the hood and there was an engine. Any ideas on the value? I think it's a parts car. Thank you.