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Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting rid of a car. #2735852
01/23/20 02:32 PM
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February of 1980,traded a 64 Dart 4 dr sedan with a T/A motor and a Government 45 auto for this.Car had 42K original miles,sold new from a dealer 40 mi from me,at that time all it needed was some trim replaced and a good going over .I got a little carried away,pulled the motor ,took off the front end and quit for a while.In early May a UPS driver started pestering me for it about once a week.Finally sold it to him for 5K on a Friday ,he picked it up next day with a tow dolly.About a month later I found it sitting beside an old garage 50 mi east of me with a bunch of junk car's and trucks.It sat there for about a month and disappeared,never saw it again. About ten yrs ago I found his phone number and called him.He told me he sold to someone in Fl as bought from me,never touched it, about three yrs prior to me calling. Car was bucket seat 4 spd,no console and yes,it 14" wheels with hub caps.Look at the hood and you can see what it was. realcrazy

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Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting lid of a car. [Re: 62maxwgn] #2735861
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Hey Bill,
Can't keep em all , but you got a great stable of Mopars still wink

My old RTSE had those same wheel covers on them.


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Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting lid of a car. [Re: MONC] #2735883
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I have had a BUNCH of cars over the years but this is the only one I truly miss. I actually think about it often. It was my first "real" Hemi car. This car was basically my daily driver for several years and it was fun! I ended up trading it for another project car.....

Stan

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Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting lid of a car. [Re: HemiStan] #2735885
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I sold a 68 Satellite Vert factory big block, 4 speed car to a member of this board.
Not knowing the low production numbers on these cars at the time.
Wish I could buy it back.

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Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting lid of a car. [Re: Dartforforty] #2735888
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Not getting rid of but tried buying this Daytona about 25 yrs ago. He wanted $20,000 and I offered him $13,000. I should have made an offer in the middle. It had all the original parts.

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Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting lid of a car. [Re: 70sixpkrt] #2735896
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Originally Posted by 70sixpkRT
Not getting rid of but tried buying this Daytona about 25 yrs ago. He wanted $20,000 and I offered him $13,000. I should have made an offer in the middle. It had all the original parts.


Sometimes a fool and his money aren't easily parted ! I did manage to buy my bird for $4200 back in 82,could have had this and passed on it ! shruggy

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Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting lid of a car. [Re: 62maxwgn] #2735903
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Ive had a LOT of cars over the years. Only truly miss/regret selling 2 of them

A 1969 Roadrunner hemi 4spd, 99 rallye green. ( im pretty sure this one is still in Wisc )
And my 1st 1969 GTX convertible. ( one in right front this pic) B5 blue with blue/white interior. I brought my oldest daughter home from the hospital in this car.
Ive searched for this one for about the past 2 years with no luck as to where its at today. Last I heard it was in Las Vegas.

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Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting lid of a car. [Re: gtx6970] #2735920
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Someone almost BEGGED ME to buy the Silver Bullet !

I did but it wasn’t even close to what is was back then. It had a max wedge in it ... in pieces ... no interior..., and the quarter panels had been replaced with stock ones with extended tire openings.

I’m sorry I sold it but never would have if it had had the bulged quarters that Addison had originally done ...those were the TRADEMARK of the car.

Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting lid of a car. [Re: dIc dOc Deity !] #2735932
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Oh, several come to mind:
73.5 911T
73 Z-28
68 Charger 383/4-speed, red with white interior
71 Duster, orange inside & out
68 Hemi 4-speed Road Runner
Gotta stop now, getting irritated laugh2

But yeah, can't keep 'em all, and at each time I was moving on to something else...

Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting lid of a car. [Re: topside] #2735942
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In college I saw a '71 Roadrunner for sale and knew I needed to get that car. When I went back, it was already sold. Fast forward 1 year, and I was delivering bakery products and saw it in a parking lot for sale. I did not have enough money for the asking price, but offered all I had, which was close, and got my dream car. Soon I made the mistake of getting married at such a young age, and ended up "having" to sell the car and my motorcycle. Fast forward a year and a half and I got divorced and spent the next 15 years trying to get my car back. I was one of the lucky ones, he took better care of the car than I would.

Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting lid of a car. [Re: 1fastrunner] #2735949
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The top four cars that I wish I never sold were,
1) 69 A12 Superbee
2)70 Road Runner V code
3)70 GTX 440 4 speed
4)71 Barracuda convertible

Honorable mention
68 Charger R / T
70 Charger R / T
69 Charger 500

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70 Charger R/T SE 472 Hemi 70 Charger R/T convertible 70 Charger R/T V Code Sixpack 69 Charger R/T SE Sunroofcar 68 Charger 383 68 Charger 318 71 Charger R/T 70 Challenger convertible 71 Challenger convertible 71 Cuda 340 09 Challenger R/T Classic
Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting lid of a car. [Re: chargervert] #2735953
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1960 300F, and a 1962 Polara 500 parked at my dad's farm in Mo when I went to college ( downtown Atlanta and they didn't allow cars until Jr year) and lost it in a flood. bawling

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Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting lid of a car. [Re: jcc] #2735961
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Sold and delivered to a guy out in the country around Allentown in about '87. Never seen or heard from again, despite asking around. I'd still like to know where it is.

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Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting lid of a car. [Re: CMcAllister] #2735976
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If I go back farther (I'm old) these. pity

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Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting rid of a car. [Re: 62maxwgn] #2735984
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This was in 1984 - a '69 Roadrunner 4-speed with factory air. We bought it out of a guy's garage in Mesa, AZ. - it was covered in blankets. This car was 100% original paint - the trunk floor was shiny - not even any surface rust. The car had 80,000 miles, but could have passed for 5,000 miles. It even drove like it was new. My business partner bought it - it was his "turn" (we alternated buying cars). Anyway, the car was so nice I wanted to buy it from him - he would not sell it to me because I fell in love with the cars - to him they were just money & profit. God this was a nice one!

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Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting rid of a car. [Re: Sunroofcuda] #2735990
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Been many years but probably the '70 340 Duster hemi-orange/black interior/auto/buckets/air cond/150 mph speedo.
Bought it for the motor and let the rest go because I had no where to store it. shake_head


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Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting rid of a car. [Re: FM3AAR] #2735998
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Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting rid of a car. [Re: NANKET] #2736028
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In around 1977 I found a copper tone, 383, slapstick auto, bucket seat, black hockey stripe 70 model 'Cuda sitting in the back of a used car lot in Jacksonville Florida, he wanted 1500 for it, I talked him down to 1250, it had around 80,000 miles on it and smoked like a freight train out of both exhaust but I bought it anyway. Drove it regularly until it sat while I went on a Med Cruise, came time to get out of the Navy in 79 and I had 3 cars and 2 drivers for the trip home to Texas, because the Cuda was now smoking even worse I put it up for sale on the cork board in our hangar for 1250, guy offered me 1000 about 2 weeks before I was scheduled to get out and I took it, never saw it again and don't know what the guy ever did with it....sure wish I had sold the wife's 6 cyl Camaro and kept the Cuda.... bawling

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Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting lid of a car. [Re: chargervert] #2736030
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Scraped m,y 60 Dart vert running and rust free for 35 bucks.Was a D500 car.Only thing I did right was keep the long rams.One I didnt buy was red Cuda vert new.Everything said hemi including vin.Was a 440 car.One other was my 69 Bee was perfect anr ran great.Got a whole 800 for it and laughed that the guy paid me so much.Still have the window sticker . Rocky

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Re: Biggest mistake/regret you ever made getting lid of a car. [Re: therocks] #2736112
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I've never sold a car.

Yes, I may have a problem.

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