Sounds like the car was involved in an accident? Hope everyone's ok.
Edit: live stream has an in-car video from that car so looks like it's back on the road.
It's always good to try other options and see what works and what doesn't.
Please keep posting your progress to add to the knowledge base for future builders.
Welcome to the site!
At some point it would be cool to have a Texas meet up like the Cobra guys do (on a smaller scale of course).
Keep us posted on the progress.
John