Car for sale and the owner couldnt find it

Yeah, Richard's a Mopar fan (among many other makes). The first big purchase "The Kids" made after becoming famous was a black Satelite which I'll bet he still has. Keith Black's son once took me to a warehouse/shop Richard had dedicated to restoration of 50's Mopars. Even had a sandblasting pit where they would roll the cars down into it.

 

Before scrap prices went crazy people generally would be more ethical. The prospect of a few hundred dollars more is enough to make people sell out their ethics. I buy stuff and forget it. somebody will mention it and then I haul it in before someone is tempted to do the wrong thing. Car freaks are cool;meth heads and ex wives are too dangerous to trust. Drag it home when you buy it so zoning can bitch you out.

 

Maybe Chip Foose took it and it's being Overhauled

 

Whew. I thought this was going to be about that racing Vette that showed up.

 

I'll bet Waldo is driving it, did they ever find him?

 

I had a buddy ask me one time if I wanted to go with him to look at a 38 Chevy coupe a guy had for sell a couple hours away. I say sure. We meet the guy at a local restaurant and offer to buy him lunch. After lunch we go to the place he has the car stored and he opens the garage up and there is no car there. He says he and another guy own the car together, so he calls the other guy up. That guy says no he hasn't seen it. He goes next door and asks the guy there if he has seen anyone around the place in the past month. That guy says no. While we are at this guys garage we look inside and see two Dukes of Hazzard cars, two super birds, and 3 hemi cudas. Guy says he had been collecting them after gas prices went up in the 80s. This was about 1988. Looking through that garage made the trip worth something at least. When we left the 38 Chevy selling guy was still scratching his head. We figured his partner sold the car out from under him, and pocketed the money. Either that, or he got free lunches that way.

 

Beats standing on a corner with a sign.

 

Wish you the best of LUCK on Getting it !.

 

And just your luck it will come back covered in Billet with 20 inch wheels and a LS motor

 

I still have those. It goes back to the day when I owned 9 cars at a clip.... I'd do a head count right after the dream. In the dream, I'd be wanting to sell or use a real nice car I had sitting on the side of the garage or something like that.

Bob

 

Yep, sure did!

 

I do find parts in the garage that I forgot I own all the time! And can't find the stuff I think I still have?

Don

 

I lost my Willys twice in the '70s, once in a parking building, i was on the wrong floor and second i just forgot what city street i parked in, very stressful !!!!

 

Dang. I haven't lost a car since College. Those were the days.

 

now that there is funny!!!! we are neighbors, i gotta meet you someday! lol

 

Some call them "investments".

 

LOL, that's a good one !

 

lo merc 51,
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Chuck

 

I have dreams that I lose my cars downtown when its starting to get dark and all the riff raff come out. It's a nightmare!! I don't want to experience this in real life!!!

 

The riff raff were rather tame here in the '70s, would hate to miss place it now. I heard of a guy that lost a ladder in his lounge for three months !!!!!!!! JW

 

In the late '60's I had a 1960 Dodge Pioneer and I don't remember what happened to it. I too, have dreams, but in mine, I find the car in wierd, out of the way places.

 

I plan on contributing to a Storage Wars episode someday. Can't remember how many though.

 

This thread is going to give me nightmares.

 

i have a city living friend who used to buy cars and rent storage garages throughout the south side. he 'lost' a '57 chevy when he couldn't remember where he left it.

 

I had that problem when I lived in Mi. Move to Az. where the grass doesnt grow & dont have that problem anymore.

 

Family can't live with 'em wouldn't be alive without 'em. I had an aunt now deceased thank gawd, that when the wife and I moved to Missouri was supposed to store our stuff, while it was in her possesion she either sold or stoll everything we owned that was of value.


I hope your friend finds his car.

 

"THE CROWN......THAT COULD NOT BE FOUND"!!!!! Do the inlaws know what happened to the Crown. Stay tuned to the next episode to see what happens.

Hope it turns up.....

 

I would have settled on any of those since you were already inside.

Oldmics

 

My oldest sister died in 2005 and I got stuck with cleaning up her places: 3 in Florida, 3 at Branson Missouri, one in Iowa, and one in Hawaii---each had several rented storage buildings and were needed because she never disposed of ANYTHING. After getting rid of her modern Mitsibishi Gallant and S10, we had on hand 4 MGB's, an MBG GT, 2 Austin Heally 3000's, MG Midget, and an Austin Sprite. We thought we were finished with the cars and was down to last storage building in Florida that was filled to the rafters with rolls (bolts) of fabric material for sewing. About a quarter of the way into the building we uncovered a back bumper and then a back end with MGB on it. That was number five and if it had been a stolen car the cops would have reached retirement without ever finding it.

 

The olny cars i have lost were to the ex.
AND THE CORVETTE IN DOWNTOWN K.C. .....SOBERED UP & FOUND IT THOUGH.