Whats the worst car to pop up on the hamb thats been saved?

Who out there has the most beat up and rusty body out there and saved it? Seen a couple of threads with some bad ones so I'm wondering who had the worst starting point and what it looks like finished or at least fixed enough to be presentable?

 

Don't know if it is the worst but koolkemps 47 ford is definately up there and
very impressive work. He must buy welding wire by the trailor load! I am not a custom guy but this build is one I subscribe to. Jim

 

Sibley's willys is a definite contender.

 

I agree
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=265739

 

how about that 36 that was pulled out of the canyon

 

This should be good.....some amazing saves on here and they are all on my hero list.

 

I turned this:


Into this:

 

The Hypothetical deuce:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=595056

Nads El Camino
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=460531

thunderbirdesq 34
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=654839

zibo's '40
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=335174

 

I've seen some amazing mad skills here.
It astounds me how much some of these guys can do.

 

This would be the only instance I would enjoy getting a deuce in a box. All kidding aside Sibleys willys really takes the cake right now and sure looks great! A guy just started on this one and it prompted me to start this thread.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=663035

 

Love the way yours turned out, sadly there are alot of the first picture style t's in my area and their owners believe they are the hot stuff. Same guys have been burned out since the mid 70s

 

I agree. He sure has more ambition than I would have had to undertake such a rustbucket and it is coming along really well.

Don

 

Flamedabone has brought a few back that looked like scrap checkout the merc and 39 ford on this thread.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=656587&page=4

 

My buddy Steve gets the win on this one...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=466490

 

Yup, awesome save!

 

This one was pretty far gone...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=264257

 

Not the greatest save, but I am glad I did it

 

Did the 40 Ford coupe that went through a garage fire ever get finished? Fantastic work, even if it's still in progress.
Larry T

 

Here's one I finished a couple of years ago ...
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=403687

 

I can't find it, but there was a Mexican Mercury that was a tremendous effort. Didn't ever see it finished though.

 

Here' the 40 Ford thread I was thinking about.
Larry T

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428737&highlight=ford+garage+fire

 

JustDug's '32 comes to mind; didn't he build it out of 5 different partial cars? Maybe thats not the same thing... ???

 

This one gets my vote

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=651878

 

Thanks guys the 2 I have waiting in the wings are even worse lol...my fav back from the dead is Zibos 40 Ford !

 

This is what we started with.

 

Mark Fords Ford was pretty rough..

 

This is what we ended up with.