Disclaimer: This is not an indictment of the owner, the people working on the car or anything other than an educational tool.
We often suggest people look at cars before they buy them or have an "expert" check them out. Here is a car that sold fairly recently at Mecum. I can guarantee you that did not happen.
https://www.mecum.com/lots/1095307/1968-shelby-gt500-convertible/?aa_id=483624-0
Here is where the car is now....with an "unhappy" owner. They probably paid a good price for the car, now have a whopper body work bill and will never have a car worth what they originally paid for it.
There are about a half dozen videos of the car. This is why we say it....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyo9dYtEPUI
Its one thing if you sign up for the full restoration experience, another if you just get dropped in your lap because you didnt do your due diligence.
Mecum website lists it as sold for $79,200
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