Original: The car had been sprayed in faded black primer and was basically complete except for the hood , the tachometer , the television , the fur lining , the long-missing nose and the bubble top , believed destroyed in the early 1970s when it became stuck and trapped the car 's then-owner .
Simplified: The car , which used to be painted blue , had been spray painted in black and was almost complete except for the hood , the television , the fur lining , the cut-off nose and the bubble top .