I spoke with
@70 Sport Suburban 2 weeks ago on the phone about this project and what it would take to restore it. I still have it stashed at his house for the time being. I managed to get it to his house before it snowed last winter and right now the snow is finally going away in Wisconsin. Cost in the restoration is obviously a big factor in this but my other concern is I don't want to just let anyone to work on it. I want all the work to be done correctly. I didn't realize how many decisions need to be made to pull off a restoration. The interior such as the seats and headliner are still original and in great shape so do I keep them or replace them with new material? With the body it needs some work and has been repainted once and we can still see where they taped over the original orange strobes. Should I retain the original strobes or completely re-do the entire paint and body? The biggest challenge for me right now is just determining exactly how much do I restore the car? The other challenge is mapping out who would actually do the work such as rebuilding the engine and trans, who would do the paint and body work etc... Whatever I decide to do I just want it done right. I have even considered just rebuilding the engine and just driving it as is and leaving it at that.
The option that I have been mostly considering is just dropping it off with
@Fury Pursuit and having him do all the work. I know the car would be in good hands here with a c-body expert. Trev told me he has a few projects he needs to clear out first but he knows what he is doing when it comes to c bodies and restoring them so this option is where I have been leaning for some time. It is the least stressful option for me.
I have another member here,
@c-barge who is interested in buying it possibly just so that he can corner the market on the orange strobe 70 GT cars. I have to admit it would be an awesome sight to have both orange strobe 70 GT cars (one black and my white one) next to each other at a car show. So that may be a possibility but if I ever sell any of my GT cars (I am up to 6 now: two 70s and four 71s)
@70 Sport Suburban has first option to buy if I ever decide to sell and then I go outward from there.
Thanks for checking in and hopefully I can make some progress soon.