said_aouita;1168018 wrote:Was considering making a new thread but decided just post here.
Anyone ever miss out on purchasing a cool car? Something they could kick themselves for later?
I'll bite. Those old IH were tough. As far as cars I've had a couple I missed on/passed and regret.
1. 67 RS Camaro. My Aunt bought this car new. I told her when I was 12 I wanted to buy this car from her when I turned 16. She said "Honey if this car is still running when you're 16 I'll give it to you"...my Uncle sold it while on a trip to Tennessee when I was 14. I believe I saw that same car 4 years later while I was in the same town where he sold it. It was parked like it was broken down/out of gas on the side of the road.
2. 69 Cougar XR7 Convertible. Red on White with white pin striping. Saw this at a car lot when I was 16. I didn't have the money to buy it so I tried to see if Dad would buy it and I'd pay him back. It was kinda rough, but I loved it. He wasn't having it. He said "Son, somebody has already run the dog shit outta this." They only wanted $750.00 for it, but he wasn't having it. Saw a car pretty much identical to it a year or so later at that same lot, but a different name, for $4500.00.
3 69 Ford Torino. White with a black hood. I saw this car in a persons yard that I went to Church with, but waited for a while to ask him about it. I finally asked him about it one day and He referred to it as a Cobra Jet. (I'm not sure if it was a true Cobra Jet or not, but it did have the Cobra emblems near the front wheels and it had the Talladega paint job so it might have been a 'clone'). He said someone is already making payments to him to buy it. Day late and a dollar short. Makes me wish I would have saved my money then instead of spending it on my waste of a girlfriend...but then again she did put out.
