What do you regret letting go of?

'66 Plymouth Sattelite
'69 Bsa 441 Victor
'71 Truimph Bonneville

 

I passed on a free 32 Coupe about four years ago. A friend of mine called me up and asked me if I wanted it. I said "no, can't afford anything else right now". So I called a friend who called a friend and he was in Bakersfield about three hours later and picked it up. FREE! My real regret.

 

I've sold a bunch that didn't matter, always made room for new projects but...
56 Ford Victoria, had to sell to give divorce lawyer a retainer (1st wife)
36 Ford 5 window, had to sell to give divorce lawyer a retainer (2nd wife)
59 El Camino, daily driver immeadately after 2nd wife, took off and spent 3 weeks on Cali beaches with it, best trip of my life, more fun then any car I've owned, maybe it wasn't the car but the lifestyle that went with it I miss.

 

I had to sell my `42 Ford Fordor Sedan to make my first trip to Bonneville from New Zealand in `84.First car, and first Hotrod,it was. Y Block, 4 speed,9 inch, Holden front end, checked Gold Lacquer.........Sigh....

 

a 1966 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT
a 1967 Jaguar XKE
a 1978 Ducati 900 ss

life goes on.

 

The only car I ever sold was the '69 camaro that I drove in high school. Less than 6 months after it sold, the buyer's kid wrecked it street racing it. Thats why I never let anything go. It would break my heart to see something I put alot of time in wrecked or even worse, with 22" billet wheels. If I had to sell something I would make sure it went out of state, so I would never see what someone does to it.

Dave

 

My 54 chevy Pick up.Or the Nomad..My dad restored it for me. =(

 

Only three things, my first 32 3 window coupe (Steel body) second my other 32 3 window coupe (Killed in a fire)
and last of all, and one I miss dearly............

MY SANITY!

 

1. An original 1925 Model T Roadster
2. A bone stock 1947 Chevy coupe with 47,000 little old lady miles.
3. A 1960 Chevy Bel Air hardtop (ex Superstock Champion)
4. A 1961 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible (three speed manual)

 

65 chevy P/U 250 inline 6 with no rust
68 Camaro
78 GMC Jimmy - primered mud machine
71 Ford P/U manual with 302
Numerous old car parts
Hydraulic lift that was too big to move across country

 

63 425 HP 409 about 15 years ago. Still brings tears to my eyes.

 

56 Chevy 2dr post Delray 283, 3x2, green stripe cam, Borg Warner T10, 4:11, buckets, 8 track. Went to college.

63 SS 327 4 speed. Got married

30 Roadster 32 frame, Chrysler engine(unknown) Ford trans, Pontiac diff - Never drove it bad clutch and starter traded to Dad who sold it. I know just shoot me now!

55 Chevy pickup 1st series - kids stealing gas torched it.

69 Nova 2dr 307 3 speed chrome Cragers Astro blue. Just a sweet car

 

A low mileage 1969 Boss 429 Mustang that sold for $6000 back in '79. Now they sell for around $175,000. A car I regret NOT BUYING was a '71 Hemi Cuda convertable 4-speed for $5,000 around the same time!!!.Dont even want to know.

 

'57 Chevy 2 Door Hardtop my 1st car
'67 Nova SS 327 4-speed 22,000 mile car
'56 Nomad
'67 Vette coupe 327 PG factory AC paid $5500 for it in mid seventies
'72 454 SS El Camino
'32 Vicky just 3 years ago.......can't believe I sold it!

The '57 and the '67 Vette really bring bac memories!

 

My 51 chevy truck. It was my first hotrod. Man the times we had in that truck in highschool. Every time I see a 51, I check under the rear end to see if it has a section of railroad track welded in as a crossmember. (Did that to add weight to the tail) Have'nt seen it yet.
Pop musta towed me home 20 times in that truck.
Layne

 

Miss this one a bunch, sold it in 1997

 

The 67 RS and my 71 firebird.....I learned my lesson....

 

Probably one of the dumbest things I've done, as an adult, is let my first '55 get away.

 

Before I turned 16, my dad bought me a 55 Bel Air 2 door hardtop, complete, with a 327 and I believe a th350. It needed some work to get it going...I was young and dumb and thought it needed 'too much work' so I traded him for a little 4x4 truck (I won't say what kind for fear of getting lynched) before my 16th birthday. I see pics of it now and it nearly brings a tear to my eye...I really would love to get a hold of another one, but they are way too expensive now...DAMN!!!

Later, I had a 60 El Camino that I sold ... kinda regret that one too...

 

my redhead ex....::sighs::

 

My first car, 58 Pontiac Superchief
59 Buick Invicta wagon. 445 Wildcat Special
Flip front, Aluminum 427 55 Nomad
68 396 4 speed Camaro. Plain interior, radio and console delete options.
and the yellow deuce.

Oh, and 3 bikes, totally different Yamaha RD-350, Combat Wombat and my old panhead chop.
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That is one SWEET Chevy.Do you know if it's still around?

 

My ex.

 

'61 Pontiac Catalina Bubbletop w/TriPower, 4 sp. and 8 lugs. (sob)

 

My first car, which was a '50 Ford Club Coupe, my '56 Chevy 210 2-door sedan, and my '67 'Vette roadster. The rest don't bother me.

 

It is. It showed up at Detroit 2 years ago with some God-aweful additions (seen in pix) but I know it is floating around the eastern part of the US these days

 

My first car:
1951 Mercury 2 door.
My first bike:
1947 Knucklehead.

 

My '65 K code mustang 4-speed fastback. I should have gotten rid of my ex-wife at that time instead.

 

My tenuous grip on reality.

 

Miss a few like:
27 Ford Track Roadster built by my Indy Car buddies;
63 slammed Rivi (dry as a bone in Copper)
chopped 40 coupe
50 Ford Shop Truck
62 Impala wagon (but sold to may pal Wayne who is a rightful owner!)
But, like most guys, we do this for a reason at cetain points in our lives and thinking where I put the dough from these, my family is better off!
Still got my 40 Tudor hot rod and 51 F-1...and my great family! I am blessed!!!! (and damn lucky)