Good as new: Grave Robbers Restoration brings old cars “back from the dead”

When Norman Sargent, a spirited 8-year-old, moved in with his mechanic stepfather, he was whisked away in a 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback, igniting a lifelong love affair with classic cars. As he recalls, “From then on, I was hooked!” Fast forward to today, and Sargent is the mastermind behind Grave Robbers Restoration, a place where vintage vehicles rise from the ashes. With a laugh, he says, “Our motto? We bring cars back from the dead because the afterlife is too boring for Mustangs!”

Norman Sargent’s life changed forever when he was 8 years old and went to live with his stepfather. Frank E. Robinson Jr. was a mechanic, and he had a 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback in which he used to bring Sargent to Salisbury Beach.
“From that day on, it has always been a passion of mine,” Sargent said of classic and muscle cars. “From early on, I was always mechanical, and I helped Dad fix neighbors’ cars, family cars. There was never a time somebody wasn’t stopping by the house to have something looked at, fixed, whatever.

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