Back in the day in Hungary (early 1970s) a few young, but fairly enthusiastic old car fans got hold of a Fiat Balilla. And they "restored" it - Csepel truck headlights, engine parts from another cars etc. But they were proud
Oh, and the best story. The Hungarian Museum of Transport has a 1928 Magosix. It was sort of restored in 1971 by students at a transportation technology college. They found an old, absolutely not matching wheel somewhere, painted it and attached it to the side of the car - and even today that is the spare wheel on the exhibited car