MA'AM IS THIS

MA'AM IS THIS MAM IS THIS THE MUSTANG YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL GOT HOME FROM I CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE HOW LONG HAS ALMOST 18 YEARS HUSBAND'S MUSTANG YES HE BOUGHT IT IN 1970 ANYONE REPAINT IT ANYONE REPAINT IT YOU WHAT'S STILL UNDERNEATH THIS 1970 FORD MUSTANG BOSS 4 29 UNTouched FOR ALMOST 18 YEARS WHEN I MET 79 YEAR OLD EVELYN CARTER BESIDE IT RETURNED HOME FROM TREATMENT AND COULD BARELY CANE THE MUSTANG WAS COVERED IN LEAVES AND DIRT BUT EVELYN TOLD SPENT ALL THOSE YEARS OUTSIDE HER LATE HUSBAND ROBERT HAD KEPT IT PROTECTED INSIDE THEIR GARAGE HE BOUGHT THE BOSS 429 IN 1970 SHORTLY AFTER THEY WERE MARRIED AND PROMISED HIMSELF HE WOULD KEEP IT ORIGINAL HE NEVER REPAINTED PARTS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY LOOKED OLD EVERY SCRATCH AND FADED SPOT BECAME LIFE TOGETHER THEY TOOK WEEKEND DRIVES VISITED FAMILY AND SPENT SUNDAY AFTERNOONS TOGETHER WHILE ROBERT CLEANED THE MUSTANG IN THE DRIVEWAY AS THEY GREW OLDER HE DROVE IT LESS HE PARKED IT INSIDE THE GARAGE WHERE IT REMAINED AFTER HE DIED DRY ICE CLEANING EVELYN COULDN'T BRING HERSELF TO MOVE IT FOR NEARLY 18 THE MUSTANG STAYED PROTECTED EXACTLY WHERE IT THEN EVELYN BECAME SERIOUSLY ILL HER TREATMENT LEFT HER WEAK NEEDED TO CLEAR PART OF THE TO CREATE SAFER ACCESS AND SPACE FOR HER MOBILITY EQUIPMENT THE MUSTANG WAS ROLLED ONTO THE DRIVEWAY TEMPORARILY SHE EXPECTED IT TO STAY THERE DAYS ENGINE CLEANING BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF TREATMENT SENT THE HOSPITAL DAYS BECAME WEEKS THEN MONTHS WIND DAMAGED THE OLD COVER LEAVING THE MUSTANG EXPOSED BENEATH THE TREES BY THE TIME I ARRIVED LEAVES QUICK SECOND WASH COVERED THE HOOD AND WINDSHIELD AND EVELYN WAS CONSIDERING SELLING IT LONGER HAD THE STRENGTH TO PROTECT IT INSPECTED THE CAR MUCH ROBERT HAD LASER CLEANING TRIMS AND BUMPERS PRESERVED THE BOSS 4 29 HAD NEVER BEEN RESTORED OR REPAINTED ITS ORIGINAL FINISH SHOWED OXIDATION SCRATCHES AND HONEST PATINA THE BODY AND UNDERRARRIAGE HAD SURFACE CORROSION BUT REMAINED REMARKABLY PAINT INSPECTION INTACT EVEN MORE SURPRISING WAS THE INTERIOR AFTER NEARLY 18 YEARS IT WAS INCREDIBLY COMPLETE AND WELL PRESERVED I TOLD EVELYN IT YET I WANTED TO 18 YEARS COULDN'T BEFORE VS AFTER TAKE AWAY TO MAKE ROBERT'S WE WERE GOING TO PRESERVE WHAT SURVIVED WE DEEP CLEANED THE CAR THEN USED DRY ICE BLASTING UNDERNEATH TO REMOVE DECADES OF CONTAMINATION WITHOUT DAMAGING THE ORIGINAL SURFACES SELECTED CORROSION ON UNDERRARRIAGE WAS TREATED WITH LASER RUST REMOVAL THE INTERIOR WAS CAREFULLY CLEANED WITHOUT REPLACING ORIGINAL PIECES SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY SHOWED THEIR AGE OUTSIDE WE REMOVED YEARS OF GRIME WHILE PRESERVING THE FADED FACTORY PAINT INSTEAD OF HIDING NEW FINISH SLOWLY THE BOSS 429 STOPPED LOOKING ABANDONED THE SCRATCHES REMAINED THE PATINA REMAINED ROBERT'S HISTORY REMAINED WHEN EVELYN RETURNED SHE WALKED SLOWLY TOWARD THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAND ON THE OLD PAINT SHE STARED ACROSS THE HOOD BEFORE WHISPERING IT NEW I TOLD HER I DIDN'T THINK ROBERT WOULD WANT EVELYN SMILED SHE ROBERT ALWAYS BELIEVED GOD GIVES SOMETHING ITS ORIGINAL STORY ONLY ONCE AND MAKING IT PERFECT AGAIN COULDN'T BACK SHE SAT BESIDE THE MUSTANG AND QUIETLY LOOKED OVER THE SAME PAINT ROBERT HAD AND THE SAME INTERIOR THEY HAD SHARED MORE THAN 50 YEARS EARLIER FOR THE FIRST SHE WASN'T WORRIED HAPPEN TO THE AFTER SHE WAS GONE SHE COULD SEE THAT ROBERT'S MUSTANG WAS STILL BENEATH EVERYTHING TIME HAD LEFT ON NOW I WANT YOUR OPINION AN UNRESTORED 1970 FORD MUSTANG BOSS 429 WITH ORIGINAL CHARACTER A PRESERVED INTERIOR AND HONEST PATINA CAN BE WORTH FAR MORE THAN AN ORDINARY FORGOTTEN FINAL PRODUCT MUSTANG IF THIS CAR WERE OFFERED EXACTLY AFTER PRESERVATION WHAT WOULD YOU HONESTLY PAY FOR IT IN THE COMMENTS IF YOU BELIEVE SOME MEMORIES ARE WORTH PRESERVING EXACTLY AS GOD SURVIVE LEAVE A GOD BLESS EVELYN