Folks Of Interest Has anyone every gave there car/truck away before??

Gave away a 70 Impala once, was a good driver at the time.Neighbor came backand gave me about $20 in change he had found all over the insides while he was detailing it.

 

Years ago, my brother gave my father his '74 Chev Luv truck. My Dad wanted a V8 so I did the swap with a 350/350, 9". Everything worked including the factory gauges. When my Dad p***ed away, I put an ad in the newspaper, but my mother wanted to give it to family that was down on their luck. I said, sure.

 

I had every intention of giving my 90 GMC to a guy who needed something to drive. Then we had an ice storm, and the better part of a tree landed on it. So he was in no position to fix it, nor was I. A different guy asked me if he could buy it, so I let it go. I chalked it up to a karma thing. The guy who would have gotten it lost his licence, so he would have gotten nowhere fast. That was a year ago and he still dosen't have a licence.

 

I gave a car away several years ago, and since then I have been given two. I guess you can't outgive God.

 

Yes, I had a datsun 510, 4 door, real good car to drive. Had a new sears diehard, like 3 weeks old.
A family on my kids ballteam was really nice, but really, poor. Old trailer with no front steps, so they had to drag each other up and in.
Some ahole was renting them a car for 100 a week and they were getting behind in that.
Delivered the datsun to the husband for $5. His woman was crying she was so thankful. Got a lot of points at home for that one.

 

I gave a good friend of mine a car. He and his wife where going through a ruff time. Now it was a geo metro I know but this was my driver when gas hit 4.60 a gal the car got 50mpg. He tried to pay me but his money was no good to me. Yes we still are friends. Hes doing alot better and has helped others out. Just remember We give because we want to not because we have to. I believe if you do good in life it comes back 10 fold if you do bad than it to comes back 10 fold. I need no bad in my life.

 

I tried that a few times. What a waste.

I won't give away anything any more.

Things are worth exactly what the recipient pays for them.

I had a friend who supposedly was a "car guy" and had built them before.

One day I brought home a nice complete specimin that I bought because it was a good deal. He went on and on about how cool it was, and about how little work it would take to finish it up. He wanted me to keep an eye out for another one so he could build one, as he said he had done in the past.

I had so many projects and my friend had none at the time. He was eager to start on one of his own, so I gave him the complete car and offered help with the project.

It sat a few weeks in his back yard.
One day it was gone. He hadn't told me anything.
I found out later that it went to a s**** yard.
I never received any indication that he changed his mind on the project, or that he even wanted to get rid of it.
I never got a chance to get it back, or even buy it back.
Not one word.

That happened to me TWICE (possibly three times if you count a somewhat similar situation which I won't elaborate) before I learned my lesson.

Free things are usually worth exactly what the "buyer" pays for them.

I have been very very happy to get help in the form of free items in the past, and don't want to downplay the value of a real gift, but just remember you are often just throwing it away. You need to keep that in mind when you are contemplating "gifting" a special, or possibly rare, item.

 

A few years ago I came across a 55 Ply 2 dr,only had 45K miles but the 6 banger was locked up. It set around in the way for a year and one day a friend brought a seasoned citizen to look at it. He knew more about that year car than anyone should. After asking if I would sell it I said "Hell No !" But I'll give it to you if you promise not to sell it.
I delivered it the next day.He has been working on it for a couple of years now,late rear,383,disc brakes. it's going to be allright.

 

allengator gets it

 

A couple years ago met a woman that was down on her luck 3 kids husband deserted the usual stuff. Bought her junker chevy wagon and bought a good used Subau through a dealer friend. The whole deal cost a couple hundred but it sure made my day and it was this time of year so. I have given and been through all the other stories but sometimes it just needs to be done for the sake of trying to help those less fortunate.

 

I gave my Grandmother's one owner '73 Olds 2 dr to an older cousin with the understanding that I wanted it back someday. I did this at a large family function so everyone in attendance heard it.
Later he sold it on eBay.
Giving something? How about taking something?
30 years ago I had slowly restored a '68 Chevy pk up in High School autobody cl***. I also worked at Arby's but lost my job. At graduation time the school demanded that I pay for materials used on my truck or I wouldn't graduate. I was waiting on my tiny Income Tax Check to pay them but found out my dad had stolen it out of the mailbox(one of many things).
I had to sell the truck to graduate and later became homeless and car less for a couple of years when they divorced. Karma does not work.

 

it's not a car but a harley davidson. i had been collecting parts to build a custom electra glide. a friend had to sell his sportster to put braces on his daughters teeth, so we built him a 1100 goldwing. his wife then lost her job so he had to sell it also. so, i gave him the electra glide. he just has to bolt it all together. mike is like a brother and we have traveled many miles handlebar to handlebar, so it's worth it. plus since i gave it to him he will not feel obligated to sell it if anything hppens again. it broke his heart to have to sell that sporty.

 

i've donated a car or two in my day. didn't even claim on my taxes for them.

 

"seasoned citizen" ... LOL .... that describes me pretty well.

A few years back I had a '61 Thunderbird coupe. Kansas car, had some rust but not too bad, strong runnin' 390 (if you could keep enough gas in it!)

Had to do a quick move, and too much **** ... somethin' had to go. Gave the 'Bird to a buddy I thought might do something with it. Found out later he p***ed it on to his kids.

No heartache about the deal, it was my choice ... but I shudder to think what may have happened to it! I'd sure hate to see it turned into a Donkmobile!

Would give either nut to have it back. (Not really a problem, nobody's usin' 'em for much anyway!)

 

Well bought a '92 Camaro Z28 a year ago. Stripped it down to bare metal. My friend told me I could store it at his house. So it is sitting infront of his house now and his parents are pissed off at me. They want it gone. I am trying to give it away for free but nobody will take it. I even spray painted "FREE" on the broken front window. Still no takers. Since I live in the Mid East I may cut it up and drag it out in the desert and leave it.

 

I've given away a few - Gave my first car - a 53 plymouth cambridge - to a family freind that hade a 50 dodge P U so he would have an extra motor. he still has the truck and the body of the car = Gave a 59 plymouth Savoy to my brother in law - He just needed a car- Gave my sister and her husband a 72 Scamp - And " gave the exwife " a 68 stang fastback - Ja**

 

In 2001 i spent a few months in a Christian Decipleship. while there i became friends with this young guy that had spent way to many years as a Meth cook. He came there pretty broken. after a bit, a healing set in. it slowly spread through his entire family. he gained weight and his health came around as well as his spirit. When he left he got involved with a local church and worked towards becoming a youth pastor.i watched him grow for about 2 years. He got married, got into an apprenticeship program installing insulation, and had a baby on the way. He callls me and tells me his only transpo had died and his wife was in her 3rd trimester. I had a 79 LTD that he could have, clean straight driver. He says "i have no money". i filled the tank, tagged it and had a bud follow me to his house. i kinda caught him off guard. i gave him the ***le and keys and a quick prayer for his family. At the same time i had a 1930 5 window ford that one of my bros from Ms had built. i was palying around getting somethings dialed in and was going to buy it from him. Sadly i had just lost 20K on a deal gone bad and now could not afford it. he was willing to wait. He was also in love with a local gal/ friend of my wife that was in an abusive relationship. One of my friends and I had had enough and went to her house to have a conversation with Mr "I like to hit woman". We loaded her, her son, their dog and ALL her stuff into a U-Haul and headed for Ms. My wife spilled the beans to my friend while I was on the way. When i pulled into his driveway in Laurel Ms 3 days later he came running out, about cracked my ribs and lost it. He was so overwhelmed at what I had done he blessed me with his 5 window.
a year later I got my LTD back better then when I gave it away. I blessed another family with that same car and got it back again. The third time, I gave it to my sister. She sold it . Never did say Thank You......Oh well

Theres a pic of the 5 windom in my profile. i later traded it back to him for a project 29 that i built. I always new he loved the truck and blessed him back the same as he had blessed me with it.

 

I gave away a 52 Chevy panel that burned more oil than gas. I worked for an old farmer at the time and it was setting at his ranch with weeds starting to grow around it.
He had crunched his old Dodge PU. Some guys came by to give him an estimate for repairing his truck and were eyeballing my panel. So I told them they could have the panel if they'd fix Duke's (the farmer) truck for it.

 

My truk near got totalled one winter and it took 3 weeks to fix it. I went home and drove an extra car back to PA to pickup my rig. I was trying to sell my old car heap to the loal car lots and my dog got loose. The humane society in Omaha called me and put me in touch with who found buddy. We got to talking, the guy had a bunch of junk like me. I asked him if he knew of anyone was looking for a heap car he said his buddy's truck just blew up and was borrowing his spare ride because he had alot of kids and no money to fix it. I said well, I aint had much luck moving this thing so here's the ***le just give it to him. He said don't you want something for it? I said well it's a 500 car back home and it got me here to pickup my rig. I need to get back to work that's my priority. I bought the 84 marquis from my dad when he couldn't sell it for what he had in the engine and drove it a couple years, Dad had just put a new 302 in it and painted it. I lent it to a friend for a year who moved back home until he got back on his feet. It's paid for, p*** it on. His buddy sent me a thank you card.
I feel way better about giving it away than having paid too much for it in the first place and selling it too cheap.
You never lose face when you give.

 

Gave away my very first car. First to my younger brother,then to one of my dads,cousins,kids.




Later on (77) my senior year in HS I already had my 57 Chevy sedan delivery but traded my old 10 speed bike for a 63 Belair wagon. A few
cl***mates and I whipped it back into shape(replaced both cracked
heads,blown out freeze plugs,painted it and pimped out the interior)
before taking off from Ohio to Florida for Christmas vacation.
(heady stuff for a bunch of 17 year olds)



Later on around 80 or so a girlfriend with a *****in black 48 Buick fastback
moved to Cleveland for work and gave me her super solid 54 Buick Special
complete with a huge stack of manuals,factory literature,magazine ads,etc.
She'd lost the nailhead and radiator to a machine shop over money trouble,
so we hung it on the back of another buddies 56 GMC twin boom wrecker
and headed for my garage.While waiting on a train I think we emptied out
the Chevy dealership as all the wrenches wandered out to check out the
time warp sitting outside their shop. Times were tough for me too, but I
couldn't really sell the car that she gave me, so a year or so later when I
headed for Oklahoma I gave the 54 to one of my buddies along with my
73 Eldorado winter beater.





In the years since I've given away plenty of parts and pieces and received
plenty too. I'd like to think its part of what makes our p***ion so cool.

 

Back in the 80's A friend of mine who worked for Rockwell Collins as a field service technician asked me if I would keep his 2 year old BMW for him until he came home (2 to 3 years est.). He knew we really needed 2 cars and only had one, so he said to use it as if it were our own. We did for 3 years. When he got ready to come home, he told us to just keep it, he had ordered a new one. I told him, "Bob, that's an expensive car. You can't just give it away. He told me, "It's my car and I can do whatever the f--- I want with it. If you want to pay, give me a dollar." I still owe him a dollar.

 

WTF! We had the same parents!

 

I gav my 38 Ford coupe to my parents.
Had a very tough 4V 351 Clevo, toploader 4seed 9inch rear, fully done interior and boot (Trunk) Its much lower both front and rear though now (This is an old pic).


Doc.

 

A young friend of mine wanted to build a hot rod.. We found a pretty nice 42 chevy coupe. We did a little of this and that to it.. Not too much as we were both on a limited budget.
A few years down the road he went to law school. His mother said if she was going to pay for school, He had to sell the 42. I bought the car.

A few more years go by. I bump into him at his parents house. He asked what I ended up doing with the car. I told him I still had it.. He asked if he could buy it back. He was fresh out of law school and working for peanuts at the time.. So I gave hem the car..

Now he is my lawyer. I wish I had just kept the car..........

 

That's funny right there! I know some VW guys that would choke you after hearing that story! hahahaha!

 

Bought a Bronco from a guy, was driving a beat-to-hell 65 Ford truck. He mentioned he was going to teach his son to drive on the Bronco but needed the money. Gave him the truck that day.

Sold that Bronco to a kid for some work around the house. Don't care that much that he never did it, I had more important things to worry about and didn't need to keep the thing insured. Bronco ended up breaking on him a lot after he started not even bothering to see if I needed help. Karma, I guess.

 

About three months ago I gave away a '63 Buick (4DR) w/401 & a '61 Chevy PU fleet side. Had a decent offer for the truck but a friend wanted it so I let him have it for hauling off the Buick (a real pile). Maybe this doesn't qualify but I would like to have kept the Nailhead engine.
Mike.

 

Gave away a '53 Buick and it has been givin away again! The new owner loves it!

 

A few years back my nephew needed a car for his wife to drive to work. They didn't have much money. I bought a car and put new brakes, tires, a/c pump a**** other things and gave them the car. Lil sh*t turned around and sold it!

 

1959 f100 stepside we had. we liked it but our neighbor liked it more. so we said take it. its a fine primer parts hauler for a ranchero they are building now. never would have looked like that if it stayed here.

a o/t vw bus (72') we gave to a kid who is about my age (15) a year or so ago. he loved the way it looked all old and rusty-ish and last we heard it was running and was getting bodywork.

makes you feel good when you do these things.

Edit: my dad just read the ***le of this thread and told me, he was given a 1968 ford car (cant remember the kind) from people whom were moving out down the street. 2nd car he ever had.