Man tasked with clearing things from foreclosed Ohio home has other ideas for abandoned 'Ford GT' he discovers

A tarp pulled back in an Ohio backyard revealed something nobody expected. Beneath it sat what looked suspiciously like a Ford GT.

The crew who found it weren’t collectors or car hunters.

They were property preservation guys, the sort banks send in to clear out foreclosed homes.

And instead of sending this relic to the scrap heap, one man decided it deserved a shot at redemption.

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This Ford GT lookalike got an extreme makeover

WD Detailing – three Ohio detailers known for rescuing the most far-gone machines – rolled up to investigate. 

The property preservation worker explained how the bank sent him to empty the foreclosed place, and among the leftovers were three cars. 

Two were forgettable. This one? Too interesting to junk.

“I couldn’t see this one going to the scrap yard,” he told the team. 

And so the WD crew got to work. 

Pressure washers ripped away years of grime. Soap, scrubbing pads, and elbow grease followed – the yellow paint getting brighter and more vibrant as layer upon layer of moss and rust was washed away. 

Inside, the car was basically a terrarium. Moss had colonized the carpets and floor mats. 

The detailer admitted he’d never seen growth that thick inside a vehicle. 

Hours of vacuuming, scrubbing, spraying, and even pressure washing the mats finally cut it back.

By the end, leather, dash, glass, and wheels were wiped clean. 

We’ve seen detailers tackle nastier jobs, like the ‘worst car ever cleaned’ – a repossessed truck that reeked of spoiled milk and mold.

Compared to that horror show, this Ohio find was practically a walk in the park.

What rolled out wasn’t perfect, but it looked alive again – scratched, sure, but shining in a way it clearly hadn’t in years.

There’s debate over what this car really is

Viewers sounded off in the comments, each convinced they knew what this mystery machine really was. 

Was this really a Ford GT? Commenters were skeptical. 

“Ford with a Volkswagen cooled engine?” one wrote. 

“Not a GT and not abandoned… kit car and neglected,” another said.

One viewer joked the car was a ‘Fordswagen GT’.

Car spotters pointed to the Fiberfab Avenger – a kit car built in the ‘60s and ‘70s to mimic the Le Mans-winning GT40, usually bolted onto the chassis of a humble VW Beetle or Chevy Corvair.

Realizing it probably wasn’t the Ford they thought it was, WD Detailing responded in the comments, writing, ‘hopefully one day we find a real one’.

But whether it’s a forgotten kit car or something rarer hardly matters.

Sometimes the story isn’t in the badge on the hood, it’s in the people who see value in something that otherwise might be forgotten.

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