I have a few more pictures to share but I think a little explanation is order first.
My friend Joe and I that were both having our respective 59 Electra 225 convertibles restored weren’t entirely happy with various aspects of the restoration shop…so we rented U-haul’s largest truck, and along with a couple of enclosed trailers, moved the whole kit and kaboodle over to Cook’s Restorations in Gettysburg. Think about that a minute…taking two 59 Buicks, one partially assembled, and the the other (mine) a completely disassembled body shell, and boxes and boxes of loose parts from two cars over to a guy that didn’t take the cars apart and has never restored a 59 Buick…
Aside from a part time helper, Greg Cook is a one man show and generally only works on two cars at a time (his shop can’t hold much more than that). He pretty much works each project to completion before beginning another. Greg had already completed beautiful jobs on Joe’s 59 Mercury Park Lane Convertible and was almost finished with his 60 Fury so he was able to fit the two 59’s into his shop schedule.
With Greg we have a meticulous world class craftsman with numerous national best of show winners under his belt…the cars couldn’t be in better hands.
Greg will direct most of his energy into Joe’s car first, and will be going full tilt on mine as soon as he’s finished.
Here’s the stripped shell of my car loaded up for the big move…
Here we are with the U-Haul backed up to Greg Cook’s shop…
And now to unload all this stuff…
Yup…we saved taking the engine out of the truck for last…
Trying to fit all this stuff into the shop was no small feat…
Oh yeah…Joe’s car is red, you can see some of it and a few of its parts laying around…
There’s Joe’s almost completed 60 Plymouth Fury in the background…behind the boxes and boxes of loose parts
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~ Tom Sidoti
1959 Buick Electra 225 Convertible
