What do you regret letting go of?

67 Mustang GT350. Look at what they sell for now.
67 Mustang coupe. Looked like a taxicab. 390 - 4 speed. No options. Tremendous fun.

 

My youthful figure.

 

I heard that.

 

My '65 Impala SS, I took out the tired 283/'Glide and put in a 402 BB and a Turbo 350. I had to replace the quarters and such, and painted it black with wide Rally's....sold it for $1400....idiot!

 

Haha....I must say selling an barnfind, Flathead-V8 powered 1932 Plymouth....actual roadster. Not a chopped up coupe. Oh...and an Model-A roadster windsheild frame for $50.00

And the '40 Ford cab, with axle, all that, for $100.00! That was stupid, also barn find. Lopped off behind the cab though.

Hmmm...and the '31 Chevy (same barnfind) which I sold to finance a trailer.

Don't ever let people talk you into having to "restore" old cars you find in barns. Theres plenty enough around. Thats what happened to me.

But its not a bad thing, Chevy went to an old guy whose dad had one, currently restoring it and rebuilding all the wood. Plymouth stays with one of my friends, who has swapped in an 50's Hemi. Ford...went to Ohio for some guy to take the fenders and leave it. Wanted to get it back, do a decent build out of it, unable to do so.

Only two women I regret...

 

This



And this



AND ESPECIALLY THIS!!!

 

let see now, #1,37 chev. cp with a 250 pontiac OHC sprint motor/sagenaw 4 speed #2 56 chrysler 300B with sitck shift, 57 chev nomad /301 4 speed,and way more than I want to think about. but thanks for the memories.

 

1947 Ford convert-sold to a friend that had to have it and build his dream car. He sold it 2 weeks later.
1937 Chev convert-sold to pay bills when my dad died. it did the job, but I still would have liked to keep it.
1956 Chev Cameo-Again, I needed the money.
1932 Ford 2 door sedan body, chopped 3". I knew I couldn't replace it for what I was in it, but the cost of life came first.

 

My 68 300 (RIP). I let it go and some ***hole demo-derbied it!

 

I could choose from a '57 Chevy, a '32 five window, a '40 coupe, the RPU, or a small fortune in rare parts..... Somehow I don't miss any of it though.

This stuff is all just stuff.

JH

 

These 5 pictured are at the top of my regret selling list. These were all sold in the last 5 years, too. There was also a '66 Mustang, '59 Fairlane, '65 T-bird and a '59 T-bird but I don't have pictures of those handy. Oh and the '66 Cutl*** conv. I had in high school.

Oh well, I have way too many cars as it is. Can't keep them all. I'm just glad I had the sense to take good pictures of most of these cars.

 

Not really that I miss it....its just that I had my hands on the stuff I wanted, then sold it, now I'm having to scrounge around for it.

 

this..
Clark

 

No regrets really, because if i sold something, the next car was more exciting or i wouldn't have done it. But, if i could have a couple back, i'd say my first Vette. 64 365HP roadster with flares, Indy tires on 10" Cragars, and a little lip on the rear with no bumpers(sold for $2k). Or my 38 Chevy Master 85 done like a traditional Lowrider with 350/350, slammed on Tru-Spokes, and light blue/dk. blue fenders(sold for $1700)

 

In the late eighties my Dad wanted to retire so we dissolved a business partnership and property. He said I would have to buy the property from him even though I had already paid off the first lienholder, the bank..He was a second lienholder and really should of just forgiven it and walked away with his business dividends..Oh well, being short of cash I traded him my Beloved 57 Nomad,my trusty BMW R90S, my sweet 62 Galaxie 390 convertable, a ratty but running 54 Bel-Air 4dr. and a few other things..Had to keep my eye on the prize, the property..giving up my Nomad ripped my heart out....

 

28 ford roadster
68 Javelin 290 4 spd orange/yellow
68 Javelin 290 4 spd big bad green
69 Javelin 343 auto copper
68 AMX metlc blue
39 Ply. 4 dr sedan

 

1966 chevelle 300 2door post car 396 4 speed get ill everytime
I think about it being gone
1986 silverado for some reason at 359,000 miles I thought it was
time but I miss that truck bad
MArk

 

Got any pics of that? Sounds nice, my kind of stuff.

 

Looking at the pic reminds me they were Appliance wires

 

My '70 Nova SS...true 396 SS with a bench seat and 4 speed...never have seen another one. Wonder what that would be worth now..... I bought it for $600.00 and sold it for $300.00 because I blew the motor up preparing to race a Mustang on Third Street. That was when you could still cruise there...damn, that was a long time ago...so was being 19.

A close second would be my '58 Plymouth followed by the '66 Chevelle, etc...

 

I miss a bunch of em...but the one owner57 wagon for $225 and drove it home is the one I want back......the roadster just left last fall...of course I miss it, but the coupe is almost ready!!!

 

'56 Cushman - Wizzer tank, jockey shift, ported and relieved, Caddy piston, Ford valves, bobbed back fender low seat a real ****rel but lovable dog.

'53 Indian 80" Road Master, with side car.

'68 British Royal Enfield 750 Interceptor.

'63 TR4 surrey top

2- '59 MGA's

'71 Kawasaki 500 Mach 3 triple

'74 Charger "Rallye" 440 Magnum

 

My 77 corvette scca gt -1 race car. It was better than any rollercoaster and scarier than any haunted house.

 

Back in the early 70's my Dad wanted to GIVE ME his old '40 Chevy 2 door sedan, but I didn't want it because I already had a '38 Ford sedan stock flathead 3 speed and a '53 Ford F100 with a 401 Nailhead Buick.
He sold it to a low rider guy in Long Beach, Ca. for a few hundred bucks. Talk about kicking myself!!!
Here's a picture of him and my little brother by the car back in the late sixties (they are both p***ed away now).

 

For me this '36 5/w.
The only car Blackie said he ever sold.

 

I miss my Marina Blue '67 Malibu once in a while. The last time I talked to the guy I sold it to he said he was painting it orange with grey SS stripes................................what an idiot.

 

My Gold Rush Drag Sedan.

 

I'm gonna PUKE

 

I know how you feel.
The worst part about my '36 5/w in the above post;
The builder destroyed the perfectly good '36 to look exactly like a typical Minotti.
Oh, I sold him the 354 Hemi that went with the car too...

 

Like everyone else miss all my old cars, but the one I miss the most was my 1969 SS 396/375 HP (solid lifter)chevelle, disc brakes, a/c , vacuum power door locks, 4 speed, 12 bolt 4:56 gears, ****ernut yellow with a black vinyl top and black stripe down the side. The kid I sold it too stripped the original color and painted blue, I cry my self to sleep everytime I think of that car.