[tubebender]

Back in 1974 when my kid was 16 and working in a repair shop after school an old guy came in with a 67 camero with the hideaway headlights and wanted the trailer hitch removed as he was trading it in on a bigger vehicle to tow his trailer. My son told him he would pay him what ever he was offered on a trade and bought it for $600. It was a very rare factory equipped 396 with the 4 speed.

Son nearly killed himself and a couple of friends when the brakes faded on a panic stop from a 120 mph. He sold it for $1,800 a couple of weeks later only to open a Car Craft Mag to see they were extremely rare and worth at least $3,000 at that time.

The old man put 3 clutches in it trying to tow a little travel trailer. As you know the trailer hitch hangs off the bumper? and I would not tow a paper bag with it...

[Kickass Conservative]

Guess I won’t mention the 69 Shelby 350 that I was supposed to buy from my Dad’s friend for $2000 back in the seventies.

Called him up, told him I would buy it the next morning after I stopped at the Bank. After I got the money, I called to tell him I was on my way. He told me he sold the car to a friend of his the night before.

WHEN YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE.

[FastCoyote]

[Son nearly killed himself and a couple of friends when the brakes faded on a panic stop from a 120 mph.]

Heck, my Camaro barely stops at 20mph much less 120 (I’ve only done 110 myself). That’s one of the first coming upgrades, the Wilwood disk brakes.