How would YOU feel? (the one that got away)

[Silver68RT]

Even with all my current cars and the ones I've sold, there have been a few that got away. A co-worker told me that the guy who'd shared his cubicle had passed away, and his widow was selling his '68 GT500 KR. Fully restored, dark green, $37,000. I told him that was way too low, and to tell her she should get it appraised, because they were going in the $60 - 80K range at the time. I didn't have the cash, but I could probably have gotten a loan. She sold it to the first guy who came along for $37K. I was dumb, and I'll be kicking myself forever for passing up that one.

I also passed up a bunch of Boss 429 stuff pretty cheap, 2 complete engines and a hoard of different intakes and extra parts. What was I thinking?

I never got to see it, and I can't verify that it actually existed, but I think I missed out on snagging a '71 hemi 'cuda. It had been sitting in a barn since it was wrecked in 1974, bent in the middle after a hard landing from hitting a railroad crossing way too fast. The owner had mentioned having the front clip of a hemi 'cuda to another co-worker of mine. He didn't have any interest, but mentioned it to me a year later when we were talking about my Mopars. I immediately asked him to call the guy and get some details, and after a couple months of pestering, he did. I should have just got the guy's number. Turned out the front clip was still attached to the rest of the car, although he'd given the engine to his uncle. Also turned out that he'd since split up with his wife, and left it behind in the barn. So now I have to go through my co-worker, to the guy, to his son, to the ex-wife to find out what's up with this car. Story comes back that she had her new boyfriend drag all of his crap out of the barn with a front-end loader (including the 'cuda), smash it flat, and load it in a big dumpster. The guy is pissed, and doesn't want to talk about it anymore, so I can't even find out where the dumpster went, or get in touch with the uncle who has the hemi.

[SuperBuickGuy]

66 Olds 442, 97k miles. Perfect paint, perfect interior, no rust, drove perfect, bumpers needed straightening (they'd gotten hooked then pulled out from the car). $300

I begged anyone I could think of for the money ..... nope.

[oldsman496]

I've got 3 items i regret. My brother was killed in 1990 and left behind a 1969 BSA - blue with the chrome tank. in running condition. He was single and we had talked about what should be done with our stuff if each of us ever passed away. But when his step sister bagged it up and ran off with it in the middle of the night... I stayed silent to preserve family peace. it was sold for a profit 3 weeks later i found out 5 yrs later... there was also a 1949 chevy truck with a flat bed that was sold for profit a week after his passing, where no family member was consulted. if's and maybe's.........

I also had a co-worker beg me for 3 mo.'s to purchase a MINT 1970 (?) 350 oldsmobile rallye cutlass with a muncie that he drove every day... it was bright yellow with the black stripes running down the fiberglass hood and the trunk wing was perfect....$1200..... It was 1980 and I was "too poor" to afford it....dumba$$.

[BigBlockMopar]

Tony, I think ms. Great-Aunt just prevented you from hurting your back.
Maybe you want to thank her for that...

[Deaf Bob]

March 1981 ((one month before my oldest became 1)
Went to Wades Used Muscle in Vancouver WA with my buddy...
WINGED DAYTONA in the lot! 383, auto ( my wife could drive it) slight damage by the side lights and the nose
$2300!!!
Could not get financing, and wifey was happy we didnt get "that ugly car"

I stick $100,000 plus "for sale" ads under her nose to this day....

[milner351]

^^^^^^
That hurts!

4 years later I bought a 70 mach1 for $2650 but it was only a 351c-4v car - I didn't even know the difference between all the Ford V8s at that point, I just knew it ran good..... what I didn't know what it had a quart or more of gear lube in the engine to hide the rod knock and most of the transmission synchro's were shot.

[Cyclone03]

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Yup!
Old and Stupid.
Told Ya!

Wait a minute I KNOW I replyed to this!

I'll do it again....

Mine was in 1982..1969 Mustang 428SCJ,Auto,Drag Pack,4.30(!) gear...$2500
Dad would not loan me the $500 I was short because I was less than a month from entering the Air Force.
When I came home ,Money in pocket, 5 months later it was gone.

[LORENSWIFE]

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[457Brodix]

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My story ought to help to ease your pain, I had a cool ole Grandpa that was a true "Gearhead" and he had even built his own flatbed truck with a dump for work around the Farm. Anyway he had a Blue Indian Motorcycle with a side car (probably a 40's) that he used to take me for rides in whenever we went to visit, to shorten up the story he became ill with Cancer but before he passed away he made it clear to my Dad's Birth Mother that I was to have the Motorcycle when I turned 16, I think I was around 10 at the time. To help you understand this a little bit better My Dad's birth Mother never liked my Mom or me because my Dad had married outside of the religion she believed in. Anyway shortly after Gramps passed away she sold the Motorcycle and so just to have something to remember him by I later "bought" his old wooden wheel bicycle and never went back, I still have the bike!

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FYI why you think the old guy showed it to ya..............................................
D'OH

[Darren N.]

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You should feel like a putz cause you are a putz for sitting on your hands.

The truth hurts, as spoken by reverend Reb.

lmao

I feel like I've missed out on a lot of great deals over the years. My main issue was that I was a kid with no money. Of course now I'm just a young adult with no money, lol.

Sure the bike would have been bitchin' but I think the family connection is pretty cool too. I think as Bangshifters we kick ourselves at least once a day for things like this... Craigslist doesn't help either. ;D

[Caveman Tony]

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You should feel like a putz cause you are a putz for sitting on your hands.

The truth hurts, as spoken by reverend Reb.

[Scott Liggett]

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You should feel like a putz cause you are a putz for sitting on your hands.

[Monk]

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I'll bet it was those damn American Pickers
from Iowa
;D

Bastaaads!!!

[Brian Lohnes]

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Damn...damn...damn.

Better to be alive than snoozing in the bahn, but.....damn.

Brian