What did you miss out on?

What did you pass up, not have money for, lost the number to, or have sold just before you got there? Looking back can hurt.

Summer of 1988. I had just graduated high school and had no money. Naturally that is the best time to find something. I was at a local show, drooling over a park full of northwest Mopars, when a guy asked me if I like Chargers. I assured him that I did, especially '68 through '70s. He said he had one for sale. It needed work but it ran. I got his number and called him the next day to look at the iron. At his house there it sat, a 1969 Charger R/T. It was relatively straight, needing very little body work, but the paint was bad. It did need interior, but at 18, I didn't care about that. It had a 440 in it, but he said it wasn't original. He had the original "383" in the garage and that would go with it (he had been misinformed, the one in the garage was also a 440 both with HP stampings). Then he said for the price he would throw in the '70 Charger 500, too. Sure enough, there it was. Stripped and ready for paint work. All trim was there, all glass, and grill, stuffed in the cabin and trunk. It, too, had a 440 hp engine. Like I said, I had no money. I had just gotten a job, but the guy needed the dough pretty quick. Oh yeah, all of it for $1,200!!! No joke. I need to go cry now.

What did you miss out on? :banghead: