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Old March 7th, 2017, 01:51 PM
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68 Shelby GT500KR unearthed

Well here is a good story on what not to do when you find a rare car and sock it away for 30 years...

http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/class...t?ocid=SL5ADHP
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Old March 7th, 2017, 02:06 PM
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When I got married in 1977, my in law's neighbor had a 1968 GT500 fastback in all black. he bought it new. The car had about 40,000 miles, and was showroom new condition. He wanted $4,800 for it, and at that time, it might as well have been $48 million.
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Old March 7th, 2017, 02:43 PM
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Maybe the car would be in fairly decent shape if he had actually closed the door on that shipping container that he bought to store the car in.
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Old March 7th, 2017, 08:23 PM
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Unless the container is stored in a controlled environment, the metal sweats easily with the temp changes and can wreck a car pretty quick. It literally drips down on the car. Of course storing a container in a building kinda defeats the purpose. I wonder how good it smells in the interior. Probably a toss up between mildew and mouse ****. Great plan for a cool car.
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Yeah, it may not have kept the moisture out but did you see the piles of debris under the car? A closed container would have kept all those leaves and I would hope the larger rodents out.
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Truly this guy is a D--- Head hillbilly and knows he has a great ideal on how to protect a car. Really sad to see what some do.

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