The Mopar that slipped away
In 1970, when I bought my new 70 Duster 340/4speed B5 blue, the salesman tried to sell me a Superbird Hemi/ 4speed for the same price, $2600 out the door. At 19, I was into small, light weight, high performance cars. What did I want that huge monstrosity for? Little did I know.
Not Mopars but still painful.A couple of weeks after I bought my new 340 Duster, my aunt told me she wanted to sell her car and if I wanted to buy it. I told her if she would have been a couple of weeks earlier I would have jumped at it. It was a 68 Shelby GT500, with optional dual quad 427 side oiler, 4speed. She wanted $1800.
I now kick myself for letting both of those get away.
In 1975, just after getting out of the Army, I found a 69 Corvette, L88 427, 4speed, factory sidepipes, white leather, all options with 21k miles for $2400 and passed it up. Another one I let get away.