Greatest "I found a car" story you have

The car Im working on now. Story goes, my gf at the time her uncle knew I was into Mopars as I had a 69 Sport Satellite and a 67 Coronet 440, but I was looking for a convertible. Well her uncle told me about a barracuda convertible and it peaked my interest. He wanted a finders fee, and I said if I like the car and work out a deal. Then the finders fee is fine. So me and a buddy go look at it, its in a drive-in shed and is looking rough...nothing too bad, but the top was pretty much rotted off it. Well we did a walk around and looked inside, interior is all intact and there 4spd console bucket seats. Interior had been recovered in some naughahyde(leather look alike). We popped the hood, didnt look too bad, no engine, but the fendertag was there so I took the info down as I didnt know what the codes meant. No engine, but original manifolds and exhaust were there. I get home and call my mopar guru and rhyme off the codes and he starts asking me questions about the tail panel, the vin # etc. Once he realizes its legit he says buy it!! Turns out to be a 1 of 34 340 4spd "S" cuda ragtop. He tells me no matter what the price to buy it! I call the owner as he wasnt home when we looked at it, only his friend was home at the time. I find out he is going bankrupt, so I didnt give him full asking $$ but close. He said how soon??? I said in an hour! Didnt get the engine, but 4spd and diff were still in the car and I got the x-heads as well. 20 years Still a work in progress......