This is definately not a purist car. That is part of the reason my father sold it to me. I was looking to buy something fun, and he wasn't completely happy with this car not being a pure car.

He ended up with this car when a friend of his ran out of money building it. He did a few things here and there trying to get the appearance back to stock, but got frustrated when he discovered how much it was going to take. He turned 69 this year and doesn't have the patience he used to on big car projects.

He has two other cars that are entirely stock or upgraded stock, a '58 Impala and a '57 Thunderbird. I don't have a picture of the Thunderbird, but it's 100% stock. The '58 is all stock or upgraded stock, for example it has a 700R4 instead of the Powerglide, and the 348 (with 3 deuces) has been upgraded with a bigger cam, the hydraulic assist power steering has been replaced with a modern power box, it has disc brakes, etc.