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56D500boy
Posted 2016-12-31 9:07 PM (#530147)
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I talked to a guy that I had gone to see in the fall to look at his early production 55 Custom Royal Lancer 270 hemi 2dr hardtop - to chat with him - not to buy his car (I would have if I hadn't found the 56 D-500). He sold me a Mopar 910 HR Town and Country that is supposedly working (he bought as "working" not realizing that it wasn't 6V Pos ground but 12V neg ground). Assuming it is working, I will need period correct knobs for it since the ones it came with are plastic (but Mopar plastic);)

I heard a rumour that he sold his car so I phoned to congratulate him. He had that 55 for 30 years and now he regrets selling it. I know buyer's remorse. Didn't know about seller's remorse.

This is the car he sold:

White on very pale blue on darker bluish purple:





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Powerflite
Posted 2016-12-31 9:17 PM (#530149 - in reply to #530147)
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I would have seller's remorse to lose that too, especially if I had it for 30 years. My biggest seller's remorse cars are a '69 Charger that I gave to my brother in '86 (and he sold it a couple years afterward) and a really decent '68 Camaro I sold in '93 for a measly $1800. I still celebrate the sale of my '64 bug. I hate that car.
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5wndwcpe
Posted 2016-12-31 9:43 PM (#530151 - in reply to #530147)
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Let's see....cars I'm sorry I sold

1970 Roadrunner

1970 Challenger

1968 GTX convertible

1968 Satellite

1967 Barracuda Formula S

1977 Trans Am

....the list goes on.
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2017-01-01 3:07 AM (#530160 - in reply to #530151)
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If I could have just stashed cars away for "someday", those I wish
were in the barn still:

1923 Packard Twin Six Town Car (a should have bought car)
1956 CRL D500
1956 Dodge Suburban D500
1956 Custom Sierra D500
1956 Adventurer
1956 Fireflite conv
1957 Dodge CHP Pursuit
1957 NY'er coupe
1957 Fireflite coupes x5
1957 Firedome conv. (a should have bought car)
1958 Fireflite coupe
1958 Adventurer conv
1958 Plymouth conv
1958 Coronet 2HT
1958 Limited conv x2
1960 Fireflite 2HT
1960 Dodge WSP Pursuit
1960 Buick Invicta Custom conv
1965 Buick Gran Sport conv
1967 R/T conv
1968 Buick Gran Sport conv
1971 Cuda conv


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Viper Guy
Posted 2017-01-01 9:22 AM (#530169 - in reply to #530147)
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Cars I owned that I would like to have back:
'71 'cuda convertible
'70 Plymouth Superbird
'64 Plymouth Super Stock Stage III wedge

Car I would love to have above all: Chrysler Turbine

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58coupe
Posted 2017-01-01 9:37 AM (#530170 - in reply to #530147)
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My list is a little shorter:
48 Plymouth coupe
55 Studebaker President coupe
57 Plymouth Fury (totaled)
55 Plymouth 2 dr sedan
57 Plymouth Fury
58 Plymouth Fury
60 Plymouth Belvedere (totaled)
69 Dodge Charger
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firedome
Posted 2017-01-01 2:12 PM (#530187 - in reply to #530147)
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Had in the 80s, and wish I still did:
37 Dodge sedan, original
58 NYer convert
57 300C convert
58 DeS Firesweep Sportsman
59 DeS Adventurer convert - a should have bought, passed on to the current (30 yrs) owner
56 Olds Super 88 convert
57 Olds Super 88 convert
63 Galaxie 500 convert
68 Jag E type FHC (short wheelbase coupe)
66-73 MGBs - 14 of them - funnest car to drive hard
66 TR 4 x 2
68 TR250
68-71 Spitfires x 3
68 Firebird 400 convert Hurst 4 spd
71 Dodge Demon 340 Hurst 4 spd
D'OH!


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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2017-01-01 3:18 PM (#530188 - in reply to #530187)
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On the bright side, I still have:

1926 Ford Model TT - something I wanted since I was a kid
1958 Plymouth Plaza stripper - ugly ass car I always wanted
1958 Fireflite conv. - another dream car - told I should use it as a parts car for a 300 !
1966 Coronet conv.
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Darryl T
Posted 2017-01-01 3:34 PM (#530189 - in reply to #530147)
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I bought a vandalized, engine-less 1981 DeLorean in 1990, spent 5 years rebuilding it and installing a supercharged Chevy 4.3 V6, drove it until 2005 and then reluctantly sold it. I had actually been trying to track it down with no luck when 7/13/16, on bringatrailer.com, there it was. The link was to an ebay ad where the car was listed as destroyed by an engine fire. I had to do it - bought it back, and am now 1/3 of the way through restoring it back to like it was when I sold it. I figured anyone else would probably have just parted it out and I didn't want that to happen. I'll probably sell it again to finance my next FL project.
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Viper Guy
Posted 2017-01-01 5:08 PM (#530194 - in reply to #530147)
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I had an '81 DeLorean - wasn't particularly fond of it but it did get lots of attention. Sold it to get a '67 Barracuda fastback Formula S then sold the Barracuda and bought the DeSoto. Don't know what's ahead - just sold my Viper last week too. Now down to one toy and it feels pretty good since I can concentrate on just one and enjoy it to the fullest.

Maybe if a '60 Fireflite 2HT popped up that met my requirements?


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FwdLk56
Posted 2017-01-02 6:42 AM (#530220 - in reply to #530147)
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while not the same era (i've never yet sold anything with fins), i only have two vehicles that i ever had seller's remorse over -
1) 1999 Oldsmobile Aurora
2) 1991 Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo
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FwdLk56
Posted 2017-01-02 9:28 AM (#530231 - in reply to #530147)
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if we include vehicles owned that i miss the most (was not sold, was totalled due to hitting a deer), then i have to include a 1990 Cavalier Z24 with the 5spd 3.1...
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FwdLk56
Posted 2017-01-02 9:43 AM (#530233 - in reply to #530147)
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i'll go a slightly different route - which vehicle did i have an opportunity to purchase but have didn't-buy-remorse --- 1956 Plymouth Fury
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AceS
Posted 2017-01-02 7:29 PM (#530265 - in reply to #530233)
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I've never had buyers remorse because I'm usually buying junk on a junk budget.

Of 50+ cars, the only one I regret selling was my 61 Newport Hardtop. I was not making good decisions at that time.
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FwdLk56
Posted 2017-01-02 8:30 PM (#530270 - in reply to #530147)
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if we're talking BUYER's remorse, then those were the years between jr/sr year of high school and a few years after...
back then, i'd buy vehicles roughly 3 to 6 years old and trade in every year or two - BIGGEST MISTAKES I'VE EVER MADE...
nowadays, i wait until *AFTER* the "knee" in the DEPRECIATION CURVE and haven't owned anything "newer" than a DECADE OLD...
and the "junk" i've been driving has been MORE RELIABLE than the 3 to 6 year old vehicles i used to *waste* money on
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2017-01-02 9:41 PM (#530275 - in reply to #530265)
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AceS - 2017-01-03 4:29 PM I was not making good decisions at that time.


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Damm ! .... That's funny !
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58coupe
Posted 2017-01-03 9:43 AM (#530287 - in reply to #530147)
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I had a chance to buy a 61 Plymouth sonoramic, all original, $500 IIRC. couldn't do it, thought the 61s were too ugly.
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billy
Posted 2017-01-03 11:56 AM (#530301 - in reply to #530147)
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Still got the 57 New Yorker....

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highpockets
Posted 2017-01-03 12:26 PM (#530306 - in reply to #530147)
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My favorite story from a seller was probably 10 years ago. I had bought an early 60s Rambler 2 door from a salvage yard auction. Body was decent, not too bad of a car. I had it running and driving easily but never had a title. I tracked down the previous owner (it had been in the salvage yard for 30 years) and asked him what was wrong with it and how it ended up in that yard. He said there was nothing wrong with it and he sold it for $10. Why? He replied that it belonged to his ex-wife and he didn't like the looks of either of them. The way he said it really made me laugh. He applied for a duplicate title for me and I resold the car, but it was a funny story at the time.
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Posted 2017-01-03 12:31 PM (#530307 - in reply to #530147)
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Probably the worst seller's remorse and the worst trade in history,,,,I had sold an old Buick to an older fella from Oregon years ago and we had a good visit when he came to pick it up. He was telling me that he was in the military and had gotten back to the states (Ca.) in the early 50s. He needed a car and went to a small car lot and bought a TUCKER. They had a policy where you could drive the car for 30 days and if not satisfied, you could return it and trade for an equal value car. He said the car was great, but his friends all razzed him so bad for the "weird" looking car, that he took it back and traded for a shoebox 49-51 Ford. What a trade that turned out to be!
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2017-01-03 4:29 PM (#530326 - in reply to #530307)
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Hoo-boy ! The bad trade king was my old man. He took the F/I system
off his bought-new 57 Bel Air 2HT and traded it to a guy for his 4bbl !

He traded Mom's 1966 Mustang fastback in for $300 off the sticker price
on a new 1971 Pinto wagon !

But the all-time kicker was trading a very nice original 1931 Auburn speedster
for a #@! Model A coupe !!!

He could turn gold bars into turds with a single wave of his hand !
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highpockets
Posted 2017-01-03 5:53 PM (#530335 - in reply to #530147)
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I will try to attach a picture of a 59 Dodge 2HT from a long time ago. The guy wanted $125 for it, I was determined not to pay more than $60. I knew the guy quite well and we battled over that amount for a year. Then a wise man paid him the $125 and was driving it the next day. Probably had to file the points, maybe install a battery. But, this was 40 years ago, who would want a 59 Dodge 2 door hardtop, black, twin antennas?



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Posted 2017-01-03 6:36 PM (#530342 - in reply to #530147)
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A few screw up I made in the past were...

in 1978 I couldn't come up with $25 for a '57 Mercury junior electric car in nearly perfect condition at a garage sale. Dad refused to loan me the money stating I'd probably bring more junk home.

In 1980, I had a '56 Chevy sedan, that needed some parts to keep it on the road. I lived in Michigan then, and these cars were getting harder to find due to the rust out, I found a guy in a bad section of Detroit that was parting a similar sedan, and bought a bunch of parts from him. He told me about an old lady in this neighborhood that had a '57 Chevy convertible in her garage for $600, so I went to look at it. Parked in '64 when her husband had been killed in a car accident, it looked new under all the dust and filth. Beneath the car was lots of rust from last being driven in road salt, so I passed on it. She begged me to give her $100 for it, but since I still lived at home, I could already hear what my father would say if it appeared.

In 1997, I found a '53 Cadillac Eldorado convertible parked in a rickety old garage covered with old furniture and boxes, I stopped at the old farm house, and it was a very large, extended family of Mexican farm workers living there, but one understood enough English, and I got the owner's phone number, who was in New Hampshire. I offered to store it in a better environment until he could get it shipped home, [should have just made him a cash offer] and he agreed. The engine was in pieces somewhere in the garage, so he asked me to find them to pack inside the car. When I went back, I found the house and garage had burned to the ground, and any contents buried in a large pit in the back. It took him several years to save the $1,000 to get it shipped back to him. I was always curious to hear what happened to the car, as they are the most valuable post-war Cadillac.

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AceS
Posted 2017-01-03 11:22 PM (#530356 - in reply to #530147)
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As long as we are telling remorse stories….

I was once parting a classic unibody Mopar that was a complete roller. It was actually a rust free decent looking car, but had been hit very hard and repaired very shoddily. The whole unibody was racked with the roof kinked and floor pans popped at the seams.

The first guy only wanted the front of the car, so I torched it off for him at the firewall. It was a hurry job, not a clean cut. I sold a few more parts off the back half, and then about a week later he returned to buy the back half with the intent of merging the car back together! He decided that the car he was trying to repair was worse off than this one was even cut in half.

Who was I to argue? I loaded what was left on his trailer and told him to "keep your money - you'll need it". THAT guy HAD to have some remorse.

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Posted 2017-01-03 11:51 PM (#530360 - in reply to #530147)
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Some of you may remember a '60 DeSoto Adventurer 2HT on eBay about 10 years ago. It was white with a blue roof and had the cross ram engine. If I recall correctly it sold for around $22,000.00 and was mint. I had a like new 15,000 mile 1995 Ford Mustang Cobra "R" that I wanted to trade to him but no go - he wouldn't consider any trades. Again, 20 - 20 hindsight. Sure wish I had it to do over again - I wouldn't hesitate a second.
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Posted 2017-01-04 12:22 AM (#530361 - in reply to #530360)
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A friends grandmother had a '65 Buick Riviera parked in a carport around the back of the house. It had the clam shell headlights and plastic still over the back seat. She was in her late 70's and she poped off and said that Riviera has got 2 4bbl's carbs. I really didn't believe it and I said no it doesn't. She said just look and I raised the hood. She gave me the keys and it ran like s**t and the brakes were shot. I parked it and she told me the original motor was replaced by Buick. I was thinking its not a #'s matching and I passed at $2500. She traded it to some roofers to have a new roof put on her house. That was in the mid ninety's.
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Posted 2017-01-04 9:06 AM (#530372 - in reply to #530147)
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I have very rarely had "buyers remorse". I try to look at everything when I buy but I have had at least 70 cars and have a top 10 list of cars that I sold that haunt me to this day. Some haunt me because of what they would sell for today, some because I had to give them away for need of money and some because I enjoyed them so much. I am never going to sell my Suburban. It may get taken away from me some day but I will not sell it. NO MORE REGERTS!

A 1957 Chevy 2 dr. hardtop 283/220 HP. My first car.
A chocolate brown 1957 Chevy 2 dr. HT. 327/300+ HP.
A 1969 427/435 HP Vette that burned to the ground[didn't sell it but it still haunts me].
A worked black 1967 327/350+ HP Vette.
A gun metal grey 1974 VW THING with an 1835.
A very rare low milage high optioned triple black 1970 Monte Carlo SS454/390 hp.
A 1956 red Chevy Sedan Delivery with a 69 Camaro 302 motor.
A 1969 orange/black stripes Road Runner 4 spd. 383/stock.
And the car I owned for 25 years, my baby, and sold [because one of them had to go] my black well optioned 1967 GTO 400/360 hp.
One that haunts me although I never had it in my possession. My friend, the one I sold the 69 Road Runner too, had a 1969 YENKO Camaro with spun rod bearing. I bought it from him for $1100 in the mid-70s. Although the motor was salvageable, I didn't think it was worth messing with and I sold the car 6 months later, still in his garage for $1200. Back then $100 was like a $1000 profit today and I was happy[THEN].
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Posted 2017-01-04 9:28 AM (#530378 - in reply to #530147)
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I removed the original dual carbs, complete w/ air cleaners off my 58 Fury to install a ram setup and sold them for $50. I later sold the ram setup complete w/ air cleaners, minus exhaust, for $100 and then sold the Fury w/ a single 4 bbl. for $400 because I was moving out of state. I could have left the car with my dad but my wife (now ex) convinced me we needed the money.
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Posted 2017-01-04 9:29 AM (#530379 - in reply to #530372)
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Two cars haunt me, a 1957 Dodge Mayfair 2 door hardtop, 303 4bbl with Powerflite (it bugs me so much I have trouble looking at a picture of it) , the second one (now don't laugh) is a 1983 Dodge Aries K station wagon (the wife wanted a van so I traded it in 'cause every body was ragging on me about keeping another car) I wanted to Turbo the 2.2 and have some real fun as the car was a blast to drive, getting in that car was like putting on a shirt. I still see its face as I made the mistake of looking back.....Its probably dead now....
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Posted 2017-01-04 1:43 PM (#530409 - in reply to #530147)
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those 2.2's are HELL ON WHEELS with a turbo !!!...
i have a 1990 Eagle Talon TSi AWD with a 2.0 (not 2.2) and 3" plumbing with 24psi boost - it's never lost to any of the local "fast and furious" kiddies that 'challenge' it...

here is the 2.2 i have been hunting for for over a decade, they can't seem to be found anywhere -



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Posted 2017-01-04 3:33 PM (#530426 - in reply to #530147)
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Dave---Good grief, I hate thinking about this----especially since Fred, Jr. cringes every time he sees pictures of the various Hemi's, Fuelies, Ram Air III's , IV's, SD 389-421-455's that have been part of my retinue over the years. My rankest desires for 'repossession obsessions' are contained in the number 2: a 1963 Falcon Sprint 4-spd convertible upgraded with a 271/289 K motor, only bettered by a 1969 Formula S Barracuda convertible automatic with 3:9's that could nip those nasty 426's to around 90mph. That thing was so reliable! I'm so glad, however, that I still own the best all around car I ever had the presence of mind to buy:---a gift to myself in 1972 for making it out of 'Nam---a 1956 Coronet D500 convertible. I still take it up to Maine from Jersey most every summer without hesitation. Yet even that doesn't assuage the pained look on Fred, Jr.'s face or the depths of 'darn' in my own remorseful heart when we talk about those 'old muscle cars' that are now out of tactile, and financial, reach.----Fred
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Posted 2017-01-09 1:07 PM (#530907 - in reply to #530147)
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I still hate to admit this but in 1976 I had (my first) 1969 Hurst Olds. I traded it for a 1974 Pinto that the guy had installed a 302V8 and a 4 speed. Most unreliable car I ever owned

Now have another 1969 Hurst Olds that my kids will end up with
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Posted 2017-01-09 1:32 PM (#530909 - in reply to #530907)
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I honestly don't have any buyer or seller remorse over any cars.

My dad, though...

In 1975 he was working at a car-crushing outfit in Kansas. His boss walked over to him, and said, "Give me ten bucks." My dad reached in his pocket and gave it to him. His boss pointed over to a baby blue 1957 Chevy convertible and said, "You just bought that." It was a 283/Powerglide car with a continental kit. The car was super nice and low mileage but the grille, hood, and one of the fenders was smashed from a small accident. No problem finding the parts though - they probably crushed ten '57 Chevys every day!

Later that afternoon, he was manning the crusher when he saw the '57 go in. The guy operating the crane didn't realize it wasn't supposed to be crushed. Easy come, easy go!

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In 1981, he was offered a very nice green/white '69 Charger Daytona with a 440/4-speed for 1500 dollars. He thought about it, but he thought they were ugly to begin with and this one being green - yuck! Plus my mom told him the next car should be an automatic since they had a four year old (me) to deal with crawling around the car. So he passed. And of course that was about the year they started to explode in value.

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In 1985, he was driving a '69 Javelin with 343/auto. His sister was pregnant and needed a car with an automatic. She was driving a red '71 Cuda 383/4-speed with shaker hood and billboard graphics. So they traded. He didn't like it much, so he sold it a month later.
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Posted 2017-01-09 3:12 PM (#530921 - in reply to #530409)
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those 2.2's are HELL ON WHEELS with a turbo !!!...
i have a 1990 Eagle Talon TSi AWD with a 2.0 (not 2.2) and 3" plumbing with 24psi boost - it's never lost to any of the local "fast and furious" kiddies that 'challenge' it...

here is the 2.2 i have been hunting for for over a decade, they can't seem to be found anywhere -


is this what you're looking for? Just ran across it today...

http://kalamazoo.craigslist.org/cto/5946469416.html
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FwdLk56
Posted 2017-01-09 3:18 PM (#530923 - in reply to #530147)
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sure is!
contacting seller, thanks for the info!
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Posted 2017-01-09 10:26 PM (#530969 - in reply to #530147)
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In the mid-1980s, I was visiting West 29th Street Auto Salvage in Pueblo, CO, in order to get a couple of used parts for my 1957 Dodge. The parts guy showed me the "barn find" that they had just brought in the day before. It was a 1959 Cadillac El Dorado 2 DR HT, red and white (if I remember correctly) with the six pack under the hood. The car was complete without any visible rust or other damage, but they couldn't get it started. They offered it to me for $900. I was a private school teacher at the time making about $12K a year, so I did not have the money for it. I probably should have taken out a used car loan seeing what a 1959 El Dorado is valued at today!

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FwdLk56
Posted 2017-01-10 5:35 AM (#530990 - in reply to #530147)
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i've never really liked the "wish i kept it, you know what that would be worth today" type of car stories
i bump into those quite a bit, "i used to own <insert make/model here>, i wish i still had it, you know how much it would be worth today?"...

yeah, i know how much it would be worth today - *LESS* than what it was "when you used to own it"...

i say that because 90+ percent of the time i hear these stories, they come from the type of person that can *NOT* maintain and preserve their three/four year old daily driver...
WHAT MAKES THEM THINK THEY WOULD HAVE MAINTAINED AND PRESERVED THE CAR THEY "USED TO OWN" ???
answer - they wouldn't !!!
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Posted 2017-01-10 7:58 AM (#530995 - in reply to #530990)
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There is really only one car that I had seller's remorse. It was my first "real" car and by that I mean I am excluding the first couple of beaters I owned. It was a 70 Challenger RT/SE that I bought in 1973. I sold it to buy a brand new 1981 RX-7 and instantly regretted it. I didn't really have to sell it as I had garage space and didn't really need the money. I just missed driving an old car. I enjoyed the RX-7 and kept it for a few years, but I have never bought another new car.

Since then I have bought and sold close to 100 cars. Some I could have made a boatload of money on, and on some of them I did, but there was always a reason why I sold them and I never again looked back. After awhile you learn there is always something else out there that will satisfy the old car itch.
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