Seriously Jerry, this is better than carrying the Dead Sea scrolls into daylight the first time.

How you could be a young man growing up through your 20s and 30s with that car in the back yard without ever getting it on the road is completely beyond me....speechless...

I'd understand if they didn't know anything about cars, but he clearly does. His Dad bought a ton of extra parts, his Mom got a signed model car by Shelby....So they obviously loved the car..... Why the hell did he leave it outside like that then??

$35-40 grand... No way. this is at least a $100k restoration

I can see the original owner parking it right back in the dirt after the restoration.

It never ceases to amaze me how little people take care of the things they buy or receive as gifts.

The spare NOS fenders that they bought decades ago are now worth at least a grand a piece. Who knows what an original spare Shelby hood would cost? It might be the only one on the planet. Their dad was a smart to hunt for parts back in the day. A lot of the people leaving comments are freaked out by the rust. For a car that lived its whole life in Ohio and then sat under a tree for ages, the car it isn't that bad. The big thing is that the important stuff that makes it a Shelby is all still there. Hopefully Boss Cars will shared the restoration process on UKposts.

I can't believe that the kids left it outside all those years.

This is crazy. Who would leave a car sitting there for over 30 years especially a Shelby mustang. That is insane.. Well it’s so cool that you guys got it going again

The dad knew what he had, but the kids didn´t care. Way back then dad bought a lot of spare parts, the kids let the car rust outside. Shameful.

I just don't understand owners like that... They live in the boonies and have a bunch of land yet they can't park the car in a shed, barn, or under some covering to protect the car.

40 years sitting in the dirt,and sinking into the ground,and the owner says,i think it's time to restore it??????????🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's sad that the owner treated the car in such a bad way, but I'm happy to see that it is now good hands. These were such beautiful cars.

Didn’t want to drive it in the winter, but left it outside in the mud to decay for decades.

Those brothers should have their asses kicked for letting it just sit there rusting away.

Who leaves a Shelby Mustang out in the elements, abandoned, forgotten? It hurts my soul just watching this car in this condition.

The original owners clearly knew the important significance of this car as they collected factory direct replacement parts and stored those indoors as well as signatures. Yet they chose to park it under a tree on the dirt ground for 40 years 🤦🏼‍♂️

Is that how smart our school teachers are , let a bad ass car set for 40yrs, the spare parts is the only things that could be garage kept wtf

So his dad had the hindsight to buy a bunch of Ford parts but not enough to at least cover it with a tarp?

Down the street from where I grew up sits a 63 split window corvette. It hasn't moved from that spot since 1968. The owner won't sale it, but it's just rotting away. It sickens me to see people let classics rot away.

It just blows my mind that someone would buy an expensive sports car for a school teacher to drive and then just abandon it in a backyard to deteriorate for 40 years.

You have barns on the property and you leave the Shelby outside in the elements for 40 years!!!

Amazes me how someone who loved this car enough to buy so many parts for this thing over the years would still let that thing sit and disintegrate. People are strange.

Real classy restoration shop. What an amazing story to come across a Shelby guru. Especially like the end where they say, someone sees a rusty old, the original owner sees youth. You know you hired the right people. So amazing to see a devoted Shelby rescuer.

Good to see people taking care of such a rare piece of American auto history..........

Rumor has it if you plant a GT 350, you get a 427 Cobra tree, lol

Why wouldn’t you push it back in the garage with all the parts!? Madness

Then, a teacher drove a Ford Shelby cobra. Now, a teacher drives a Ford Focus. The difference of cost of living.

AND.......a garage 20 ft. away. Scratching my head.

I bet over the years there has been hundreds of offers made to buy this car before it got to this condition and every time it was "nah, going to restore it myself".

Personally I don't think even $40,000 would be bad to restore this car. After all today's junk cars cost that much and are worthless after 40 years. This car will be an investment like a diamond!! Only increases in value!

Not sure why everyone is bashing the current owner of the car when it was the mother and father who owned it and now the son is wanting to restore it. I'd blame the mother and father, who have probably passed away, not the brother of the man in the video who can now get it restored and treat it like it should have been all along. Just a guess mind you, but I suspect I'm spot on.

Too bad it wasn't in one of the barns. What a crying shame it was left out in the elements.

Bought parts to redo car! But left it outside for 40 years. They had big buildings all over the property. Why not put it in a dry place. Just doesn't make any sense! What a shame! This is my favorite car of all times. These people will completely rebuild this car. They are the best in the business! SHAWN

How can u neglect such a beautiful car it's a tragedy.

So the father had the foresight to buy parts, but not keep the car out of the weather. Special..

I like Rick he talks sense and is very knowledgeable hes the right guy for the resto!!

After it's "restored", you'll have a mustang with some Shelby parts on it.

All that barn area and this car sat outside all that time! You just can't fix stupid! Sorry! But thats just the long and short of it. It would be so much cheaper to bring this super badassed car back to life if they just put in the corner of a barn somewhere.

Amazing the owner bought spare parts to help keep up the car,then just leaves is out in the mud for 30 yrs

My aunt was one of those. She had a classic car and when I asked her if I could buy it off of her. She told me and I quote "Id rather let the goddamn thing rot right there before I sell it to anyone! lol

hard to understand why the garage is filled to the roof with junk and a 66 Shelby Mustang is sitting in the dirt outside for 40 years..

A $500 carport would have prevented $30,000 in rust repairs. Some people are completely clueless what they have.

It's always great to see people you know doing what they love. And in this case, it's glad to know that something they wouldn't let me buy is now getting the love and attention it deserves.

I can't watch these anymore. I have actually grown to despise people that leave classics out to rot. I have run across several in my time and tell them give me a price and they always say, "I've got plans for it..." or "I'm never selling it"... And years later it's still rotting out in their yard.

As someone who LOVES Shelby Mustangs this story is somewhat bitter sweet. While I’m delighted to see it being saved by a group of professional enthusiasts 👍🏼 what an absolute crime to the car gods this rare GT-350H was left to sitting outside for such a long time while there is a garage near by 🙈🤣 I look forward to seeing this piece of Shelby history resurrected to its former glory 👌🏼

Am always amazed at the number of idiots who own fantastic cars and let them collect dust and rot.

I would like to see it full restored. This car is beauty-full.! Great Job of all those men. Greetings from México City 🇲🇽

Wish we could watch the restoration!

Parts are in the shed but the cars in a field

some people.....anyone with a piece of a brain would have done SOMETHING with it before it almost disappeared!

Person that let this happen to this car needs to be “Taken out behind the barn” for a chat

Dear Mr. Heasley. Kudos to you Sir. This is an amazing video and story. PLEASE make more as you restore. I would love to see!

Owner was smart enough to buy all new parts , How about Owner was not smart enough to put it in a Shed with a cement floor . LOL

I’m confused here, they buy fenders, quarters and all these parts then just proceed to let the car rot to death outside! I doesn’t make sense at all...

We have 20-dollar bikes hanging and protected in the garage, meanwhile our "Bar of Gold" has been in the weather unprotected for 40 years :-(

My friend has one in extremely original condition. In Deep South Texas. He purchased it new after Hertz turned it back in. He saw it at a Ford dealership when he was 21. He still shows it at local car shows.

I'm not one of those numbers matching fanatics, but I can appreciate the nature of this thing essentially being a time capsule. Looking forward to following along with the restoration!

Sacrilege! It makes me miss my first car. 66 Fastback 289. Cool car for a 16-year-old.

I rented a 1966 Hertz GT 350H for $19 a day on June 23, 1966 in San Diego. The next day I was off to USMC boot camp in San Diego, and Hertz picked up the broken down GT350H from my parents home; Brakes failed from too much street racing the night before and the $19 rental fee was waived.

Breaks my heart to see a car like this left to rust in the mud.

The owners were smart and bought many spare parts yet they left the car out in the elements for 40 years...go figure.

This story needs further discussion. 1st they knew it was a valuable car many many years ago that's why they bought all those extra parts. Yet they just left it sit outside to disintegrate! This makes no sense. We need more of the back story on this piece of automotive history please...

In all that time knowing that a valuable Shelby was outside nobody could have put a tarp over it or moved it uncover? So much unnecessary damage done. Can not understand it.

Absolutely amazing! Please keep a video log over the next 2 years, would love to see the journey to the end result.

35-40k seems well under half what it would cost. Probably 40k just in parts. Another 80k in labor.

Why in the hell would someone just pull the car outside and just leave it to the elements?

Family doesnt deserve the car for letting it get like this in the first place!

TY all for the videos and for helping to preserve automotive history. Again, ty all!

21:45 He says he can completely restore the car back to original for $35,000-40,000? Does that sound like an accurate restoration cost? I was thinking $100,000-200,000. I don't know much about the costs involved.

there's somthing i'm trying to understand. If you buy a car like this and then replace every piece of sheet metal And all components down to the bolts. It seems to me all you're really buying is the VIN number?

WOW!! A Hertz Rent-A-Racer!!! Can't wait to see the finished car.

Beautiful piece of history in this car...please use your love and knowledge to save this beauty - it’s worth saving..thanks..

The diecast car in original box sighed by Shelby worth more than the actual car.

I'm going to call bullshit on that 35K estimate. No way is this car driving for 35K.

Thank you for the Integrity!

You guys are great, breathing life back into what was once lost.

"What say we get the Ole Shel out of the garage and store a couple of bicycles and some knickknacks instead" Un be fu...ing lievable

Your not going to see the glory days of this car again for 40 grand....no way....

Poor baby with a new life. 🖤 Thank you so much for rescue this wounderful car! I also wanted to fulfill this dream, but unfortunately these vehicles cost a fortune. Then I bought the successor from 2007 and I love my car too. ❤️ But Hertz's 1966 Mustang remains a legend!

Wow. Can you image working at a shop like that? All those awesome Mustangs. I'd be in awe just going to work everyday. You can tell these guys have a passion for what they do. I'm super jealous of them all. I'd love to get my hands on a vintage GT 350H project.

A perfect one (SFM6S804) just sold at Mecum for 110K. This one will probably cost that to restore and it will always be known as a rebody/all new car.

Thoes huge barns and they couldnt park that car inside?

Wow! Just wow! Bring that beauty back to life. Absolutely gorgeous!!

My last parts mustang, a 1969 mach 1, complete car but very rusty I found 20 years ago in 2001 and even then they were getting especially hard to find. It is amazing finds like this come up as the classic mustang supply mostly dried up 20 years ago regarding parts cars or backyard cars.

Am I the only one that sees a garage (filled with crap) 10 feet away from an all original, one owner, 1966 Shelby GT350 with less than 64,000 miles, and the car is left out side in the dirt for 41 years?! This is the original owners that did this, they bought the car brand new; they KNEW what it was! Incredible, absolutely incredible... a $100,000.00+ mistake! Build a new garage for $10k back when the car was first left outside, store the car out of the weather and today your would have a $25,000. garage and a mint, original, low miles, 1966 Shelby GT350 worth $150,000.+ Something is very wrong in this family; it's very likely mental illness. In 41 years at least 100 people have offered to help push this car into that garage, let alone buy it! Get a ground tarp and a car tent for the love of God. Meanwhile the Huffy bicycles and the Sears lawn mower are nice and dry; go figure!? There is a story here with this car that the re-builders are not telling us. When they see what a restoration will cost the owners will likely take $25k for the relic and walk away. They have never been good custodians of this vehicle.

So many people pretending they know how much a restore would cost really cost, let the people who have SEEN the car determine what it will cost. It will still be an original Shelby GT 350 BECAUSE they are keeping the bones of the car, the vins will still match, and the parts that were Shelby produced will be restored. As for letting it sit, who knew what it would be worth? NOBODY. If you weren't around in the 80's, you probably won't get it, but in 81 this wasn't even a 20 year old car. And people weren't thinking "Wow, this is something really special, I should just park it in a climate controlled shop and never drive it." Back then there were still so many muscle cars around (and this one had been a Rental!) that they just weren't thought of as they are now. Then in the 80s a lot of people sold off their "Muscle Cars" to the next generation because the cars just were not practical, and they had grown up, got married, had kids... So I say good for them for not scrapping it. Good for them for finally getting it restored! It is and will be an amazing car.

Ive restored far far worse in my time...nothing scary here!!! i was 27 years in restorations..its all about seeing from the minds eye and just going for it!!! i would in my day restored this car in 3 months maybe max 4... thats 6 days per week and 12 hr days..repainted in cellulose and remaking the rusty stuff myself using correct guage sheetmetal..but i would also replace the doors with original ones not replicas...the hood i would repair unless the new ones a factory original...engine easy fix if siezed...and yes id have done all the work myself, thats for a running driving safe car looking good enough for a car show..NOT a concourse restauration that would take max 6 months..rare cars need old school craftsmen who understand how to re metal existing rusted out bodywork..

Y’all found one of my dream cars 30 minutes from my home town, I grew up eating at the south side dinner in Mt Vernon, took my drivers test in that town.

Geez there’s a lot of negative comments on here from people that claim to be “Motor heads”. Y’all see a waste of time and money but a REAL car guy sees potential no matter the cost. NOTHING is unrepairable. I would be lucky to have a rusted out GT350H and a percentage of the folks posting negative comments on here would be too. That’s an icon not a rust bucket. Bring that ole gal back to life. Let her enjoy the freedom of the open road again. Rust does have an expiration date.

Imagine what it looked like the day they parked it 😎

Title and Vin plates and you can technically restore anything!! The question is ,does the cost to restore it exceed what it's worth or what anyone is willing to spend!

Read the story online at "Hot Rod" online - www.hotrod.com/articles/backyard-barn-find-1966-shelby-g-t-350-h-hertz-rental-car-parked-since-1981/

Classic bikes hanging safely in the garage, Classic Shelby left outside to rot.????

Full restoration will be around $150,000 and it'll be worth about $135,000.

WHY WOULD ANYONE LET A SPECTACULAR CAR LIKE THAT SIT OUTSIDE FOR 40 YEARS? Blows the mind.

I would have to say the body men that restore this are totally dedicated and love their job to have the patience to get the job done right.They are definitely skilled.

To each their own, but man this is far past a restore project I would touch, even with unlimited cash.

Leave it unrestored as a survivor..... A survivor of some friggin' idiots who let it rot outside for 40 years! Put that rusted hulk in the Shelby museum as an example of what NOT to do to a rare Shelby.

I'm not much of a car guy. But this is an unbelievably cool story - and there's hope for all of us!