Whats the stupidest thing you let pass through your hands

We all have those cars or parts that we just know we should have bought or traded for but for some reason we just passed them up. I know i screwed up when i didnt buy a mint '65 coronet 2 door post with a 440 for 800 bucks!

 

I'd say you screwed up, but don't dwell on it, I took a perfectly nice running Rochester carb Tri-Power set up off my 40 Chevy and sold it to a guy in 1992 for $65.00. Hind sight is always 20/20.

 

Fiat 8V.

still kicking myself.....

 

A 68-1/2 Cobra Jet Mustang for 1900.00 in 1976 or the all there 30 Model A sedan for 75.00 in 68 or 69. I was 14 or 15.

 

FOUR 63-65 rivieras, all for a total of $1000. When I got the money together the guy had sent them to the crusher the DAY BEFORE!!!!

 

A fixable complete '50 Ford Crestliner steering wheel for $350 at a swap meet 4 years ago. By the time I came to my senses an hour later it was gone.....

Generally I don't let too many deals go by, but I find there are fewer today with everyone on the internet.

 

6x2 w/ 6 97's, velocity stacks,linkage and fuel log for a 390 Ford FE.

 

Denise Lewis in high school.

I was more into cars than wimmen- plus I was kinda shy back 45 years ago.

Always wondered what if................................

 

-'37 Ford Tube Axle
-'64 Buick 300 4bbl intake
-The '31 Chevy fenders that I sold from the complete coupe that I bought a year ago.

 

Oh, I could go on for days on this thread... The ones below are all within the last 10 years...


$1800 Model A vicky @ Englishtown swap meet. Needed a drivers door. Complete running car

$1200 rough 40 Willy's coupe body(no doors, decklid or nose) & butched original gasser chassis @ Englishtown swap meet

$1400 heavily chopped 33/4 3window body with minimal rot at Carlilse

$1800 40 Ford convertible at Hershey in 2000. Car was complete but Right hand drive

$700 50 Ford convertible at Englishtown. Comlplete car minus motor/trans

$400 Anglia gasser...

 

51 merc woody wagon for $1500 there was a hurricane bertha in nj maybe 10 years ago and i told the guy i'll be there after it passes. when i called he said someone came during the storm and got it. if i see or hear of something now i go no matter what.

 

Too many to mention but the one that really haunts the hell out of me is the gasser 62 Vette that needed interior work and a new engine for 3500. I told the guy I wanted it but he sold it hours before I got there with the cash

 

stupid is as stupid does... God let me think

57 Chevy 2 dr in 1982 $1500 something wrong with the wipers wiring

2 58 Chevys 1 conv. and 1 parts car 1981 $1000 my boss at the time had 55-57 Chevys and said a 58 would never be worth much

gave somekind of alum. Ford 6 pack away that was in the trunk of a car I bought

Got to stop now I am get depressed thinking about what a dumb ass kid I was

 

can't think of anything I have let slip through my hands and regretted.

the list of cars and parts I wish I never bought is quite long though.

 

my ex-wife.

 

im with fur biscuit , the first wife and she took a 69 camero with her , i still miss that damn car!

 

Probably paint stripper... Don't let that shit pass through your hands, it burns like a mother fucker!

 

dissasembled '29 A 2 dr for 900$, '68 GT350 for 1700, 68 Super Bee 1800, '70 Superbird 2200.....

 

But if you do, for gods sake wash your hands before taking a piss.

 

1955 Porsche Speedster, complete, everything there...original int., all body work done, in primer, 64 SC running gear...engine, trans, all machined, oiled, wrapped in wax paper, and boxed, ready for assembly...divorce sale...$600...I had $400, I was 16, and my parents wouldn't loan me $200 for a car "that didn't even run"...ended up with a VW...jeeeze...

 

An OT car, but my '78 Dodge that I drove in High School. I sold it in 1995 and have never had the time or money to take anything else to completion. I'm going on two years with my '64 Merc and it's still a mess.

 

I had a 64 Corvette with both tops in great shape from 71-73; bought it for $1600 and sold it for $1650. I thought I was doing good at the time. Second, was a fair shape 55 Chev. Nomad that I bought for $100 and resold it for $200 before I could get it home.

 

Around 1976, I bought a '32 Tudor with a decent chopped top in order to get the chassis. I paid $275.00 for it. Around 1979-80, I sold the body back to the guy I bought it from for about $75.00. That still haunts me.
I thought about hiring someone to kick my @ss.

I could go on, but I would embarrass myself.

 

I have the fronts for a 30 or 31 chevy truck. They the same?

 

An O/T '69 chevelle SS 396 4 speed for 1200 bucks in 1986 before everyone was cloning them...Who knew???

 

I let something stupid pass thru my hands, but it wasnt a car part..or a tool..well maybe a tool..lol
Life's been great ever since

 

'56 Crown Vic for $600 the week after I got my '55 Victoria for the same amount of money and in much better condition. Then '55 Ford convertible in '82 for $2500, no title or interior, but body/drivetrain done. But stupidest one was probably in '80 - a '40 coupe I got for parts/no title, stripped to shell and sent off for rip-rap because the trunk floor was gone and roof was stepped on.

 

I'll second that, My Ex-wife. Man was she stupid !!!!!

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Ya I know I didnt word the title right hahah, my bad!

 

Without question, letting this one get away out stupids anything else posted on this thread. I will forever kick my own ass for that error in judgement.