My first new car was a Bullitt Mustang I bought in early Sept. of ‘68 when I was 23 and had no money......incredible story.
My roommate totalled my ‘66 Mustang in the spring of ‘68 and my insurance company made a big mistake and gave me way too much money. A friend of my Dad’s was a used car dealer, I asked him to get me something that could carry 6. He took my money & delivered my an almost new ‘67 Buick Wildcat convertible loaded with everything, including a 454 cu.”, 8 mpg engine......not a car a 23 yr. old wants to be seen in.
Hated it, in early Sept. drove past Ford dealer and in the center of the showroom floor was the Bullitt. I knew the Buick was worth a lot, low mileage, like new. I asked if they would trade me even. They drove my car and said they needed my car and $300. I didn’t have $300, so I walked away.
1st lesson I learned about buying cars: walk away! Sales guy came running after me, “If you can wait 3 days, we’ll take your car and $100.00!” I didn’t have $100 either, but figured for this hot beautiful Mustang fastback in dark metallic green (”Highland Green”), I could come up with the $100. I said, “Ok, but I can’t wait 4 days as I start a new job the next state over and have to be there in 5 days......why the difference?”
Sales guy told me for every ‘68 they still had in their inventory on Sept. 5th, Ford would give them $200.
So I got my Bullitt Mustang and drove it in the ground, putting 100k miles on it in 3 years. And with “planned obsolescence” back then, that’s all you’d get out of a car before it needed everything replaced and engine rebuilt. Passed it on to a friend who then moved to Richmond, VA and it was junked there about 1973.
Loved that car........not sure, but think sticker was around $2,895....????
That’s a great story :-)
You told the right person. I think others would say you should have notified the insurance company that they gave too much
But this is planet Earth :-) they have enough money and I bet it was a rocking car. 3 years 100,000 mi of rocking and rolling. That’s awesome!!