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What car do you wish you had back?
To go along with the "Dream Car" post I wonder, if you could have just one car that you let go back what would it be?
Myself I think I wish I had never sold my 1968 Camaro SS/RS 396. It wasn't very original but it looked great and was a blast to drive. |
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Mine is my hugger orange 69 RS_SS L_78 Camaro now owned by a member here, John P
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You know Al that was my favorite to. I was fortunate enough to be in the drivers seat a handful of times. I wish I had the $ to buy it.
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D, isn't that the car that John let you drive for your birthday? (lucky guy https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif)
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Yeah Bruce. John has an awesome collection but that car was my favorite. I considered trading my Z for it I loved it so much. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif
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My 69 El Camino SS396. Got it done exactly how I wanted it and it drove like a new car... then had to sell to buy the Deuce. No regrets, but I still miss it. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif
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Darren that car was cool...
Joe, that El Camino was awesome, too https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif |
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Thats a nice mino! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif In 1984 I bought a 68 camaro RS/SS 396 vert.wait I still have it. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/laugh.gif http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...6/camaro41.jpg
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all of them
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This is not a super car, but I wish I had my 89 Saleen SSC mustang back! That was a fun car. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
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Either my 1969 Z/28, Cortez Silver, Black stripes, hood, spoilers, standard interior that I sold in 1977, or, my dad's 1964 Galxie XL 500 ragtop, dark green w/brown interior, 4 speed and I think the motor was a 390 ??. He traded it in 1972 on a slant 6 Duster with a 3 on the column.
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As in previous posts, I've admitted to pushing a lot of rare muscle (like a '69 Judge) into the press back 25 plus years ago working at the boneyard. . So not counting these and only my own transportation, I'd most want my '69 442 post car back! . It was a M40 car that I put a '69 Toro' 455 in and was a ton-o-fun! . Maybe it was all the back seat action from those days I'm wanting back?? ~ Pete
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My 70 SS monte carlo, that was a fun car!, i would have loved to buy that convertable monte that was discussed here recently, ya i know it's not factory but i have a weakness for rags.
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My dad always talks about his old Ford Thunderbolt and how he regrets selling it. But hey it allowed my parents to get their first home so I guess things work out for a reason.
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1967 Shelby GT350 #165 I purchased it from the original Owner. 77,000 Miles original 289 Hi Po with A/C, Automatic car. If it was a 4 speed I would have kept it I told myself back then! Wimbledon white car with black interior. needed full restoration, but was all there with NOS parts to Boot!I foolishly sold it 3 years ago for a Nice profit. I would buy it back today for twice the selling price and still be getting a deal!
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My 1970 LS5, red Corvette coupe, that I purchased from the original owner's widow in 1977, or my 1970 Challenger 440 R/T SE, which I now believe was a MR NORM car.
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It's nothing spectacular vs. all the supercars. But I would love to have my grandfather's '70 cutlass supreme 4 door sedan. He purchased it in 1975. It was a bright yellow (probably a lemon yellow), tan vinyl top and light beige interior. My grandmother got rid of it a year after he passed away. All original car with 60,000 miles on it. My sister's and I grew up with that car.
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------At the moment I guess Id be pretty dumb not to want Red Alert back,,,,,,Huh!!!!........Bill S
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My 67 Chevelle Ss396 350 hp 4sp guages walnut wheel Maroon blk top and interior. Paid $950.00 in 70 2nd favorite 70 Nova Ss 350 auto console guages 12 bolt paid $1800 in 71 Boy those were the days John P knows the cars.
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I want Red Alert back and I never owned it......
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Was there more than one Red Alert Chevelle or was there 71/72 nose and bumper changes to the 70 car? ~ Pete
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This is my first car and I never let it go. I hope I don't let it go and want it back because it's a sinking, lonely feeling . . .
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I'd like to have my 68 Ram Air Firebird back. The engine was balanced and blueprinted with headers and the Royal Bobcat kit. The rearend had traction bars and the rims widened to 8 inches. It looked like a regular 400 Bird and the off white gave it a certain sleeper look.
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Pete,
--------Red Alert is, of course, a 1970 and to date has never had the nose loose. The confusion comes from AMT. AMT never saw Red Alert until sometime in 1971. Since they had already changed the 1970 model molds over to the 1971 design and were too cheap to change the mold back they made the model as a 1971. Bob was a little miffed over it but he was such an easy going guy he said OK.........Bill S |
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my Z16 Chevelle or my 69 Judge..
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I wanted to wait until today to post this.
On this day,26 years ago,I bought my very first car at the age of 16.It had 33K miles. It cost me $800.00,of which I earned myself. I found this 1972 Chevelle Super Sport 350 around the corner from the now defunct Flame Restaurant in Oak Brook Terrace,Il...It eventuall burned down. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif I bought it from the Original owner on February 6th,1980. He bought it originally from Fencl-Tufo Chevrolet in Glendale Heights Il. "Your Monster Dealer". https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif This picture was taken by my sister within the hour I first drove it home. For this reason I cherish it the most. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...s/72ss0001.jpg |
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In the Fall of that same year,My best friend and I sanded down the body and added a lil Bondo to where it needed it.
I took it down the street to a neighbor who agreed to paint it,so long as we did all the taping and removal of chrome. He painted it for free,and we then added all the chrome pieces back on it. This was my HighSchool cruiser and I absouletly LOVED this Car. It did everything I asked of it and more. It exceeded all my expactations. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...s/72ss0011.jpg |
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In March 1981,I parked it on the street outside my friends house,while we went cruising Main Street in Lombard in his 1969 Camaro SS/RS.It was after all,his turn.
When we came home,we found my Chevelle not at all where it should be. I was the victim of a Hit & run.. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif It was pushed 50 feet down the block,facing 90 degrees where it started.There was no street lights in this rural area,and all I could see was small parts laying all over the street by the illumination of my friends Headlights. To say I was Pissed was an understatement..Nobody saw or heard a thing,and come Daylight,the damage was obvious. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...s/72ss0007.jpg |
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I called the local Police to file a report.
Afterwards they said it was highly improbable I would ever find who did this..They told me to call it a total,and drove away.My insurance Co. agreed. I refused to listen to them or let this happen,as I had to much heart & soul into her,and I was not about to give up. The frame was not bent.The Damage looked worse then it really was.My insurance Co. considered this a Total,as it was worth much less than the estimate bodyshops gave me of $2500.00. I was determined to get her fixed. But something else was tugging at me also. I picked up over 500 small pieces of the car that hit me at the accident scene.I went home and put them all together like a puzzle,and created a complete 1981 Ford Tempo front end,colored blue. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...s/72ss0005.jpg |
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I own 2 now a hemi cuda and a 427 nova. but i want this car baaaaaaaad!!!!
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I immediately noted all the part numbers on those parts,and confirmed them with the local Ford dealer parts man.I was right on the car model.
This was only 4 days after the accident,so I then proceeded to the local Bodyshops to see if any cars fitting that description had come in for an estimate. At the second bodyshop I visited,the manager said a Blue Ford Tempo had come showing the same damage of the grill I showed him When I asked for the name of that very customer,he refused to release it,saying it wasn't good policy for them. After pleading with him,he still refused. I went right to the Police and layed out everything up to that moment,6 officers looked at me like I had 3 heads.Dumfounded they followed me back to that Bodyshop and Ordered that manager to release the name of that cars owner. He sheepishly did. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...s/72ss0006.jpg |
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I took that driver to court,and won a settlememnt of $3000.00.
The Driver who hit me was a School teacher from Milwaukee who was visiting his parents that weekend down here,and was out driving drunk.He said he didn't even know he hit a car until he woke up the next morning and saw the damage to his car.He actually got an estimate in the town he hit me in,then drove 2&1/2 hours back to Milwaukee to go about his daily life. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/confused.gif After I paid my lawyer his third,my friend & I completely dismantled my Chevelle and rebuilt her on the frame as factory stock.Long Chevrolet was the major Parts supplier I went to back then. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...s/72ss0010.jpg |
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She was my sweat & blood and I knew every inch of her.Her small block 350 was one of the Best engines I ever felt to this day.I did add a few modifications over stock.
I kept her until September of 1984 where I sold her for $4000.00 to a kid at Chevy VetteFest at Arlington Park Race track.I tried to find him to buy her back years later,but I couldn't locate him. I soon saw her many years later at Victory Auto wreckers after being wrapped around a tree and harvested. I pulled her rear Bumper SS pad emblem,withdrew the buildsheet from the backseat and never looked back. I wish I had her back... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...s/72ss0009.jpg |
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