Thanks Pete...same to you and yours!
Here's an update for those keeping score on the car and the market
The deal with my friend fell through and included a driver trade. Outside of that I had an offer for $65K, but was not interested given that I've just put $7,500 in the drivetrain. One other person called yesterday and tried to negotiate, but I have taken the car off of the market and will stick with my original plan to make the car my cruise night car. As I have mentioned before, things always have a funny way of working themselves out. I reluctantly posted this ad on Friday morning before starting work. About 2 hours later, my new boss calls me in to talk about the 2007 bonus plan and mentions that a promotion that I was working towards in a year or so will come "sooner rather than later" and that he is very pleased with what I have done so far (saved them $100K the day before
). So, if all works out, the promo will more than cover a mortgage payment. We haven't had a mortgage for a few years and I wanted to keep it that way, but the reality is that I can always sell any cars that I have if things go sour again. Those who have been through an unexpected job loss will understand where I am coming from.
Two other interesting developments happened due to this ad...I have a lead on a local body shop that does great work at a reasonable price and we are checking it out tomorrow...and, someone who thinks they remember this car from 1975 contacted me and may know the student who was driving it to school at that time! This is where my previous research had gone cold, so this is a huge thing!!!
Thanks again for all of the words of support and advice guys. I really do appreciate it
