The One Item You Wish You Didn't Pass Up

[BCreekDave]

1969 SCJ Mustang. Factory drag pak with 4:31 gears. Black with black gut. Was a drag car all its life. Perfect body but all apart. Had weld-on ladder bars but otherwise no mods. Original engine and top loader. Out of Arcanum Ohio. In 1994 (or 5) a friend and I offered 5k for it. Just needed assembled. Heard he sold it for not much more.

[Lee Stewart]

It was time for a new car. I lived literally right across the street from the Pontiac dealership in Framingham, MA. Looked at a 73 Red/Red Formula 400 Firebird. Auto and AC. Out the door price was 4 grand.

In my travels I stopped at a used car dealership to check out their inventory. Sitting on the showroom floor was a 1964 289 AC Cobra. Painted in brown metalflake. He wanted $5000 for it.

Hmmmm - used car with 4 speed which the wife can't drive, 2 seats - horrible color. Or . . . brand new Firebird.

No brainer!

[Mr70]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

It was time for a new car. I lived literally right across the street from the Pontiac dealership in Framingham, MA. Looked at a 73 Red/Red Formula 400 Firebird. Auto and AC. Out the door price was 4 grand.

In my travels I stopped at a used car dealership to check out their inventory. Sitting on the showroom floor was a 1964 289 AC Cobra. Painted in brown metalflake. He wanted $5000 for it.

Hmmmm - used car with 4 speed which the wife can't drive, 2 seats - horrible color. Or . . . brand new Firebird.

No brainer!

How long have you been Divorced?

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by Mr70

How long have you been Divorced?

LOL - well hindsight as you know is crystal clear. In answer to your question: 42 years.

[danachevroletfor1967]

Back in 1997 I heard about a 1st gen Camaro being for sale at our local Dodge dealership. I stopped by one day and found out it was a one owner 1968 SS 396 L35 with Turbo 400 trans. The husband had recently passed and the wife didn't want the car anymore. She either sold it to the dealership or turned it in toward a new car. The Camaro was all original and all the dealership had done was have it repainted in the original Ash Gold. It had a gold interior. They were asking either $16,000 or 18,000. I just couldn't pull the trigger. I had only a year before spent right around that amount to buy my 1969 Z28 RS, and I felt guilty about spending that much money again so soon.

[napa68]

Yeah, this car here.......
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...let-camaro-13/

I was the high bidder, but the car did not clear the reserve. I spoke with the seller and he revealed what it would take to buy it. In short, I was being penny wise and dollar foolish.

I then later found out only 4 of the original IROC "body in white" cars still exist. Ray Evernham bought the car.

I am such an idiot sometimes

[Billohio]

Being a farmer, I should have bought as much ground for $1000 an acre 30 years ago that I could get a hold of. That number now has another 0 on the end.
When I was about 18 a family friend had mid 60s corvette with a fresh red paint job. I believe it was red to start with, had black interior. Looked like original 327 and interior needed cleaned up. I don't remember if he was moving or why he was selling it but 5000. I am guessing that was about 1985 or 6.

[carnut4life]

My big regret was the Rally Green 69 Yenko Camaro I didn't buy at Super Chevy Sunday show in Indy back in 1994. Asking price was 30k but I was chicken to pull the trigger because I had just got out of college at 22 and bought a low mile 89 Corvette for 18k. I'm not sure if would have been possible to make a worse financial decision..lol..

[olredalert]

----Back in 1976 when I started work at Classic Motors in Hinsdale I missed a big one . The 1st day at work I was shown the work area and immediatly saw a yong guy working on a GT 40 Ford. Later when I was talking about it with my new boss, Richard B, he offered it to me for $30,000. Since I only had about 3 grand to my name I had to pass. Should have tried harder, but I comfort myself by saying that I wouldn't have kept it long because as usual I had bills to pay.....Bill S

[427.060]

In around 1977-78 a local used car dealership that I had bought a couple cars from had a 1964 Corvette convertible. It was white with tan interior. It had the removable hard top and knock off wheels. The dealer offered it to me for $6800. Being a 20 year old with very little money I had to pass.