most of us that have been in this hobby very long have deeply regretted selling a project car or some car we built, helped build ,and drove!
(or maybe lusted over that a buddy owned, like my neighbor, whos dad owned a 1969 shelby 500 428 mustang, that was stolen )
his dads was black with gold/copper stripes according to him , but looked like this cars picture
I have yet to meet a single older, hot rodder that was around during the 1960-1980s that does NOT deeply regret selling at least one former car!
I know two of my buddies regret selling their cars!
(similar to these pictures I found posted on the net)
one was a baby blue ,
( the plymouth dealer called it "Brite Blue") 1970 ,440 six pack / 4 speed road runner,
and one guy sold an original (also blue) 427 AC cobra back in 1970,
when his wife was expecting, his first child, hes deeply regretted that stupid move for decades, and seems to tell me about that dumb choice repeatedly, as he could have purchased a 4 seat car at that time without selling the cobra, but his new wife insisted they did not need to pay insurance on two cars
I most cases there were financial reasons at the time like a new kid, a divorce, moving to a new home that virtually forced the sale, some times it was just a bad choice or the idea you wanted a different car, that resulted in the cars sale... and sellers remorse.
I stopped at a local gas station too, fill up the 1996 corvette's gas tank, and while I was there , a guy pulled in with a super clean 1965 GTO ,
I talked to him for a few minutes, and it brought back a flood of old memories.
his car had a 455 and a TH400 with a set of aftermarket tri power carbs on a sheet metal custom intake, it sounded great, a low throaty rumble and a growl as he drove off!
with me personally its the 496 BBC powered 1965 lemans I once owned,
(My old 1965 le-mans could have been nearly the twin of the black,car pictured below)
that looked almost identical too these pictures, I found posted on the internet.
it was not the fastest car or the best handling, my 1968 corvette was noticeably faster,
and handled better than the lemans, but for general fun, and easy access and many pleasant memories that 1965 lemans is the one I miss most!
and there were some less popular cars that I thought had good styling
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http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...f-your-high-school-buddies-are-missing.13512/
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...s-back-you-owned-years-back.12118/#post-58323
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...et-it-and-try-to-buy-it-back.9797/#post-37140
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(or maybe lusted over that a buddy owned, like my neighbor, whos dad owned a 1969 shelby 500 428 mustang, that was stolen )
his dads was black with gold/copper stripes according to him , but looked like this cars picture
I have yet to meet a single older, hot rodder that was around during the 1960-1980s that does NOT deeply regret selling at least one former car!
I know two of my buddies regret selling their cars!
(similar to these pictures I found posted on the net)
one was a baby blue ,
( the plymouth dealer called it "Brite Blue") 1970 ,440 six pack / 4 speed road runner,
and one guy sold an original (also blue) 427 AC cobra back in 1970,
when his wife was expecting, his first child, hes deeply regretted that stupid move for decades, and seems to tell me about that dumb choice repeatedly, as he could have purchased a 4 seat car at that time without selling the cobra, but his new wife insisted they did not need to pay insurance on two cars
I most cases there were financial reasons at the time like a new kid, a divorce, moving to a new home that virtually forced the sale, some times it was just a bad choice or the idea you wanted a different car, that resulted in the cars sale... and sellers remorse.
I stopped at a local gas station too, fill up the 1996 corvette's gas tank, and while I was there , a guy pulled in with a super clean 1965 GTO ,
I talked to him for a few minutes, and it brought back a flood of old memories.
his car had a 455 and a TH400 with a set of aftermarket tri power carbs on a sheet metal custom intake, it sounded great, a low throaty rumble and a growl as he drove off!
with me personally its the 496 BBC powered 1965 lemans I once owned,
(My old 1965 le-mans could have been nearly the twin of the black,car pictured below)
that looked almost identical too these pictures, I found posted on the internet.
it was not the fastest car or the best handling, my 1968 corvette was noticeably faster,
and handled better than the lemans, but for general fun, and easy access and many pleasant memories that 1965 lemans is the one I miss most!
and there were some less popular cars that I thought had good styling
related threads
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...-resulting-from-an-engine-swap.898/#post-3239
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...f-your-high-school-buddies-are-missing.13512/
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...s-back-you-owned-years-back.12118/#post-58323
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...et-it-and-try-to-buy-it-back.9797/#post-37140
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/back-in-the-day.9768/#post-50644
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...al-resulting-learning-curve.10408/#post-43169
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...n-use-a-car-transport-trailer.845/#post-25577
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...i-miss-the-older-muscle-cars.4211/#post-11077
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/bbc-into-gto-engine-swap.10607/#post-45538
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...can-t-always-tell-by-looking.9950/#post-38333
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