Those rare parts were holding together what remained of a California Special that a kid thought his dad should have presented him with on his 16th birthday. When he didn't get his way, and blew his top, he put sugar in the gas tank, and broke the windshield.
See also: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/11/can-you-tell-what-makes-this-gt-cs-one.html