MA'AM $1,000

MA'AM $1,000 SELLING THIS GTO SO CHEAP I'M MOVING INTO ASSISTED LIVING I NEED THE MONEY NOW HOW BEEN SITTING ALMOST 50 YEARS IT WAS MY HUSBAND'S IT GO FOR A THOUSAND IF IT HELPS ME MOVE YES PLEASE DON'T SELL IT TODAY LET ME SHOW HAVE THIS 1968 PONTIAC GTO HAD BEEN SITTING GARAGE FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS 82 YEAR OLD MARGARET COLLINS PUTTING A HANDWRITTEN FOR SALE $1,000 SIGN ON THE WINDSHIELD ONLY ABOUT 19,00 MILES BUT MARGARET SAW AN OLD CAR THAT WOULDN'T START HAD STUCK BRAKES AND DRY ROTTED TIRES INTO ASSISTED LIVING NEAR HER DAUGHTER HOUSE STILL WAITING TO SELL SHE NEEDED MONEY FOR THE DEPOSIT AND MOVING EXPENSES THE GARAGE ALSO HAD TO BE SO SHE DECIDED $1,000 WAS BETTER THAN PAYING SOMEONE TO HAUL THE GTO AWAY BEFORE I SHOW HIDING BENEATH ALL THAT DUST TELL ME WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING FROM KNOW HOW FAR MARGARET'S STORY REACHES THE GTO HAD HUSBAND RICHARD THEY BOUGHT IT YOUNG AND UNLIKE MOST MUSCLE CARS RICHARD TREATED IT LIKE SOMETHING PRECIOUS IT WAS THEIR FRIDAY NIGHT CAR FOR DINNERS CHURCH AND QUIET DRIVES OUTSIDE TOWN WHEN THEIR FIRST CHILD ARRIVED MARGARET JOKED THAT THE BACK SEAT WOULD FINALLY GET SOME USE RICHARD LAUGHED AND NOBODY'S SITTING BACK THERE UNTIL THEY'RE OLD ENOUGH TO RIDE WITH US AS FAMILY LIFE BECAME BUSIER PRACTICAL CARS REPLACED THE PONTIAC AND THE GTO WAS PARKED WITH ONLY 19,000 MILES RICHARD ALWAYS PROMISED BACK ON THE ROAD AFTER RETIREMENT BUT HE NEVER GOT THE CHANCE AFTER HE PASSED AWAY MARGARET COULDN'T BRING HERSELF TO SELL IT REMAINED WHERE HE LEFT IT WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR DECADES IMMEDIATELY REALIZED THIS WASN'T AN ORDINARY ABANDONED GTO THE ORIGINAL INTERIOR WAS REMARKABLY PRESERVED THE SEATS DASHBOARD AND TRIM MOSTLY NEEDED CLEANING AND THE BACK SEAT LOOKED ALMOST BRAND NEW RICHARD WAS RIGHT NOBODY EVER SAT BACK THERE I ASKED HER THE $1,000 DOLLAR ONE CHANCE TO SHOW HER WHAT SHE ACTUALLY HAD WE DIDN'T ATTEMPT TO START THE 400 CUBIC INCH V8 AFTER SITTING FOR DECADES THE ENGINE FUEL SYSTEM AND BRAKES NEEDED PROFESSIONAL INSPECTION AND THE OLD TIRES WERE TOO ROTTED TO DRIVE SAFELY INSTEAD PRESERVING THE SURVIVOR WE REMOVED DECADES OF DUST FROM THE INTERIOR CLEANED AND CONDITIONED THE ORIGINAL SURFACES AND POLISHED THE OLD KEYSTONE CHROME WHEELS THEN WE CAREFULLY CORRECTED THE OXIDISED SINGLE STAGE LACQUER AND LIGHT SCRATCHES THE ORIGINAL PAINT WAS STILL THERE AND ROUGHLY 95% OF ITS OLD GLOSS CAME BACK WITHOUT REPAINTING THE CAR WHEN MARGARET SAW THE FINISHED GTO SHE STOPPED SEVERAL FEET AWAY AND STARE D THAT'S RICHARD'S CAR SHE WHISPERED THE PONTIAC STILL NEEDED MECHANICAL RE COMMISSIONING BEFORE RETURNING TO THE ROAD LONGER LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING WORTH HAULING AWAY MARGARET HAD UNKNOWINGLY PRESERVED A 19,00 1968 PONTIAC GTO SURVIVOR FOR NEARLY HALE A CENTURY $1,000 DOLLAR SALE AND ARRANGED FOR SPECIALISTS TO INSPECT THE ENGINE DRIVETRAIN MILEAGE AND DOCUMENTATION BEFORE DECIDING ITS FUTURE IF EVERYTHING CHECKS YOU THINK THIS GTO COULD BE AFTER THE MECHANICAL WORK IS COMPLETED $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 OR MORE MARGARET PICKED UP THE OLD FOR SALE SIGN PONTIAC AND SAID MAYBE GOD KEPT RICHARD'S CAR SAFE ALL THESE YEARS BECAUSE HE KNEW SOMEDAY SO IF YOU WERE MARGARET WOULD YOU SELL THE GTO TO HER NEW LIFE OR KEEP THE RICHARD PROTECTED FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS PUT YOUR PRICE AND YOUR CHOICE IN THE COMMENTS HOPE MARGARET GETS EVERY DOLLAR THIS GTO DESERVES LEAVE A GOD BLESS MARGARET