Once in a life time ! ? ! ?

I read this thread, and it got me thinking about my 1st car. A 1968 Formula S 340 4 speed notchback, with only 46,000 miles. It was aqua in color, with a white stripe, and white vinal top. It had white seats, and panels, and the rest of the interior was black. :love4:
I thought what the heck. I called the last place where I had seen it some 28 years ago. It turns out that the person who lives there is the brother of the man that still owns my old car. He said it's stored, and he hasn't even looked at it in years. The original motor is gone, and replaced with another 340. There was never any rust on it when I had it, but I guess they had repainted it a different color. He said he didn't think his brother would sell it, but if he did, he would probably want at least $10,000 for it. Guess he watched B-J auctions. :angry5: It's hard to think of paying that much for it with the changes that have been done to it. I agree that it's hard to put a price on memories, but without the winning lottery numbers, I think my owning it will be quite a stretch. You guys can imagine how much I would love to be ripping up North Street in it again. :burnout:

ahldo 1, I must thank you for helping me remember some of my past. Good luck with your new/old girl, and don't give her up this time. Tim

I was just talking with a friend (fishman) the other day about the price of parts today. He`s looking for grille parts for his 69 Barracuda and finding them really expensive. We laughed at the fact that I`d spent only $400.00 for a 69 Dart GT or $550.00 for a 68 GTS back in the 70`s and now you can hardly find decent parts for less than the cost of what we payed for the entire cars back then.