Worst buying or selling decision!!

[Bill Pritchard]

Worst....In 1977, selling a 13,000 mile ***perfect condition*** LeMans blue 69 Nova SS that was originally a Brigance Chevy 427 conversion car that had been street raced since new. It had a 283 in it when I had it, but it was still like a brand new car. Still had the 5.13 gear in it when I bought it. My wife was mad at me when I sold it back then, and she still reminds me about that to this day Should have kept it and sold my 73 Z28 Camaro...dumb, dumb, dumb

[427.060]

In about 1976 or so I was 19 and didn't have much money. I heard about a 64 Impala SS for sale that was about 40 miles from me. When I got there the car didn't run. A friend and I tinkered with it and got it started. The guy wanted $500. I gave him a $50 deposit and planned to pick it up the next week. I don't remember what happened but I never went back for the car or the deposit I left. BTW, the engine was a 409.
James

[MultiMopars]

Selling my 1958 Silver Blue w/Inca Silver insert and Silver Blue interior 283/290 h.p. F.I., 4 speed, power window, power top w/hartop car back in 1984. Of all the cars I have owned it is the one I enjoyed the most and miss the most.

[Mr70]

Buying an IROC Camaro,and basically giving away my 72 SS Chevelle (my 1st car) in the fall of 1984.
The kid I sold it to,wrapped it around a tree and totaled it,and I stumbled upon it at Victory Auto Wreckers months later...
I pulled the buildsheet from the backseat before they crushed it,and still have it today.

[Lynn]

1971. In one month I passed on these three:

56 Corvette, bad paint was peeling, but body was perfect. 265 three speed. Original motor. $700. thought is was too much because I could detect a bit of whine in second gear.

56 Nomad owned by a little old lady. Very nice, no rust original car with slight oxidation on the red paint. $600

55 Nomad (this one really hurts). I followed the guy to a monstrous house out in the country. Turned out he was the maintenance man, and got out of the car with a gun. We ended up talking a couple hours (not at gunpoint) and when I left he told me to just "call on ole Roosevelt if you ever need anything". Light blue Nomad with blue and white interior was really nice. But... just couldn't see spending $750 on it.

[Dog427435]

Back in the late seventies I went to look at a turquoise ’68 Camaro SS350. I don’t remember the mileage exactly, but it was a very low, original owner car. He had taken it off the road in the early seventies to race at West Hampton and it had just been sitting in his garage for years. It was a 4-spd car with slicks and headers and no other modifications. The car was perfect; the only defect was a dime sized ding in the passenger door from his daughter knocking against it getting her bicycle out of the garage. It looked brand new inside and out.
It was listed for $2500, I offered him $2000, he dropped to $2400, I went to $2200 but he wouldn’t budge. I wanted a driver, and didn’t want to have to buy tires and an exhaust system and was crappy because I had gotten a radar ticket on the Meadowbrook Pkwy going to his house and walked away from the sale.
Every time I see a turquoise Camaro I get that sick feeling in my stomach, knowing I still would have had that car today!

[1970Bluel78]

Back in the late 70's I could have a had an Orange 71 Hemi Cuda for $6500.00. Thought it was to much........duh

[74NovaSS]

Mine kills me to this day.... back in 1990 when I was 18, there was a 70 GTO Judge that set on a local car lot for a couple weeks. Light brown/fawn interior. RA IV 4-spd car. Missing hood tach. Everything else was there and decent original shape. Test drove it and the car was a absolute beast. ...... $2000...... I begged and begged... but because I had just in the previous 6 mos rolled my 71 Chevelle 3 times and then bought and was paying on an 84 Trans Am.... my parents refused to let me get the GTO.. (even they regret that one to this day now knowing what that car would have been worth now).

[Rixls6]

I've got a couple different ones that I'll always remember.
1st one was a 65 Shelby Mustang with a Paxton supercharger, original tri-y headers and spare tire. Wife and I had just got married (1979) and the guy was asking $6500.
Had the money, but decided to use that for a house and pass on the car.
2nd (also in `79) was a complete original 66 Hemi out of a Belvidere for $1100. We test ran it hanging from a chain on the ceiling of an old rickety garage. Thought the garage was going to come down around us when I revved the engine. We couldn't get the engine into the truck because the hydraulic hoist kept sinking back down, so went home expecting to return the next day, then decided we didn't want to do the deal, so left it.

[68 Vert]

A couple come to mind...

Bought a '69 RAIII GTO 'Vert in '78 from the original owner. Raced it and beat the livin' daylights out of this car for 5 years.
Drove it from NY to FL and back 3 times, never had to rebuild the drive train. I had to sell the car in '83 due to economy (lost my job).

Sold it to, at the time, the president of the GTO club of Fl. I had someone call me in the early '90's that was trying to restore the car, I heard later the car might not have survived due to typically NY rust/rot.

Again, late '70's from a family friend, I was offered a Superbird for $2,500...car had some minor rust, I passed.

Mike