Wish I had the 32 roadster that we set the D fuel record of 1534 at El Mirage in 54 with.
After Voight and Colb beat us at Bonneville with their Hemi DeSoto I sold it for $650 including the Hallibrand quick change and all the street gear that was stripped out to go racing.
For that matter I wish I had my 40 coup street racer I sold for $600 to get married in 1958.
I remember going to look at it and there was a big dent in the passenger side quarter panel. I remember saying to him, “I can't believe you would try and rip off your Best Friend's Brother” (me).
Then there were the other two cars that I missed out on, a 70 Chevelle SS 396 that my buddy wanted the ridiculously high price of $2750 back in the mid 70’s and the one I still have nightmares about, a 1969 Shelby Mustang GT350 H that I almost bought way back in 1974.
The guy who owned it did some business with my Father. My Dad calls me up and says this guy has the Car and he wants to know if I'm interested in buying it. I call the guy up and tell him I will come by the next morning after work (I worked Mids back then). He says OK, so after work I call him on the way to the Bank to get the $2000, yes $2000...
The guy says, sorry, he sold it to someone else the night before because the guy had the Cash. I think I would be in Prison today if I went over there and he told me in person that he sold it out from under me. I never talked to the guy again. 40 plus years later and it still pisses me off. My Wife tells me to let it go every time it comes up in conversation, like when I'm watching the Auto Auctions on Velocity Channel and Speed Channel.
That car would be my first Lotto Car. They only go for $125,000 nowadays. Or I raid my Retirement Account and get one before the Wife files for Divorce.