Okay, this car was owned by Duncan Ackerman, the fellow from Canada with the red project Daytona up the page. Here's the story on the Bird.
As a kid, the Bird was a car in the neighborhood where he grew up. Duncan's dad, a car guy himself would take him down to visit the Bird.
Years went by and the Bird's owner who bought the car in '71, got sick and passed away, The car was stored away in the shed for about five years. Duncan knew the car was there, but didn't want to bother the woman about selling the car. He also worked at a local parts store. One day, the widow came in out of the blue and offered the car to Duncan, knowing he was a car guy and loved the Bird as a boy. Duncan bought the car in '84 for $10k.
Duncan and his dad went over to get the car. The garage was so rickety, they pushed the Bird out first for fear the garage would collapse on it when they started the car up.
Pretty solid piece. Check out the front license plate bracket in the correct spot. I saw it restored and went for a ride in it in 1990, a real nice car. He's sold it. Don't know where it went. RM23U0A158602
