Yep, hell of a story, and detective work. I need to hire you guys to track down the history of my '67. Not because it's anything special, but I would like to know who the knucklehead/s were that kept crashing this poor car...
It truly would be a great addition to the story if you could acquire the original engine. Maybe have to buy the whole car and put another engine in it to sell again, but that may be what it comes to.