Cool cars you found but owner wouldn't sell !

1979 took moms TC3 to have survive work done and a 71 curious yellow cuda convertible was sitting behind the shop, no plate so I ask about it, ended up getting it for $850 drove it for several years and sold it, ask current owner if he would like to sell, " my grandson wants that one"

Have wanted a 61/62 corvette since 1972. I use to see one year round being driven in the area I grew up in. The last time I seen it on the road it was snowing.

Then it was in a garage that would be open so when he moved it outside and let it sit I decided if I ever seen him I would stop.

Once I was able to talk to him he had bought it in 1970 from a guy he worked with and it had about 300,000 miles. He loved the car, but had a problem with the heads and pulled them. He didn't want to sell, so left him my number.

Years went by the car went from sitting in the driveway to the back yard, under a tree then got covered with a blue tarp. It sat there for years, still last time I ask he didn't want to sell. I try and look every time I go by but because of the overgrowth of bushes cannot tell if it is still there, but after the last 15 years or so under a tarp in the yard would be afraid of what is there. The glass gets soft, the frame rust (was fixed once before) so here sat a fawn beige 327 4 speed vette with hardtop and matching interior just rotting away. Have thought maybe to stop by again, but don't think I would be up to the project now.

I too was one of those guys, my 72 challenger 340 stick car sat for years and I kept saying IM GOING TO RESTORE IT SOMEDAY, we'll decided it was too far gone for me to rebuild and it wasn't worth the 12,000 it would cost, WHAT A DUMBASS I WAS

Finally after owning for 17 years I sold it and gave the guy most of my e body parts and the original 340 and the HEMI 4 speed I put in it. Hated to let it go, but if I were to get another ebody would want a western/ southern car without the rust. With what e bodies are worth today it would have been a good investment to rebuild it

But I have my Dart and Prowler