Re: Cars you DID NOT BUY.
My story of one that got away is very similar to one of the other stories already posted... so I can totally understand how they felt.
Back in 1974 when I was only 16 years old, I had an opportunity to purchase a gold 1968 Shelby GT500 convertible A/T - for $4,000 (this was in the SF Bay area). It was all stock and in excellent condition.
$4k might not seem like a lot of money now, but this was the same time frame I sold my 1964 tripower GTO 4 speed car (in excellent condition) for $350 and also bought my first Corvette (a black 1962 with two tops) for only $200, and early Impalas in great condition were readily available for $100-300.
I scraped up roughly $2k but had a tough time gathering the rest of the money. The woman owner (who I believe was the original owner) gave me a month to get the funds together, but it just wasn't in the cards so we cancelled the deal.
I remember driving the car down the freeway at 55 mph in San Rafael and then she tells me to punch it, which I promptly obliged. It lit up the rear tires like I was taking off from a stop sign. Man that was fun!
Charlie
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