I think it was 1983 had a weird lead about a old Vette and a Elcamino...sitting in a backyard in Renton...was told the guy was a old recluse that was a gold miner or something like that and was never around...house sat in a weird spot where you could not see the yard or anything..well after driving around all day and pulling into peoples driveways then pulling out...we hit the mother load!!! there was this black Vette and right next to it a black Elcamino...both were very nice and were outside but didnt look like they had been there forever as our weather would have really put the hurt on them...anyway I go straight to the Vette the thing is perfect just dirty..I opened the door and it smelled brand new and was perfectly stock inside only thing it had 3' wide red aftermarket belts..at least I think they were not stock..I hit the hood release and opened it up and about crapped my pants it was a fuelie and you could eat off the motor...word was he wanted 2G cash for some digging equipment....well here I am 20 something about 50 bucks to my name and a '67 Camaro as my only car...what do you do???? sleep on the porch until the crazy guy comes home...call in sick everyday and not get paid...go sell the Camaro....my intial thought was to chain myself to the Vette and sleep next to it..I was going to fight for it!! well I stayed there as much as I could everyday and night after work for a week trying to catch the guy home and try to figure out what he needed to swing a deal... one night I pulled in and the big patch of yellow grass showing brought a tear to my eye....to this day I still think about that car... about another week and the Elcamino was gone...there have been a few other wild deals but thats the cherry that got away....
