I had a nice visit at Classic Creations with Merv Rego yesterday.
I really like him and his attitude towards restoration work.
I am going to take my rusty "K" convertible over to let him see what he thinks of it.
My question is has anyone had work done by Classic Creations, and if so what was the outcome? satisfied?
I think by now everyone has seen the '66 Mustang delivery sedan that they built using a roof from a Volvo wagon, I saw the car in person and it is absolutely breathtaking!!
Boy!!!!! 70 plus views and no one knows Merv & Pat Rego or of their business called Classic Creations?? hes got over 2 dozen Mustangs over there ready for restoration including a '68 Shelby Convertible.
Hi all, Here is a link to their web site. http://www.classiccreationsfl.com/ Monty
Last Friday I indeed took my rusty '65 "K" convertible over to Merv, he said it was one of, if not THE worst he'd ever seen!
The car needs absolutely everything EXECPT:r/f shock tower, and r/f frame rail, parts of cowl, and firewall-thats it!! he will have to build a complete new unibody, and do all new outer sheet metal, doors, hood, trunk lid, EVERYTHING!!! So, the only pieces that will be ORIGINAL "K" are what I described above, and if thats not RE-BODYING I don't know what is....he says he gets the local Police dept to wittness him moving "the numbers" from the rusted old fender aprons to the new ones, I'd like everyones opinion now on what to do with this car???? mind you I still have an incredibly solid '65 "A" code body to possibly re-body with.
I know if I give up and sell my "K" that someone will most likely re-body it any way possibly to make a profit on resale not caring nearly as much as I would during this process.
My opinion is that if you don't have it done, then you've lost the car. If you do have it rebuilt (sorta re-bodied) then you do have the car and likely a very nice one. So, go figure the money part. From what you've said, they are honest people and probably have given you a shot in the dark on cost.
Merv & Pat seem very nice and on the up and up, I have no worries that they can do the job.
They haven't shot me a price yet, Merv said he'd have Pat work up an estimate sheet for me and Email or mail it to me.
OK, Picture this:When its all said and done I could EASILY put the original parts into the bed of my SHORT BED pickup and bring them anywhere as a group, all thats left of the original "K" body.
Again, the only useable metal is the r/f shock tower, r/f frame rail(the r/f frame rail is only a possibility not a given, as Merv can't see it clearly-even with the car up on my trailer)the firewall, and parts of the cowl, thats it! even the convertible unique part in and around and behind the back seat will have to be cut out of a donor CONVERTIBLE!
This to me is almost building a body shell like the new Dynacorn '67-'68 Fastback body, may be I should just wait until Dynacorn folks build the '65-'66 Convertible body.
Well, I can only come up with the money factor. I love red wine and Champaign and Bells beer --- and old jazz and opera, Joe Williams and Basie and Pavarotti. And I love old Mustangs and the sound of small block 289s and the feel of winding two lanes. If you can spend the money...
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