What car do you wish you had back?

[DaJudge]

Very cool story Rick and nice first car.

[Charley Lillard]

I wish I still had my 67 RS Z28, Red with red deluxe...

[MrsBillyBobcat]

Rick,

VERY cool story on your first car! I am really glad you went after the guy who did it!

A very similar thing happened to my 2nd car. It was hit by a drunk driver at 3 am while parked in front of my parents house. I still remember the sound...I thought he had hit every car on our street! I only had the car a year and had just got it painted. I had bought rally wheels for it, sanded them down and painted them with extra paint from my car. Unfortunately, my car was totalled before I ever got to put them on (I was going to get new white letter tires that week). Since I never got to see my car with the new wheels and tires, I would want this one back more than the others (even though I would love to have any of them back! )

The guy who did this "hit & run" got away with it. I knew who it was, it was the boyfriend of a neighbor down the street. He claimed "his friend" took his car that night , but I found his extra set of keys that he had in one of those magnetic boxes in the street. I guess they had fallen off when he hit my car.

[PeteLeathersac]

Cool story and reminded me of another of my lost loves although far from my first. . Pretty sure it was Dec. '81....I was working at the boneyard and answered the phone from a guy asking what we were paying for cars. . I told him the standard answer of $40 for complete w/ battery, rad etc and asked what he had. . A 70 Chev. 2 dr. was the reply and since I knew a guy w/ a '69 Impala 2 Dr. Hdtp who needed doors I told him I'd give more if the doors were good. . A day or so later a guy walked into the shop about 5 minutes to closing and said he had the '70 Chev outside. . I walked out the door and there it was....a '70 Chevelle 2 Dr. Hdtp. w/ 307 and Turbo-350, red w/ perfect white bench interior and only 57,000 thou on it! . His wife was waiting in a new Malibu and honked at him as if to hurry up so I paid him the $45 he asked me for and off he went. . The only thing bad was the rear bumper chrome and I remember pulling a beautiful one off a green 4 door, adding front shocks and a headlight and hit the road. . Great car, great times for a year or so 'til a lady in a '73 Impala came around a corner and creamed my complete driver's side writing off the car. . The insurance gave me $1800 I think and the car back. . I put on a used orange fender and door, welded on a quarter w/ a rusty wheel lip and cut the good lip section off the mangled fender and welded it to the rusty quarter. . Some guy bought it off me before I put even any bondo to it and I never saw it again. . Be great to do it all again and nothing to do w/ the Chevelle but here's what I'm thinking now after reflecting....I wonder why did Chevy only offer a full size 2 Dr. Hdtp. and no Post Sedan for '70 when it was the same bodys as '69??? ~ Pete

[1railman]

1969 Corvette 427/430 2nd design late car. Cortez silver black guts. Real powerhouse!

[69LM1]

Two,
One is still in the family. First car was a 69 Camaro X-11, 307, console 3 speed. Bought in 1982 for $650.00, 500.00 earned by me, and a 150.00 loan from an uncle (Dad refused as the car was "to fast" for a 15 year old). It was green/black. Had it repainted the next summer firethorn red, and added keystone classic rims. After that, a close friend wanted one so bad we spent the entire summer looking and found a X-44, brown/green 307 Camaro. We spent the next two summers on that car. The following year, he was killed when he stepped in front of a speeding car, after seeing his girl with another guy. I bought the car from his family, and eventually gave it to my youngest brother. He drove it through his high school years, and after selling mine while I was in college, I convinced him every time he wanted to sell his, not to. I am now 39 and he is 32, and he still has that car (currently Hugger/Black, w. Cowl Hood, and a 427). He is now VERY glad he never sold that car!

[Belair62]

65 Riviera..non GS "A-8" package car, dual quad 425 engine...every available option except A/C !!! I know this car is still out there somewhere. The Buick tag on the dash said "Custom Built for Don McDermott"...it had 3 Airguide gages mounted high on the console...still have the POP..

[69RSZ]

I want my 67Z back,white black top and black standard interrior,console with gauges and fold down rear seat,m21 4:10 rear (factory) engine was a CE replacement 302.I know where it is and the person who has it but he wont let it go.

[BillD]

1968 RS Camaro L78 Fathom blue. I found it after close to a 20 year abscence about 10 years ago 10 miles from here. I offered to pay him at least twice what it was worth at the time (orig motor gone and replaced with a 327). I contact him every now and then, he still has it, doesn't run and locked away in storage. Here are some day 2 photos.

[BillD]

I can't get the photos to load. Can anyone help?