This car was originally bought at a dealership in Michigan but at some point in the late 80s the car moved to Florida. The owner was an old guy and he last drove the car in 1995. At this point the car was left parked outside. In a bog.
In 2007 Lawrence Lormand arrived and decided to rescue the car. These pics are taken after the car was pulled out of the bog by a 4x4. It was up to the wheel arches in mud and it was so stuck that the front crumple tube came off the car when it was pulled out.
Lawrence's first instinct was to part the car, the frame was in a bad way and the car generally needed a lot of help - however he decided to put a lot of work into getting the car going with a view to selling it once fully restored.
However, his workshop filled up, he ran out of time and in November 2008 he decided to get rid of the car and put it on eBay with no reserve. That's the point at which I turned up.