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Image 1 — I'm putting this '79 242GT back on the road after it sat in a barn for 10 years.
Image 2 — I'm putting this '79 242GT back on the road after it sat in a barn for 10 years.
Image 3 — I'm putting this '79 242GT back on the road after it sat in a barn for 10 years.
Image 4 — I'm putting this '79 242GT back on the road after it sat in a barn for 10 years.
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I'm putting this '79 242GT back on the road after it sat in a barn for 10 years.

I found this Canadian (Southern Ontario) 1979 242GT about 30 minutes from me. The owner had it in a barn where a few racoons and maybe a skunk called it home for a number of years. So the interior was pretty dirty, but not destroyed. Unfortunately it was removed from the barn before I saw it, since someone looked at it before me.

I made a deal with the guy that also included 2 140s that I didn't want/need(my friend took them) and removed all three cars from the properties.

I'm doing a series on YouTube if you want to check it out. There aren't too many of these left in Canada, especially original Ontario cars! It will be a driver, not a full restoration, fixing holes in the body, keeping it mostly stock, rubber bushings, all new suspension/brake, its getting a modern B230FT I had rebuilt years ago, and probably megasquirt to just get it going(easier than running LH 2.4 harness or something).

Part 1 - https://youtu.be/VAyGvr1qcu4

Part 2 - https://youtu.be/fcSgQXJ7VOo

u/seanhodgins — 18 hours ago