Bought it wrecked in late 2001, built it up with the help of my father to running and driving. Took it off the road a few years later to build a new stroker motor, full maximum motorsports suspension, cobra brakes, and it just kept getting out of hand from there.
The car is 95% of where i want it, still have a few parts in the basement that need to find thier way onto the car, but for now its something i can enjoy and be proud of. 
I see this as a tribute to my late father who passed in 2010, without him, i would not know anything about mechanics, and this car wouldnt even be on my radar.