CAR HUNT! or BOF & me car shopping!
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Not Again!
CAR HUNT! FABOZENE:cool:
chapter 42
Not Again!
Run that Dart by me one more time OK?
Here's the background. Most everyone knows but for youinz who don't, the feature car for this chapter is a 1969 B5 Dart Custom slant 225. Yes it was ABB's 3 cars ago. We took it on our last vacation we had in 2009 to the Smokey Mountains. It was our sons 2nd car and that was another wrecked car story that brought him and his 69 together for the first time.
Well, now here we are again with another wrecked car story. (He even wrecked his rental truck 2 days ago...I digress...moving on...)
Here's what led up to finding his car for sale a second time. It was not advertised and had only showed up at the dealer 2 days before I saw it yesterday morning.
A few weeks back my son had me order parts for his Ranger pickup after kissing a guard rail. I got parts in and 2 days later he rolled it. Got a check from INS Co. for more than he paid. Got a rental. Finally found a pick up for him. Bought it. Next day found leaning shock tower (another long sad story) Dropped off to dealer later in day as unsafe to drive. Got another rental Ram. I went over to a friends house yesterday morning for him to look at mods needed for hitch I want to put on our 79 Aspen wagon. When I go over there, I like to look in this lot that always has some vintage cars for sale. That lot has been featured here on
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in past chapters. Well I remembered seeing a teal colored wagon the last time I was over there and wanted to see if I could tell what it was sense I told ABB it looked like a Nash Metropolitan from what I saw but I didn't think they had a 2 door wagon.
Well when I drove past it was still there but forgot my camera so just stared and drove by not really seeing or looking at any other car while going past at 30 mph. Well after having the hitch looked over, I was heading back to Indiana and I saw the lot coming up and was wondering what else they had. Then all of a sudden I look over to see Clara's Headlights and grill looking right at me! I jammed the brakes cause I always brake for flash backs normally. Guy behind me squeals and lays in the horn almost slamming me in the wagon; I take off for home freaking out calling everyone about me seeing our old car. Well off me and the boy went for Cincinnati this AM! He is going to drive his truck in winter and now he wants his car for summer! Funny thing was, while we were shopping trucks last Sat. he looked at me real serious and said, "I wish I could find my blue Dart for sale so I could buy it back."
Now really people, you all know me here and how my karma works sometimes. What weird shutzpah is going on around here??!! Just by cowinkiedink he says to me he wants his old Blue Dart back, then 2 days later I see it for sale 20 feet away from me!! Jezz! It's not even in the same state as the person I sold it to!! Then for me to just happen upon it after it somehow makes it back to my eyesight for sale in Ohio and we live in Indiana??!!
I'm sorry, that is just way too much Karma to ignore. It was too much on my boy too.
Confirmed by dealer; PO is a guy from KY (That's who I sold it to)
We will have to get in touch with him. He still has the 2 extra spear moldings and the 3 fender moldings and 2 studded snow tires for that car we want!!
PO bought it off me and tried to quick flip it for a thousand profit a couple weeks after buying from me...AS IF!!
Near as we can tell he must have been driving it as a daily cause NOTHING has been done to it sense I owned it except it being driven hard and put away wet every day. Worse condition that when we had it. Both me and the boy were disappointed but took it on a test drive anyway.
When we got in, I could smell right away it was our car. You know every vintage car has its own scent and this was all Clara! When we sit down and start her up, she now has a miss and exhaust leak. He looks over at me and says, "John, you know the mind, when it remembers something, your strongest memories always involve smell?"
I know what youre saying boy, I can see your in love again. The last time I saw that look was when you bought this car the first time. You go ahead and drive it by yourself, it's your call, your car, he takes off and I head into the office.
I tell the lady the 29 they are asking is way too much and explain our history with the car. I also told her I didn't care if they thought they were the experts, that in fact, I was the expert on 4 door Darts round these parts and have sold 5 in the past 3 years. I know that car is only worth 18 in current condition tops and even though my boy was out driving it and having a flashback at the moment that him or I will not pay more than 2 for it sense we just had a very hard time selling Lump our 74 4 door with 318 for 2 grand and it had fresh paint!
Well the boy comes back and complains about a noise. I jump in for a spin and as soon as I pulled out I heard it, something in front end like when he first bought it. Keep in mind he first purchased at 32K miles and it now has 72K miles!! That guy drove the crap outta this car!! As we go further down the street all of a sudden a loud metallic scraping noise in the rear. Needs new brakes. So I begin to look for side street to turn around and when I hit the brakes there isn't hardly any... AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Barley made the turn. Looked like a turn on Dragnet! We decide it was a fun fond memory but there wasn't any way we would even off the 2500 me and the boy discussed on the way over. So we both decided that was one shooting star he already rode and he should just move on.....Sad...
Well when we got back I handed keys and plate over to the lady and told her no thanks and have a good day, too much wrong with the car especially the price. She told us both that she talked with the lot owner while we were gone and he would take 2 for it. We'll think about it, see Ya!
Well on the way back home we discussed turning around several times to hand over the 2K cash but we both decided he could sleep on it cause no one would pay that much for that car with all that's wrong with it now. Besides we had to stop at ford to see if his new used truck was ready for pick up...OH! Speaking of pickups, I forgot to tell you...
While we were at the lot I noticed the pass front corner of the rental ram bumper was scratched and dented and asked about it. Then I noticed it was guard rail all the way down the side!! What the F??!!
That's the second guard rail in a month! F yaeh I want him to buy his 69 back. It has been the only car he ever had he didn't wreck!!
Jezz.
So he picks his truck up and calls me after dropping me off. He forgot his drivers license at the lot! He decided that sense they came off 900 in price that would more than cover getting everything fixed again. He was buying on Sat AM but now was just going back over to pay while picking up license. Car payed for, but scheduled tow to pick up and bring to my house.
That's right! It will be sitting in the same driveway again after 40K more miles! Man did that guy drive it or what??!!
Well, there it is guys, chapter 42 in the record books as a re-play!! LOL
How often can you find the first car you truly loved after you sell it, when you want to buy it back? NEVER hardly. I think that's why the boy went ahead and pulled the trigger on it. On the way home he was telling me on the phone that right now in time he feels and has a more positive outlook on life. A positive attitude he hasn't had sense he sold his car! Now he has it back!
Good on you son, I knew I taught you right!
Well FABO, that's about how the cookie crumbled around here the past few weeks. I hope you all enjoyed chapter 42 of
CAR HUNT! FABOZENE:cool:
See ya in the funny papers!
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