barn finds you wish you had

[OneTrickPony]

About 30 years ago, I noticed a 69 Shelby GT500 sitting behind a paint and body shop not far from my house. After it sat there for several months, I stopped one day and asked the shop owner about it. He said the guy who owned it had brought it in for a paint job (it had a new black lacquer job) but had gotten busted for drugs and didn't have the money to pay for it. I kept checking with him to see what was up and the car owner eventually went to prison for a bunch of years. The shop owner said he was afraid of the guy and did not want to risk filing a lien on the car and selling it. The car ended up sitting there for years until I moved out of the area.

A couple of years later, I was in the neighborhood and swung past to see if it was still there. The shop had closed and the lot was cleared of all cars. I never found out what happened to the Shelby.

[Sledsel]

I'm a Ford guy, but I'd like to have this

[Sledsel]

This was found in a shed, hauled to the scrapyard where I found it. I brought it home with me.

Edited October 23, 2015 by Sledsel