If I had a time machine I'd have 'not sold' a few of my old racecars
Especially my Pro-gas 49 Ford Tudor Businessman Coupe
with the 526cid Milodon Mastadon Hemi Blown FI combo
or my last 23 Altered, with the Blown FI Milodon Hemi still in it
or the 27 Brogie T altered (with a BBC pro-stock combo)
I'm sure I had good reasons for selling them, at that specific time
but in hindsight I regret it
I wish I could get back my 69 RR (org. 383 4 speed)
I had in the mid 80's
not matching #'s, I had put a built 0.030" over 440
with STR 14 6bbl, Hemi 18 spline 4 speed, 3.91:1 or 4.10:1 gears
Cragers etc.
I wish I still had my 1st Charger 68 R/T GG1 black top & guts/console,
A/C I took off almost as soon as I bought it (young kid 15)
probably had 5-6 different engine trans combos, a 513cid stroker early on
later a repaint to 77 Corvette Bright yellow, huge mistake
But;
I sold it after some 15 or so years, to my cousin
& he totaled it, like 2 weeks later
(No digital photos)
I bought a "what nowadays would be a
true barn find"
68 Barracuda BO29 426/727tf,
from a guy, a HS friends Patric Fulton's father
literally out of his haybarn, been sitting since 1969
up in the Sierras, it was like 1983-84-ish
It was dirty as all get out, rats & nest etc.
I put another good amount of $$ into it, a s much as I paid,
getting it running & driveable, mostly rewired it, rebuilt the Hemi & TF trans,
did brakes & lines, new tires, all the rubbers, new seat covers
replaced the side windows (hard as **** to find that thinner glass) etc.
then I sold it...
I got extremely frustrated
I couldn't drive it on the street or register it at the time...
I had no intention of racing it, it was outdated for that era...
I had other cars at the time, far faster cars,
I didn't really think of the long term...
(no photos at all, I was never much on photography, no digital photos)
I'd like to go back & talk my stepdad Bob
out of selling his racecars
I'd give him a stack of cash
even double or triple what he sold them for
it would have still been a steal...
S/S M/P 70 GTO Judge Ram Air III w/Ram Air IV heads & exhaust, 4 speed
or his M/P 68 Firebird 400 Ram Air I 4 speed
I was only like 13 when he sold them...
He bought a damn used POS, old Cutty Cabin Cruiser Boat with the $$$
sold them for c
hump change
(I don't remember exact amounts)
I think my mother had something to do with it too...
I loved her dearly, so did he, but she was a tough/strong minded gal...
(my stepdad was whipped too, but he gave her a good life)
He/Bob also had earlier sold his daily driver
an old Bronze colored/LA raked, nose down 35 Ford Pick Up,
Buick Powered, Muncie 4 speed, Magnesium Halibrands/slots & Cheater slicks...
Just after he married my mom in Sept. of 1965, I was like 6...
He sold them to put a bigger down payment on a new house in Concord...
I'd have given him 2-3 times what he sold it for...
Hell maybe 10 times, I loved that lil' hot rod truck...
That Truck, in just a few rides, was probably the start of
me being a total gearheard...
If I had the cash & a time machine
I'd go to Plymouth Dealerships & buy every 70 Superbird
Hemi Powered & 4 speed pref.
&
Go to Dodge dealerships & buy every 69 Daytona Charger
Hemi Powered & 4 speed pref.
Maybe even a few E-bodies 'cuda or Challengers too
I'd probably go to places like Mr. Norms Spauding Dodge
or Baldwin Motion
or Don Yenko's dealership
or Nicky's Chevrolet
& get every speciality car they could come up with
or Dick Landy's Dodge
I'd Oder at-least 1 of each
LO23 Dart & BO29 Barracudas