I posted in the GRM forums with some questions and had a few folks asking for more details on the car so I thought I would go ahead and start a build thread. I'll need to go backwards a couple of years and try and lay this out as it happened. I actually had no plans on buying this car, but I ended up bringing it home anyways because I just couldn't leave it there. This isn't a barn find story, but the car had been tucked away for more than 30 years, the last 20 or so in an underground parking garage.
I was just minding my own business when one day a former client of mine that I actually didn't even really remember sent me a message on FB that said " I know you like these wheels" with a link to the ad.
And he was correct, my favorite wheel for many years has been the American Racing 200S, and he had stumbled across a new on the box set a few hours from me. At the time I was out with my daughter on our weekly dad/daughter date, so I couldn't really run off and grab them, but I sent the seller a message that said " I will take them please" and within a few minutes I had sent him the funds. The next morning I woke up and thought to myself, I guess I should have asked him a few more questions, like what is the condition and when can I pick them up etc. A few messages later and I had him on the phone. We chatted a little and he informed me that he had purchased the wheels many years ago for a project car that he never ended up finishing. When I asked him what kind of car, he said "A 70 Camaro".... Of course I just had to ask "Whatever happened to that car?" He replied telling me that he still had the car, but that they were moving and he had finally come to the realization that he wouldn't ever get to it and that it also needed to be sold. I suggested that maybe I could have a look when I came to pick up the car and he said sure that would be fine.
A few days later I took the ferry to the mainland and went to pick up my wheels, what happened next was a bit unusual for me. I am not a Camaro guy, but once I saw the car, got the story and realized that it was actually pretty rare and desirable, I just couldn't leave it there. I ended up being there almost all day sorting through parts and trying to figure out how to verify if what he was telling me was real. The car was all original, numbers matching, right down the the starter, alternator, Holley carb etc.
Finally after several hours of back and forth and me paying way more than I thought I should, he won and I just shook hands and made the deal.
OK, now what? The car hasn't run on more than 30 years, he actually bought it not running as a project. I am there with no trailer, no plan and need to get the ferry back home. He says no problem I can have a couple days, but they are moving soon and he wants the car gone.
Here is a picture of the wheels one I got them home and un boxed, and also the car as it sat in the underground when he pulled the cover off.
