Im not looking to go back in the past, but theres some cars i sould,a tryied harder to get. Back when i was in high school (1995) there was this chopped and chanelled 32 5 window. it looker like ****, cuz the guy who started it was just a hack, bubble gum welds all over the body with about 3/4 inch of bondow on the filled roof. beeing only 17 i thought it was a god idea to p*** up the $1700 asing price, but now! Im kicking myself in the *** everytime i think about it! i could'a fixed it with the skills i know now,,,but its a goner....somewhere in AZ i here. the other was when i was 15. there was a 70 charger sitting in a driveway across town. brown with a vinal top and a 383. asking price....$500.00. it ran prfect and all. i brought my dad to look it over, and he picked it all apart "theres bondo in the quarters and it looks like they patched the rockers". But way up here in Canada its imposable to find any old car without bondo!! all i though about was how cool I'd look driving to school in a orange charger. but i guess it wasnt ment to be,, but i still cant stop of thinking of how cool it'a been. I should stop complaining over spilled milk now, but just one more story. I bought a 28 tudoor instead of that 32 i talked about earlier, from a guy up here who had about 20 finished model As. a few years after i bought it he p***ed away, and his son phoned me up and told my dad to tell me, if i wanted "extra parts" to call them and thyed sell the works for $1500.00. The works ended up beeing about 10 cars worth of parts, coupes, pick ups, sedans, as well as a bunch of 57 t bird parts. But did he tell me? Hell no! "Kevin wouldnt want that" oh well,, what do ya say after there gone? theres not much ya can say, but just to tell the story of things I should'a.
I would totally **** up my old man's world if he did that **** to me, but I don't like my old man anyway, but even if i did, I'd cripple the *******!
While I was serving in Viet Nam my dad sold my 1955 Ford Courier (sedan delivery) for $500 because he didn't like it in the yard. Loved him anyway.
When I was in high school, the gas pump jockey at the local service station had his 1932 Ford 3W coupe for sale. It had a big Olds with 3 carbs ( J2 I guess ). He wanted $500. I had the money but my Dad said no. He said I would kill myself in 'that thing'. He was most likely right and saved my life. BUT what if he was wrong ??? I could be the owner of a 1932 3W for over 40 years now.....
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