Left For Dead In A Field of (Broken) Dreams

May 4, 2016

What drives people to buy a classic car then store it outside in the elements for decades telling themselves “I’m going to restore it one day?” Writing about these situations are always bittersweet(mostly bitter) because for everyone that gets found and fully restored to greatness, there are hundreds more still sitting in the frost of middle America rusting away day by day. I’ve always felt that there must be a screw loose with the people who let the neglect happen. A hoarder mentality I reckon.

I wouldn’t leave my most prized possessions outside for a day much less a decade and my stuff Isn’t worth squat compared to a 1969 Shelby Mustang!This gallery allows us to dream…to “what if.” What if I found one of these cars and could get it for a song. What could I do with it? Could I bring it back from the dead and make a couple thousand? a couple hundred thousand? Take a look and daydream for a minute and ask yourself what would you do with one of these classics.

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