1968 GTO Resto-Mod

[1968 GTO Resto-Mod]

when my parents met in felton, california in 1977 this was the car my mother was driving.

[1968 GTO Resto-Mod]

i was born in 1979 in south lake tahoe.
the black goat was our daily driver.

[1968 GTO Resto-Mod]

one late night on the highway my mother narrowly avoided a direct head-on collision with a drunk driver who crossed centerline coming over the crest of a vertical curve in the grade.

[1968 GTO Resto-Mod]

the only thing salvaged from the wreck was the muncie 4 speed manual transmission and the hurst shifter seen in this photograph.

[1968 GTO Resto-Mod]

they found another goat not too long after that.
we drove it up the alcan highway when my father moved our family to alaska in 1982.

[1968 GTO Resto-Mod]

my father fired that car up every spring so we could rip around town in it during the summer.
we always talked about fixing it up, but dad never thought he would have the time or money.

[1968 GTO Resto-Mod]

my father died in 1998.
i was 19 years old.

[1968 GTO Resto-Mod]

the goat didn't get too much attention in the years after my father's death.

[1968 GTO Resto-Mod]

when i look at this photograph it's easy for me to understand why this project is so important to me now.

[Che70velle]

Where is the car today, and what have you done to her so far?
It's easy to see the emotional connection here. Tell us more!