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When Brian Kelly bought this 1970 Road Runner, it was covered in spray-can paint rather than anything close to a factory finish. Six years and a full restoration later, it wears a correct Lemon Twist Yellow over a numbers-appropriate 383 V8 and a Hurst Pistol Grip four-speed. For owner Pat Kelly, though, the real point isn’t the paint or the horsepower. Read on to see what he’s actually chasing behind the wheel.

Everyone who has ever owned a project car has told a version of this exact lie: claiming the rusty shell in the garage is basically a finished muscle car by the time the story reaches a reunion. Here is why that exaggeration is so universal, and what actually separates the story from the truth.

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