Whats the stupidest thing you let pass through your hands

1969 rs camaro 700.00 ,1969 convertible big block camaro 1000.00 somebody beat me to the bank.least i still get to drive it was my younger brother that bought them

 

Oh Mannnnnn.

 

porknbeaner

Man I,m with you on that one !

100 pounds of pure TROUBLE......

LOVE/HATE thing going on for sure.....

 

Not one... but two Willy's coupes...!

 

I sold a 1966 VW 21 window walk through bus - all new interior, 1/2 the body work done, all 3 seats. sold it for $2500 back in 1991 to buy my 1st woodie. I bought a 1952 Buick woodie that ran for $2500 from the sale of the VW. I had the woodie for about 6 months.
I went to mexico on a surf trip for a week only to come home to find out that a local tow company towed it. They wanted $1000 for tow and storage, I couldn't afford to get it back and lost it all. Still bumbed about loosing that car.

 

Shit, you might be right! Hell, she was no great loss anyway, should boned her sister just on principle...

 

vertex mag given to a friend w/early olds base, he sent it in for tune up and base---$150.00, I was sick!!

 

toss up on the '56 vette I sold for $650 in 1974 (that's after I removed a '59 vette engine and t10 from a '56 belair 2dht ($250) to put into the '56 vette) and the '51 merc 2dr my dad sold for me when I was on a westpac for $25.

 

in 1991 i past on a 32 3 window sitting on a original frame. the body was missing the firewall and decklid...the guy was a friend of my dad and was willing to sell it to me for $2500.00. That's how life is for me. There's always great deals to be had when i'm broke.

 

'55 chevy 210 hardtop...

 

34 roadster

 

Circa 1978 when surplus complete crated P-51D Mustangs could be bought for $3000.00 we (my family) had the option to buy a lot of 5 of them. What are they worth today???? $ 1,000,000 a copy....... Doh!!!!! .......

 

Chris' 38 on the hamb classifieds early this month

 

in '78 a '56 Nomad for $400..............

 

In 1969 I worked for a company in Mentone Ca. One of the salesmen had a brother that published the local advertiser known as "The Green Sheet". The Green sheet came out on Thursday morning but we would get it delivered by 2: P.M. on Wednesday. So at the 2: P.M. coffee break on Wed. we were all over it. I found a '32 Ford roadster for sale in Riverside for $100.00. So I feigned an illness and left work at 2:20. I had a hundred in my pocket and it took me about 25 min. to find the place. Yep a Deuce roadster, front horns gone, rear horns gone, firewall has been torched open to let a straight eight Buick stick thru it. Rear sill torched open for a roll bar etc. All welds apparently done with a volcano. I passed. Went home and told my Dad. He said "hell the doors are worth a hundred". Went beck the next day and it was gone.

 

my dad and i did not buy a 1963 mercury marauder that was offered to us by a old widow for $1500. she was the original owner. car was a survivor, seemed like it was garage most of its life. it just needed a carb rebuild.

the day we decided we wanted it, she had already sold it.

 

'58 olds super 88 convertible, pink with a J2 engine, a/c and an extra J2 on a pallet.

 

I let a 71 lemans with a worked 400 out of a 68 gto 12:1 pistons. ported heads. and a TH400, posi out back, i think 355s. mint car tho mint interior, needed some cowl work but what car doesnt? It was Metallic ice blue beautiful.

 

And a 71 challenger, it was a basket case it needed some serious metal work done, the firewall was rotted, the frame was ripped but everything was there, parts wise. Basically a kit car. The guy bought all the parts to do a full out ground up resto but never went through with it. wanted 5,000 with all the parts. No motor and a 727 torqueflite

 

1973-getting ready to get married (1st time) and wanted some extra cash for the wedding (dumbass) so I sold my 69 428 Cobra Jet Mustang. Hell, had 31,000 miles, needed brakes, exhaust, I've had it a couple of years and had my fun- sure, I'll take $1200.00 for it.
Same wife a few years later had bad accident, sold my 69 427 Vette roadster to help with hospital bills. Winter's not the time to sell a Vette in Iowa- $3200.00. Two years later, she divorced me. Go figure.

Jim

 

A Guy in Houston had about 5 or 6 complete dual quad set ups for 63-66 Buicks. Selling them out of his garage for about $400 each. I was a broke college student and only had enough money for one.

 

.........in '76, a '67 Chrysler Newport 'vert for $800. Red/black. Stoopit !

 

I picked up a 1967 Mustang Fastback GT.
It was a factory S code car (390) with a 4 speed. Original color was Dark Moss Green.
It was one of my dream cars.
I got hurt and had to make some house payments. So I sold the car. The ex-wife at the time was pretty cool about it. She told me I could keep it, but I told her family comes first which meant keeping a roof over our heads.

 

I let a 71 lemans with a worked 400 out of a 68 gto and a TH400, posi out back, i think 355s. mint car tho mint interior, needed some cowl work but what car doesnt? It was Metallic ice blue beautiful.

 

I totally arm-wrestled a 1960 Mercury Comet 2-door wagon out of an estate sale for $400.

Hadn't run in years, and it had sat covered up by trash bags and two-by-fours with the hood off, but amazingly it was rust-free.

Only real bad news: it had been hit decently hard on the right quarter--but still fixable.

I actually found a side window and a tailgate for it before I let it go for what I had in it.

Still kicking my ass around the block about that one.

 

Not able to talk my father out of trading my 69 Super Bee For a piece of crap Dodge power wagon front clip. He had gifted it to me when I turned 15, then reneged because he needed parts for his crummy when I was 16.

I will never let him off the hook. He had it from when I was born until 16. Now I see the car every so often here in the Eugene/Springfield area.

 

a 5'3" 110 lb. Vietnamese girlfriend of mine.....

 

In the mid 70's i could have bought a 1966 plymouth belvidere ii 2 dr hardtop with a hemi for $600.00 . Car had fresh paint , looked like new .

Motor had a bad crankshaft and brgs.

I worked for a chrysler dealer at the time . I had sold the owner new crank and brgs. They were in the trunk when he sold it!!!!!!!!

 

I bought a 1953 chevy convertible in 1978 for $2500. Sold it three days later for $$$$ I am ashamed to tell you.

 

1950 Ford business coupe, all original running and driving mint faded original paint, original spare still in the trunk, paid $1500 for it. Never even got it home pulled in to get gas, with it on the trailer and some dude offers me $4000 cash. I said sure and he said I'll be back in 10 min. and I waited and he came back!! With a trailer! Son of bitch I'm dumb!