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This GS400 was owned by my eighth grade
school teacher. One day he had a bad run-in with a
telephone pole. He wound up selling the car to a local
body shop where the owner had all intentions of restoring
the car for his wife. The car sat outside behind the shop for about six or seven years before I came across it one day. Don't know why but I just had to have it. What a piece of junk though! (The picture to the left was found in a friend's sock drawer after I had already started the resto. The AMC in the foreground was his family's car that wound up at the same body shop.) |
| The car wasn't really for sale but the body shop owner realized that he didn't have the time for the project. He showed me two rechromed bumpers and a new radiator in his shop that he had aquired. I figured I was stretching it a bit when I decided to offer him $500 for the GS, but he beat me to the punch and said I could buy everything for $400. Sold! The picture to the right was taken after I got the car towed to dad's barn. |  |
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Dad was skeptical but supportive. My friends
were a bit skeptical as well. Looking at the engine
compartment, as well as the rest of the car, I see why. I
was determined. I knew this car was fairly rare. Research shows it to be 1 of only 1628 built. Upon further inspection, I realized that the car still had the numbers matching engine, transmission and differential. Even the highly coveted 'Star Wars' aircleaner was still there! Heck, those alone sell for nearly what I paid for the car. |
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| The disassembly process is under way here. I removed the entire front clip to make life easier. Lots of scraping and wire brushing was required to find the car under many years of grime. | |
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