A car I had no plans to buy…
I used to occasionally look on E-bay for parts for my 66 Charger. Years ago I found my center grille with a buy it now price that was quite good, so ever since I will check occasionally. Well sometime mid-December 2016 I was searching for parts and noticed a shiny black Satellite at the bottom of the page under “other people also viewed”. Wow that looks nice, why not take a look?
The description to go with the car is intriguing: 2nd owner from California originally, then Florida now in New Jersey (not too far from upstate New York). I put it on my watch list, no reserve I think the price was like $3,500 auction to end in a couple days. Well a couple days pass it’s 12-21-16, I get reminder from E-bay. (Of all places) an item you are interested in is ending soon.
I had mentioned the car to my son, even printed out the description. The price is still only $7,200 he says “Dad you should bid on it”. No way what am I going to do with another car? I don’t have enough room now… But then I thought you can’t buy a decent used car for this price, much less a straight shiny 50 year old classic with a big block, red interior, console and a Plymouth. Life is short so I bid on it, and crazy as it seemed I won. We will cover the wife's response in the next segment of this saga. So Merry Christmas to me.
Pictures from the Ad:
I used to occasionally look on E-bay for parts for my 66 Charger. Years ago I found my center grille with a buy it now price that was quite good, so ever since I will check occasionally. Well sometime mid-December 2016 I was searching for parts and noticed a shiny black Satellite at the bottom of the page under “other people also viewed”. Wow that looks nice, why not take a look?
The description to go with the car is intriguing: 2nd owner from California originally, then Florida now in New Jersey (not too far from upstate New York). I put it on my watch list, no reserve I think the price was like $3,500 auction to end in a couple days. Well a couple days pass it’s 12-21-16, I get reminder from E-bay. (Of all places) an item you are interested in is ending soon.
I had mentioned the car to my son, even printed out the description. The price is still only $7,200 he says “Dad you should bid on it”. No way what am I going to do with another car? I don’t have enough room now… But then I thought you can’t buy a decent used car for this price, much less a straight shiny 50 year old classic with a big block, red interior, console and a Plymouth. Life is short so I bid on it, and crazy as it seemed I won. We will cover the wife's response in the next segment of this saga. So Merry Christmas to me.
Pictures from the Ad: