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The Car That Got Away (Vanity, Sunday Fun)
Self | January 9, 2022 | Super7man

Posted on 01/09/2022 5:54:08 AM PST by super7man

Let's get right to business.

What car have you owned and then sold, that you wish you could get back? When did you buy it and what did it cost? When did you sell it and for how much? Why did you sell it? What is it worth today?

Pictures are allowed.

I'll start.


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KEYWORDS: cars; sold; value
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To: super7man

1957 Porsch. Don’t want to talk about it.


41 posted on 01/09/2022 7:19:08 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (Hatred is the essential tool of the tyrant.)
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To: super7man

1976 Levis Renegade CJ-7 Jeep.

What a POS that 304 engine and 3-speed transmissions were, but it was a fun thing to drive!


42 posted on 01/09/2022 7:21:06 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: super7man
1974 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 Bertone (my car was identical to this one). Traded in for a new 1985 Alfa Romeo GTV6/2.5 (now owned by my son)
43 posted on 01/09/2022 7:23:38 AM PST by paterfamilias
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To: super7man

British Racing Green. 1969 was the year i sold it/joined the Navy.


44 posted on 01/09/2022 7:23:54 AM PST by Afterguard (Deplorable me! )
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To: super7man

Summer of 1971. I was in college. Saw a car advertised in our local newspaper. 1965 GTO. Called on it. Guy wanted $700 ... I paid $650. Mellow yellow / Convertible / 4 barrel / 325 Hp / Automatic ... Almost cherry ... Required premium gas ... Fast ... Drove it for less than two years ... sold it for $600 ... wanted a ‘67 LeMans because it had an eight track tape player stereo ... that GTO today, almost 50 years later, would bring over $50,000 ... have regretted selling that car since day one !! It’s called life !!


45 posted on 01/09/2022 7:30:40 AM PST by 1776 and beyond (Fast Pontiac Goat)
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To: super7man
My 1968 gold 396ci Chevelle SS that I bought as a student through the GM employee discount program for very little (it had been driven by the plant manager as a company car and had but 3000 miles on it.) Man, that was fun to drive, wide open across the flat Ohio turnpike in the middle of the night returning to classes in Michigan. I recall the tollbooth attendant in Toledo doing a double-take on the time stamped turnpike ticket I received when entered it at the Pennsylvania state line (I made, uh, very good time with that 180-mile portion.)
46 posted on 01/09/2022 7:42:34 AM PST by glennaro (Stop living your precious life in irrational fear. Live unmasked, unvaxxed, unbullied and unafraid.)
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To: super7man
This has a happy ending. (At least so far). ex-wife got arrested for embezzlement and went to jail. I filed for divorce, and the people's republic of Oregon still mandated equitable division of assets, and alimony. This necessitated the sale of my 2006 Ariel Atom. (Pictured here in November 2013 as the transport truck was picking it up to take it to Georgia. I'm dressed in black to indicate my mourning.) 8 years, 2 weeks later (aka a month ago!). The buyer contacts me to tell me that he's thinking of selling it. I'm now in the position to be able to buy it back, so I DO! (After he made a bunch of improvements to it as well)
47 posted on 01/09/2022 7:42:46 AM PST by FrankRizzo890
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To: super7man

1 57 Porsche, Dad would not sign”We only buy Ford.”
2 34 Packard, 4 dr. Phaeton, B, 57, drafted 58, sold.
3 79 Firebird, Bought, maxed on order black, red bird &
interior. Stolen in Miami 87!


48 posted on 01/09/2022 7:44:27 AM PST by GOYAKLA
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To: AnglePark

My brother had one of the Shelby’s. He also had a ‘06 Mustang GT.


49 posted on 01/09/2022 7:55:14 AM PST by cyclotic (I won't give up my FREEDOM for your FEAR)
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To: super7man

I bought a 1969 Chevy Nova 350 SS for $700 in 1974. I traded it a year later for a 1972 Ford Pinto because even at 50 cents a gallon, I couldn’t afford to feed it.


50 posted on 01/09/2022 8:00:26 AM PST by aomagrat (Brains have been washed. Wheels have been greased. Fear has been mongered.)
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To: super7man

I tend to buy cars and keep them until they need a repair that costs more than they are worth. Then junk them.

My favorite was a 1973 Mercury Comet. With V8 and none of the performance-robbing anti pollution gear that came later, I could out accelerate later model Corvettes.


51 posted on 01/09/2022 8:00:36 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: cyclotic

That’s too funny — sounds like we’d all get along really well! ;-)


52 posted on 01/09/2022 8:00:49 AM PST by AnglePark
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To: super7man

The 3 main cars I wish I had back.
70 Mach 1 Mustang
76 Datsun 260z
88 Pontiac Firebird GTA T top
A restored Mustang and GTA now would go for around $50000.


53 posted on 01/09/2022 8:01:30 AM PST by sunny bonobo
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To: super7man
In 1981 I bought a 1970 Ford Mustang for $1800.
It had a 302 V8 with automatic transmission.
It needed body work, engine work, and paint.
I taught myself (with help) how to do all three of those things.
Drove & restored it from 1981 - 1984.
I had some serious fun with that (my first) car.

I illegally street-raced the thing. Drag raced it on Front Street in Philly,
(and consistently lost to the big block Mopars - 400/440 Charger,
Challenger, Baracuda, etc.). The small block 302 would lose
to a big block anything, basically. (Yes, illegal street racing is a sport
only for young crazy guys. Dangerous and reckless. A hazard to civilization.
At the time I fit that description.)

Truth be known - I had a heckuva lot of fun beating the living h@!l out
of that car. It would be worth a bit of money now, of course. (If I had
kept it in pristine condition - and not had all of the fun... )

The speedometer cable was broken for a long period of time -
so the odometer was totally inaccurate - but conservatively
that car had well over 300K miles on it when it gave up
ghost and I sold it for parts.

We won't talk about the 1980 Ford Thunderbird 'boat-mobile'
which came next - drove it for less than year. It had a soft,
comfortable ride is the best thing I can say about it.
Oh, and my car insurance bill was cut about in half.

In 1986 I bought a Ford Ranger pickup brand new. I now forget what I
paid for it. V6, 2-wheel drive, extended cab, two-tone blue.
Pretty reliable except the electrical system in that thing ate headlights -
consistently. I got 296,000 miles out of it before in 1996 I traded it in
for a new 1996 GMC Sierra pickup. 4WD, extended cab, short bed,
350 V8, burgundy with a silver pistripe. Now THAT is the one vehicle I
wish I had kept. I should have replaced the exhaust system and kept it.
I drove that thing through the majority of the lower 48 states.
Super-reliable truck.

The thing was an absolute billy goat in the snow and the mountains
of VA, NC, OR and NV. Hit two deer with that thing with minimal
damage. 185,000 miles it gave me before I sold it outright.

Then I bought a 2006 Hyundai Elantra. Drove it for 170,000 miles
before I sold it (years ago) to the college-age sons of a friend
of mine. Last I heard it is still going strong. That thing was even
more reliable that the GMC truck. Only bad thing I can say about
it was Hyundai at the time had a problem with one specific type of
black paint (in 2005/06). The problem affected several Hyundai models.
Paint would fade seriously after a few years. So the boys got
the thing a cheap paint job, which fixed that.
I also remember hearing that they replaced the exhaust system.
Hey, all exhaust systems rot out in time.

Now I just lease affordable, reliable (hopefully) transportation. The thrill is gone, really.

54 posted on 01/09/2022 8:04:55 AM PST by GaltAdonis (As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide. Abe Lincoln)
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To: Sacajaweau

1978 Monte Carlo. Could drive it with one finger and could sit a coke on the seat without it spilling a drop.


55 posted on 01/09/2022 8:05:35 AM PST by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: super7man

1973 Buick Centurion Convertible! Was my college car, had to sell when it broke down and I was too poor to fix!


56 posted on 01/09/2022 8:08:08 AM PST by Vikon99 (-Yeah, I make very complex things.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Yowza!!

My entry here was going to be a 1973 Dodge Swinger Coupe. Burnt orange with ivory top. Slant 6.

My very first car in 1981, 73,000 miles. I kept it great and then I married a moron who insisted he must do all maintenance and killed it from lack of oil changes.

Yup. Dropped dead with a horrible noise on Route 202 in Theills.

He subsequently killed my 1983 Toyota Cressida with the same MO. I subsequently killed the marriage.

I still despise him with a passion.


57 posted on 01/09/2022 8:18:48 AM PST by CaptainPhilFan ( )
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To: super7man

55 Chevy 4-door wagon. Bought it for $400.00 and later handed the title over to my brother to clear a debt of about $2K. Still miss that car 30+ years later.


58 posted on 01/09/2022 8:21:31 AM PST by Two Kids' Dad (((( When tyranny becomes law, resistance becomes duty. ))))
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To: super7man

I’m in my fifties and would love to have the vehicles I had in the 1980s. 1973 Ford Bronco- top was off May through September! 1968 Barracuda with 383 and four speed— would get sideways year round! Sandbags in the back November through March…


59 posted on 01/09/2022 8:23:21 AM PST by philled (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk! )
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To: rlmorel

Great photos!


60 posted on 01/09/2022 8:24:37 AM PST by philled (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk! )
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