Worst buying or selling decision!!

LO23 · #1 12-03-2009, 11:10 PM

Wondering the worst decision you have made in the past..I parted out a 68 and 69 chevelle ss 396 and an original paint and equipment 70 roadrunner in the early 80's Passed on what i believe was a gen 1 hemi barracuda! no engine or trans..Hope i have the right forum.

69Tom · #2 12-04-2009, 12:55 AM

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Nope. This should probably go in the "lounge" or general discussion area. No worries, the mods can move it for you.

My worst decision were both my 442 and my Camaro I currently own. I should have waited for the market to tailor off and buy solid examples of both instead of the rust kings I got. Oh well, live and learn....

**njsteve** · #3 12-04-2009, 02:46 AM

Selling my Lemon Twist/white interior, 1971 hemicuda ragtop for $54,000 in 1987.

DOH!

Ngtflyr · #4 12-04-2009, 02:53 AM

Marrying my Ex, wasnt a buying or selling decision but it sure cost me.

**iluv69s** · #5 12-04-2009, 02:53 AM

worst: buying a diamond for the ex-wife 25 years ago....

best: while living in a 10' wide trailer and rolling pennies and spending the 'house' money to buy my ZL-1...which eventually helped lead to my divorce...haha...

..and actually helped me pay for my divorce when I sold it too!!!

LO23 · #6 12-04-2009, 03:24 AM

Its all good. The 68 ss i parted out was ex's driver!!

gb70 · #7 12-04-2009, 04:09 AM

Doing a complete nut and bolt restoration on a '70 Challenger, RT/SE that was a non numbers 383. So upside down on that one when I sold it.

SUSQ · #8 12-06-2009, 01:43 AM

Passed on an absolutely mint '69 Shelby GT500 convertible, 428, 4 speed, gulfstream aqua, white interior, white top. $4,500 was all the money in the world in 1974.

Passed on a '62 Corvette, 327/340, 4 speed, Honduras Maroon with black interior and hardtop. Looked like the day it rolled off the assembly line. $5,500 around 1977 or so. Single guy with uncashed paychecks in my wallet. Didn't want to borrow the money to buy the car.

Traded my '70 GTO 4 speed convertible for $1,800 towards the purchase of a brand new '75 Pontica Astre.

Woulda, coulda, shoulda . . . excuse me while I go hurl.

RichSchmidt · #9 12-06-2009, 03:22 AM

It would be a tie for me.I went with a friend to look at a 72 Motion phase 3 Camaro(done in 1976) back in about 1991 for $5,500 and it was really solid with the the original Motion installed drivetrain just freshened up and every little piece there{very low miles}.We both passed on it,later found out that somebody bought the car and ripped the drivetrain out of it.

The real tear jerker for me is the day I took a cut off wheel to the rear frame rails of my Motion breathed on 73 Camaro{Not a phase 3 car or anything like that}.I bought it in high school back in 1989 and had big plans on making a killer race car out of it.I never finished it,built my Firebird instead,and the frameless hulk got bent badly in transport.I am currently in the process of fixing it after almost 20 years of being off the road.All it needed was a center trunk floor back then,now it needs almost everything.What a dumb kid I was.

The second

Verne_Frantz · #10 12-06-2009, 04:22 AM

To coin a paraphrase from a movie I like, "it was both the worst day and the best day of my life"

When I bought this car, I knew I would never sell it. But then one day I got Soooo mad at it for something (I don't remember what) that went wrong that I drove it out to the curb on the lawn and put a For Sale sign on it. I was prepared to sell it to someone for $700. obo. I was that mad at it.
It was out there for about 5min when someone pulled over and looked it. I was standing in the open garage doorway and he yelled something like, "You want to sell this car?" I think I said something like, "yeah, well, I don't know" as I walked down the driveway. Before I got there I knew I didn't what to let it go, so I said something like, "No, I'm sorry, it's not for sale. I changed my mind"
I still have the car. That was the best and worst day.

Verne