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why do we own these cars ?

Back to the topic, I look at it like this.If I do sell, I will never be able to replace it for what I've sold it for.Meaning, will I be able to find something better for the same money ? I haven't had that luxury yet. Like many of you I'm not getting any younger so what I sell off now the wife and or kids won't have to deal with the stuff when I'm gone. It keeps ya thinkin'. Least me anyway.
 
When Sonny gets behind the wheel & cranks the old tunes, beep the horn at neighbor women, ......listen to that rumble......
well, I am 17 again......just for awhile.....
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and if you don't get it.....
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I feel sorry for you.......
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For me, as many others have said, getting in the car for even a short drive is a huge stress relief/happy event. Even just a run to Home Depot or wherever.
I am lucky to live within two of the biggest car venues in the U.S. - Carlisle and AACA Hershey - Giant Stadium. Not to derail the topic, but you should see Fall Hershey once if you're into cars.
Not everyone is into all things automotive, but Fall Hershey is interesting.
 
Ah, yes...Hershey. For years I went to the huge Porsche swap meet. Mostly as a vendor, a couple times to just buy.
 
not really sure why i own mine..... it just sits there in a million pieces

someone recently posted a want ad for a 68 GTX project....... so tempted, it would be the gateway out of this hell
 
eldubb440 said:
not really sure why i own mine..... it just sits there in a million pieces

someone recently posted a want ad for a 68 GTX project....... so tempted, it would be the gateway out of this hell
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Your to busy with other peoples projects. :D
 
furyus said:
I'm getting old too, and having health issues that slow me down. I think about selling my cars, but when I walk out to the garage, and look at them, I fall in love all over again, and don't want to sell them. I keep reminding myself, that if I do sell, I will never have that car again.
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It's like buying a recliner with a motor that reclines you up and down and lifts you up so you can get out the chair. You know it's going to be the last chair you ever buy. :/ But you're right, once we give up the cars we loved all our lives it can be very sad.
 
I'm 68 and really starting to feel it. Numerous nagging health issues keeping me from doing all the things I thought and assumed I'd be doing when I was retired (at least before I turned 70). But when I crank up the Road Runner and hear that big block Mopar idle and take it out for a drive and feel the raw, brutal, loud power as I rip through the gears, I'm 20 years old again and I forget about any thing else.
It's like a time machine for us old guys. ;)
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RRDon said:
I'm 68 and really starting to feel it. Numerous nagging health issues keeping me from doing all the things I thought and assumed I'd be doing when I was retired (at least before I turned 70). But when I crank up the Road Runner and hear that big block Mopar idle and take it out for a drive and feel the raw, brutal, loud power as I rip through the gears, I'm 20 years old again and I forget about any thing else.
It's like a time machine for us old guys. ;)
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Sweet lookin Road Runner you got there. Just looking at it probably makes some of those aches and pains tolerable. :thumbsup:
 
I put too much sweat and blood into mine to ever get rid of them. I’m 40 years old and still have the first vehicle I owned in high school. 77 dodge truck.
 
One more thing, these cars will hold their value going forward and most likely keep increasing in value over time. So one way to look, it's better than most savings accounts at a bank. And, at least from my perception, the vast majority of people (including yours truly) who part with the cars they loved and put so much time and effort into, always wind up wishing they'd had keep them.
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Pic of me at Pony Express 100 Open Road Race in 1998.
 
I have a friend that bought two 68 chargers in the 80s for 500 bucks. He raced one but life got in the way. They both set in his back yard for a couple decades. No motors. He sold them a couple months ago for 10k each.
 
I'm in the same boat (crowded in here) I don't have one or two perfect cars as some guys. I have usually half a dozen that are restored by me from top to bottom all done by my wife and my self. I have some that haven't been out of the shop in three years. I have several times said I should just sell them all because I never seem to drive them. My wife wont let me and tells me to get off my rear and build something. Different than most, my wife is always looking for one more lol.
 
I drive my convert throughout the warmer months (about 2-3k a year) and just love it. The grandkids love it. Nothing like cranking Grand Funk Railroad on the factory 8-track and feeling young again. My wife and I also driver her creep wagon a lot since I did the suspension work. I told her that the wagon reminds me of driving with my father as a little kid in his big 68 Polara 4 door. I can't imagine not having an old Moper. It is a sickness.

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Dreamcatcher said:
I'm in the same boat (crowded in here) I don't have one or two perfect cars as some guys. I have usually half a dozen that are restored by me from top to bottom all done by my wife and my self. I have some that haven't been out of the shop in three years. I have several times said I should just sell them all because I never seem to drive them. My wife wont let me and tells me to get off my rear and build something. Different than most, my wife is always looking for one more lol.
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Sounds like you won the great wife lottery. Not too many wives connect with these cars like yours does. Lucky you. :)
 
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