What did you not buy but wish you had, what did you sell,wish you hadn't.

[kiwigtx]

I wish I had listened to my peers, workmates and parents and bought a house when I was 19.
I also wish I had bought a 1970 Plymouth Superbird I saw at the Spring Fling in 1989....I could have just afforded the asking price...but had already committed to a bundle of goodies from YearOne.

Now I would be able to afford several cool Muscle cars from the increased investment value.

 

[droptop]

68 340 GTS 4 speed bucket seats no console, manual steering, manual disc brakes, black on black with a red longitude stride. Bought it from the original owner. Sold it in 92 when my wife told me she was pregnant with our second child. The guy that bought it totaled it out a week later.

 

[33 IMP]

So many great cars that somehow got away. Kind of sad,but at least we remember.

 

[Frank Mopar]

I regret not buying any hemi car you basically couldnt give away during the 70’s gas crunch or a Superbird/Daytona that everyone would laugh at if if owned one

Wish I had my fastback 340 formulaS Barracuda back

 

[Hemirunner]

I passed on several over the years but don’t really kick myself as they were financially out of my reach at the time.
70 hemi RR offered $7500 owner wanted 10k
70 hemi superbird owner wanted 10k
71 hemi RR wrecked in LF but had all NOS parts to repair including an air grabber hood for $5500
I kick myself for selling my 68 dart gt for $750

 

[Darter6]

Everything,and everything.

 

[FrnkNsteen]

Regret letting go of:
'70 Satellite, '71 Sebring plus 383 4spd, '73 Satellite.

Regret not buying:
'69 Barracuda Notch I saw at Mopar Nats in Ohio 2010. Car was a clean 340 4spd car asking $13k. Kicked myself for not buying it ever since.
'73 Trans am 455 Super Duty car I almost bought around 1990. Car was red with the gold eagle and true honeycomb wheels. Asking $5k and was super clean.
'70 Mustang fastback. I kept seeing this car sitting behind a place called Classic Roadsters in Fargo ND in mid 80's. They made Shelby style roadsters and had this car sitting back by the fence. I always meant to stop by and ask about it. One day a buddy of mine pulled into where we worked driving that car. He stopped by and asked about it. Picked it up for $400. Car was clean and in primer. 351 Cleveland motor with a 4spd. He found someone to block it out and paint it and had a beautiful car! That one still hurts!!

 

[6t4polara]

Fully loaded 87 Grand National bought from original owner late 90's and sold early 2000's.

 

[Bill Monk]

Wish I had bought: In 1979, I drove past a used car lot in a little hole in the wall town called Sophia, WV and saw a 71 Hemi Cuda, red car, shaker hood, white interior. I stopped and talked to the guy about it but if I remember right, he wanted $2000 for it and I thought that was high back then and I was still in high school anyway so there was no way I had that kind of money then. IF I ONLY KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW!
Wish I hadn't sold: I was going through a divorce in early 1996 and needed the money so I sold a 68 Charger RT 440 auto with 0 rust and an original interior for $2500. I had no idea the value would skyrocket like it has but even if it hadn't, I REALLY regret selling that car.

 

[Darter6]

I worked at a Dodge dealership during the first fuel crisis. You would have a stroke to see what was traded in at that time. Also the cars could be bought for next to nothing.

 

[aeon280]

Plenty I wish I would have bought and some I wish I never had. List of ones I wish I had not sold.

1984 Hurst Olds Cutlass with t-tops. 2nd car as teenager.
1976 trans am 1 of 156 built 455/4sp, rear console car. Traded it in for my newborn son.
1983 280zx. paid 150 for it at auction put a new engine in it for 250 and drove for a yr/ before trans blew. Sold it for 500 but regretted not just rebuilding trans and keeping it. 0 rust nice interior. The talking lady even still worked.
1979 Dodge Diplomat sedan. Former DOD car. Immaculate car. paid 500. Drove it as daily driver for 2 yrs up and down the highway. Ex-Wife convinced me to sell it to one of her burnout friends who was hurting for a car. Bitch blew the engine a week later and never paid me for it. Said it was low on oil so they used chainsaw oil to top it off.

 

[69 GTX]

1983 a 69 hemi RR for 300$

 

[threewood]

There were a few I would have liked to buy but I flat out didn't have the cash so I don't even count them. The one I was ready to purchase but the owner backed out on was a 1969 Roadrunner, black on black with a 440 6 pack, auto with race interior. He was asking $8000 back in 1991ish. It was well done but he flaked out as I didn't think he wanted to sell at the time.

I saw the car a year later, with a for sale sign in the window and I called his bluff again and he said he was on the fence so I walked away. What a tool.

 

[Bill Monk]

1983 a 69 hemi RR for 300$

WOW!

 

[beanhead]

Had a '71 demon in the late 80s, one of my uncles was the original owner... Why did I sell that thing! (Oh right, I was a dumb kid and nobody cared about those things back then)
As far as what I wish I would have bought, I've never had a lot of opportunities to own these cars... But but I did pass on a 70 Coronet red w/black interior 318 car, that didn't need a whole lot... I probably could have easily talked them down from their $3,500 asking price too. That would be nice to have now. The other one would be a 69 Dart with a roll cage and lightweight front end... All it needed was a powertrain and seats and the guy only wanted $1500. Looking back I should have bought it just for the Dana rear it had! But, I didn't have any mopar to drive at that time and I wanted something more for the street...

 

[wagonman]

My 70 FC7 Charger 500 my Dad bought new. Restored in the late 80s and sold in the late 90s. The only thing I regret loosing in the Divorce, had to sell because of the 50/50 community property laws. I know where it is and will get it back one day come Hell or High Water.

 

[69 GTX]

WOW!

Bill the bad part was I helped my buddy get it. At the time it was a 383 car and we didn't know any better. It didn't run when we went to look at it. It would pop out the intake and exhaust. So my buddy trades him a turntable (stereo) for it, he takes the deal. I go to my car whip out a wrench pull the distributor out, turn it 180 put it in. He hit the key fired right up and he drove it home. He had it about a year before he sold it. That's when I found out it was a hemi car. I should of known something was different cause his air grabber had a different relief than mine above the master cylinder.

 

[Bill Monk]

Bill the bad part was I helped my buddy get it. At the time it was a 383 car and we didn't know any better. It didn't run when we went to look at it. It would pop out the intake and exhaust. So my buddy trades him a turntable (stereo) for it, he takes the deal. I go to my car whip out a wrench pull the distributor out, turn it 180 put it in. He hit the key fired right up and he drove it home. He had it about a year before he sold it. That's when I found out it was a hemi car. I should of known something was different cause his air grabber had a different relief than mine above the master cylinder.

Just shoot me now

 

[451Mopar]

Plenty of cars I wish I bought, like several '70-73 Cudas in good condition that were all Under $5K
Sold several, but really have no where to store them anyway, but lately have regretted selling my '84 Ram 50 4x4 prospector 2.6L, 5-speed truck. It had a push bar, bed topper, and was in really good condition except starting to get a little rust in the floor pan. These are really hard to find now, and almost none as optioned out as the one I had.

 

[66383]

regret selling my 69 GTO Ram Air IV Orange Judge with 15,000 miles, oh yeah it was a 4-speed.