Really hope so. Older dude with 2 Dusters, 2 Darts and this one he is selling because it's a Duster-Sport hybrid he started building but knows he'll never finish. Most of the trim is there and we agreed on well under $2k if we like it enough when we get there, because he wants to help the kid...
Fred 2.0 might be coming home this coming weekend, pending weather. 5 hr run one way from northern MD, heading south-ish. Does NOT need floors, frame, roof, fenders, doors. We shall see.....
While Josh was at school today, I put some oil in Fred , fired him up and limped into the garage so Josh can start the harvesting of savables. It is damn hard to look at. Keeping a tarp over it so my wife doesn't have to see it everytime she opens the door. Just every 3rd time.
Josh has been talking about a little more, still. Said he did not realize he was upside down until he wondered why his arms were over his head. Said he remembers facing the left gaurdrail, then the brush on his side of the road, then the braches were in his windshield. Said he did not realize...
So Josh has located a 71 Duster roller just 3 hours away, almost in his "I have no money to do this right now, but I'm going to do it anyway" budget. Major bodywork is done, most of the interior trim is present, sans seats, carpet and dash - which he can transfer over if such a thing were to...
So Josh finally started talking about the whole thing last night. Admits he got on it leaving the side street, which we all knew, and over corrected with some panic mixed in and simply lost it.
He also said he has a vision for the next one. After he strips Fred down and scraps the carcass...
We replaced the roof skin when we built the car. 3M panel bond. If you look close enough you can also see where the qtr patch panel broke free of the panel bond..... Thats enough to convince me to go back to welding when I build 68 and Josh builds again.