What car do you wish you had back?

[olredalert]

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

[flyingn]

my Z16 Chevelle or my 69 Judge..
Frank

[Mr70]

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.
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".
This picture was taken by my sister within the hour I first drove it home.
For this reason I cherish it the most.

[Mr70]

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.

[Mr70]

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..
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.

[Mr70]

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.

[raw muscle cars]

I own 2 now a hemi cuda and a 427 nova. but i want this car baaaaaaaad!!!!

http://www.mecumauction.com/auctions...D=KC0406-34314

[Mr70]

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.

[Mr70]

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.
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.

[Mr70]

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...