Cars That Got Away

Missed out: 63 Dodge max wedge, three speed manual trans on the floor. 1967. Price was $700. I was only sixteen, couldn't afford it myself, and couldn't talk Dad into buying it.

Missed out again: 68 Barracuda fastback, factory 383 four speed car with a 440 swapped into it. It was only a couple of years old. I went with Dad to look at it. Seller's brother had taken it out the night before and wiped out a rod bearing. Could have had that one for $500, but I was in college, and broke, and Dad wouldn't bite.

(He did buy a low mileage Hemi Charger a few months later, though, and I still have that one.)

In November of 1981, I traded a really nice 73 Duster 340, rust free, accident free, original red paint with black stripe and black interior, automatic on column, PS, PDB and A/C on my first new car - a 1982 Charger 2.2. What a stupid trade that was. I sold the Charger 2.2 in 87 and bought a 67 slant six Barracuda coupe that was my daily driver for years, and more reliable than that Charger 2.2 ever was. Still have the Barracuda, but it's 360 powered now.