Cool cars you found but owner wouldn't sell !

A couple of years ago, before I purchased my 70 Dart Swinger 340, I spent a great deal of time scouring back yards and alleys here in Tucson, looking for the 69 Dart Swinger 340 I had back in the early 70's.(The car in my avatar!) Loved that car, but had an itch for a Z-28, so I sold it to a young friend for 1200.00 dollars just before leaving town to move back East.
Four years later I had just moved back to Tucson, when I received a call from the same young man, who was now stationed out of state in the military, asking me if I wanted to buy the car back for 750.00 dollars. I went to look at it.....a little rougher than when I sold it to him.....but decided to pass on it. I've been looking for it ever since.
One Saturday afternoon while on a seemingly fruitless pursuit for my old car, I turned a corner and sitting out in the street, next to a curb was a rough looking 70 Road Runner. It was in need of a complete restoration, but never the less was still a Road Runner. I mentioned to the man at the house how my wife had a similar 70 Road Runner, new off the showroom, back in 1970, and how cool it would be to find another one for her! I was told that the car belonged to an older brother and would under no circumstances ever be for sale! Every so often I would go back to the area just to see if it was still there, and always was.
I finally located a 70 Dart, since I was unable to find my 69 Swinger, and have spent the last few years restoring it. Just for the heck of it I decided to swing by one day and see if the Road Runner was still sitting in the street with four flat tires. As I turned the corner all I saw was empty street! It was gone. Oh well, on to bigger and better things!
I mentioned my findings to a friend who is big into working on B bodies, and after mentioning a description of the car to him and its' location he said, I have that car at my shop! I'm restoring it for the original owner. It seems the original owner of the car found out about the car, and laid a story on the guy about his desire to have his old car back, and the older brother sold it back to him, only because his story!
I guess next time, I'll just have to come up with a better, more convincing story if I really want to buy something! Ben.