This car sat in a garage in Grand Rapids, Mi from 1975 - 1991. It was a originally from Colorado. In hopes of restoring it some day, I purchased in from my parents for $400 in 1991 and moved it to a girlfriends parents house in northern Michigan. I finished college and moved to the west coast, leaving it there due to not enough resources to take it with me. Years later, I became removed from the now ex-girlfriend and was told the car was sold. I thought it was gone forever.
In the winter of 2007/08, my friend Rick Beukema emailed me the following photos. He and his brother found the car and dug it out of its wintery grave. It was hard to believe these guys would put forth the effort in sub-zero temperature to pull it out of the deep snow and trailer it 30 miles to its new home in White Cloud, Michigan. It is here where this very solid 50's beauty stayed inside waiting plans for its revival.
In July of 2009 a plan was put together for its official restoration. The car is now owned by both of us and should start to take shape over the next few months.
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