1969 Super Bee...worth restoring? Or make it a driver?

[eldubb440]

you'll regret putting it back together as is......cause you'll be pulling it all back apart when you realize it was a mistake

 

[RemCharger]

How far away is 25 yrs from now... oh ya 2050

 

[DeltaV]

I've had mine apart for 40 years.


Life's little twists and turns.

 

[Krooser]

Block out the paint and buff it out.

Drive it and enjoy it. The heck with anybody thst criticizes the car.

I hoping to get my $800 Coronet on the road in the spring. I'll be smiling too much to even notice the turned up noses.

 

[Dennis H]

Why always orange? Mine was a lousy orange over factory Y2. When returned to factory, there was orange on everything.

 

[Runcharger]

If you hit it, you can pull one of these cars completely apart in a day (a lot longer to put them back together), drive it and collect the parts to restore it. Just finding the parts will take a while and you'll bond with the car if you drive it a bit. I've done so many cars that I built from nothing and you start to hate them and wonder WTF you are doing it after awhile. I see cars pulled apart for decades, all with well meaning owners but do they love the car or love the dream? When I do a car it must be driving within a year of buying it, otherwise you might as well turf it. I realize others enjoy the party differently but that's how it is for me.

 

[eldubb440]

I've had mine apart for 40 years.


Life's little twists and turns.

36 and counting

 

[4mulas]

If you hit it, you can pull one of these cars completely apart in a day (a lot longer to put them back together), drive it and collect the parts to restore it. Just finding the parts will take a while and you'll bond with the car if you drive it a bit. I've done so many cars that I built from nothing and you start to hate them and wonder WTF you are doing it after awhile. I see cars pulled apart for decades, all with well meaning owners but do they love the car or love the dream? When I do a car it must be driving within a year of buying it, otherwise you might as well turf it. I realize others enjoy the party differently but that's how it is for me.

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I couldn’t agree more. Well put Runcharger.

The reason I have the GTX I just got (pictured earlier in the thread) is because someone blew it apart 20 years ago after owning it for a total of 40+ years! Read, lost interest and/or hope. It was just a shell and a bunch of parts and bolts. less than one week of work and I have it just about to be ready to sit on all fours again, then the dash goes in. I have a drivetrain ready to assemble and should have this thing inspected by April and on the road laying rubber! I do think it really only takes a day or two max to blow it apart keeping some level of organization.
Don’t hesitate to keep it running, make it running, and then decide down the road…. Like mentioned, parts and bit and bobs are easier and cheaper to find when you’re not in a panic for them…