If I had too much money, say like Bill Gates, or even a big Lottery win I would buy original, documented cars with an undisputed past like a 67 Corvette convertible 427/435 hp, 4 spd. loaded car and change it to a base 327/ powerglide, no option ,worst colour,say brown just to shove it in all the fakers face. Like the so called COPO car listed on the "electric garage". Find one of the originals and put a 250 with a column shift PG in it. Next would be a 70 SS 454 Chevelle as I'm so sick of seeing every base model now a SS 454. Put in a dirty grimey 307 2 bbl, with again a Powerglide, vinyl bench, let's go with brown again. Then another favorite "over done to death" would have to be a 71 Hemi Cuda, Lemon Twist yellow. Toss the numbers match Hemi and find a nice ticking Slant six that leaks lots of oil. Then start up an auction company call it ,say Jack's & Barry's Kollectible Klunkers. Some nice Mercury Montego's that were Cy-Clones to start the bidding!! I guess my rant means I'm gettin ready for the RM auction in TO.
Why go to that extreme, you could hurt yourself putting the engine and trans back in. Why not just offer the parts for sale in a PART OUT ONLY! After all wouldn't someone require a tail light lens from that vette? The left valve cover from the Cuda? Perhaps a quarter panel patch from the middle of the quarter on both sides? Hey these parts could make you a few thousand dollars, after all you are not going to drive the cars cause they are to valueable to chance driving so why not cash in on the parts value? You get to keep the ownership and the vin plates right?
I would keep the cars in one piece and let them sit out in the rain with the windows or top down and only drive them on days with heavy road salt down.
Can you imagine driving around in a Hemi Cuda ragtop in the middle of winter with a set of bias ply snows on the back? Grab one of those dollar store snow brushes with the plastic ice scrapers on the end and use it on the body to get the snow off! Priceless!
You guys are sick!!! but could you buy, Pete Simpson's 1of 2 Nova's? I'd like a 6cyl powerglide with cloth seats, and a/c I have the snow tires and rims
I like your thinking fellas but I always like the concept of one of none.
There is an Ontario owned 73 GTO 455 SD that was one of none and two weeks ago we saw a 1964 Olds Starfire wagon, one of none again. To me that's having too much money, building something that looks totally factory original that never was offered to the public.
How about the 12, 396 1970 GTO's that are rumoured to be built out of Oshawa, what sort of looks would you get at a crusie in when you popped the hood and there was a Pontiac blue BBC sitting in there looking completely factory original. What about a 68 Firebird with a 302 SBC the car that allowed Pontiac to race Trans Am rumoured or rused to exist for Canada only.
If you had enough money you could even have or create documentation to "authenticate" your creations, all in fun of course.
I would keep the cars in one piece and let them sit out in the rain with the windows or top down and only drive them on days with heavy road salt down.
You mean like someone did with my matching numbers documented Super Duty 455 Trans Am that I sold last year???!!!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
You mean like someone did with my matching numbers documented Super Duty 455 Trans Am that I sold last year???!!! Wow! what a waste Carl. One of my all time favorites is the SD 455's. I'm just fantasy protesting all the bogus cars out there. Even when I was a kid back in the 60's & 70's people were putting "390 eagles" on 289 Fords, SS badges on anything but SS cars, HEMI plaques on 318's. It's just that it has reached a fine art, especially with GM vehicles.
I bought the car and originally didn't even bring the body home it is so bad. Then a friend convinced me that I better have the body too. Seeing the value in those cars made me pay the extra and get it home too.
When I sold the car, I made the buyer (who I know) promise me he would NOT part the car out, even as bad as it is. Documented Canadian Super Duty, 1 of 91 it says.
And to continue the theme here, how about chopping the roof on a Z16 Chevelle, or putting a 283 powerglide into a 71 Judge convertible?
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
I think i'd take a low mileage, all original, with full documentation 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona hemi car and enter it into a demolition derby.
Good one! Does anyone remember a demo derby that was on Wide World Of Sports in the late 70's that had a bunch of big names in it? I think it was Evel Knievel who came out in a Rolls Royce all painted up. Every other car went after it right away and finished it off. It was awesome!
I would buy a mint Trans Am, and paint the bird on the hood, and add a chrome roll bar, and re-upholster the interior in non stock trim.. maybe weld in the roof and install a 6 'glide...
but could you buy, Pete Simpson's 1of 2 Nova's? I'd like a 6cyl powerglide with cloth seats, and a/c I have the snow tires and rims 
