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When barn-find aficionado supreme John Fardone was summoned by his good friend Rich Riley of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, to help dig out a prized Plymouth muscle car stashed away over four decades previous, he was amazed to see what was blocking the one way out of the storage facility.
“Rich had collected a lot of cars over the years,” John says, “filling two warehouses. This building was chock full of killer rides, with the Hemi-powered Road Runner sitting in the back corner. When I got there to pull it out, this wicked cool 1961 Pontiac Catalina drop-top was in our way.”
It was no surprise there would be some issues getting the Plymouth out of its four-decade resting spot. Rich had amassed a