From GulfLive.com comes this great story and photo essay of Larry Parham’s beautiful 1957 Ford Thunderbird, purchased largely disassembled and then lovingly reassembled to its current fantastic stage.

Larry Parham’s 1957 Ford Thunderbird convertible is one of the more beautiful cars seen during Cruisin’ the Coast.

But it certainly wasn’t that way when Parham bought it six years ago.

“It was in boxes,” said Parham, a resident of Tuscaloosa, Ala. “The car was completely taken apart.”

Click here to read the complete story. Congratulations, Larry!