rewrite this text with simpler wording:
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.
The top had to be destroyed in the early 1970s when it became stuck and trapped someone inside.