Projects The car you just had to have and you ended up disliking it

Back in '03 I bought a 1949 Lincoln EL coupe from a friend for $300. 14 years later I haven't done anything (and I mean anything) to the blasted monstrosity. In short I just can't stand it anymore.


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Years ago I bought and restored a TR-6 which I just had to have. I always liked the way they looked.
After I completed it my wife and I followed a good friend of mine in his MGC up to Rhinebeck N.Y. The TR ran flawlessly and I actually brought home a First Place Trophy in my class.
Got home on Sunday night and Monday the car was on Ebay. I couldn't stand that car. It was like being trapped in a Tuna can. Extremely uncomfortable for both me and my wife.
I still like the way they look and all but I wont be buying another one for sure. Ill stick to big bulky American iron.

 

57 Corvette back in 65 with a 327/340 and no AC in Miami. Plenty of power and wouldnt stop in a 10 acre field. Thought it would be a good idea to run slicks on it until it rained and I spent more time going the wrong way in the other lane. The interior had its own eco system with interior fog & carpets that never dried out. In the rain the windows would fog up so bad you had to stop and wait until it quit {see slicks on back also}. Heat from engine made driving in traffic like a suana. 68 Bronco 302. When I got it the thing had 1 wheel brakes and a dry shiny geared steering box and no front end strut bushings at all or a trace of kingpins. After market made in Taiwan kingpins were worse then what came out, made in Taiwan brake drums were $175 each for rare brake upgrade. Only good thing was the motor. Body was full of bondo which started coming out 10 minutes after I got it home. Heater in Monatana winters was as close to nothing as it gets.

 

OK , OK , I have to mention my one and only foreign car that the EX wife and I bought in 1971 ....a 71 Fiat Sport Coupe . I can't blame her , I was half of the decision . The car looked cool sitting in the showroom , fire-engine red , walnut steering wheel , got a gazzilion mpg ( OPEC was raising the price of gas by then ) and I think it was $2200 out the door .
Now I'm a Big 3 guy , always had been , and but for this one brain fart , always will be . Turns out this car will start and run just fine EXCEPT when it's raining . Every time ! I go back to the dealer " Doesn't it #%@#%$ rain in Italy ? We tried everything . No dice . If it rained I took my wife to work in the 58 Chevy .
We got to covering the motor with a house blanket ....seemed to do the job .....then my wife jumped in to go to work , forgot about the blanket and got about 2 miles from the house . You have never seen a blanket wrapped around a fan belt like this one . After about 2 hours of cutting the blanket out , new fan belt , get my wife to work .....took it in to the local Chrysler dealer and traded it on a 72 Plymouth Duster .........they gave me $700 for the Fiat ......the dents in the roof from my fist didn't exactly help the trade value .