EdM
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My 1965 Corvette coupe with the solid lifter 365 HP 327. I bought it in 1986 and sold it 8 years later. My daily driver for years.
What NON-Mopar car do you most regret selling?
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whitebomber63
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1969 Chevy C20 with the 350 in it, I bought it for 500bucks and repainted it got it running good then sold it 8 years later for 2000$
I miss that truck it ran sooo good.
I miss that truck it ran sooo good.
Topless69
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My red 67 Firebird Sprint 6. First car I ever owned. PO had blown the engine and replaced it with a 400 Ram Air III. It was a 4 speed with a Posi rear end and 6 cyl. gears - still had factory exhaust manifolds and a single exhaust! The best thing was it still had the Sprint 6 callouts on the hood bulge and sounded like a sewing machine with the factory exhaust system on it.
Got a lot of surprised looks when I stomped on it and only ever lost 1 race...to a big block Roadrunner
One of my very first cars was a 67 Triumph Spitfire. Had real wire knockoff wheels. 2 SU carburetors with a 4 speed and 4 series gears. It would scoot. I kinda regret selling it.....I got a LOT of skirt in that car. lol
jbharris
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My friend had a Torino. It was a very solid 71 Torino GT 351 4barrel Cleveland 4spd Shaker Hood. His was Gold with black interior. You are correct they are pretty rare. I helped him sell it in the late 90's. The guy that bought it said the same thing that he never seen another one. Crazy part of this car was my friend lived in it before my family met him. He moved in with us and got his life straighten out. He always kept the car and I never know why until the day he sold it. He had bought a house and the day that he paid it off said I'll never need to live in that car again.
aengineguy
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My 1970 Chevelle SS 396 (L78!) 4-speed. Headers, bigger cam, bigger carb. Probably pushing 500 hp (do the research) Was a handful when I was 18. No problem spinning to 7 grand, but I did bust a few valve springs. Had highway gears in it, can't imagine what it would have been like with 4.88's.
My 2004 Chevy SSR IF I ever sell it !?!
My 2005 Chevy Avalanche SSA
My 64 Dart GT , sobbing.
My 64 Dart 270 wagon.
My 2005 Chevy Avalanche SSA
My 64 Dart GT , sobbing.
My 64 Dart 270 wagon.
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All of my International Scouts
AMC Eagle wagon, indestructible 258.
AMC Eagle wagon, indestructible 258.
Mama had a 67 Tempest 4 door with the 230 OHC 6 with a quadrajet on it. It would obliterate the right rear tire. I speak from first hand experience. To date, I've never in my life seen another Tempest with the Sprint 6 engine option in it, only in Firebirds. They bought that car brand new from Lamar Pontiac in Macon, Georgia in late 1966. We had it until it mysteriously started eating water pump pulleys and Daddy finally got tired of it and traded it in the late 70s or early 80s.
Go Mango
Never enough beer...
I had a 72 Chevelle Malibu 350.
My parents bought it new for my mom to drive. It was given to me in 1983 with 36k miles on it, and quickly upgraded to factory duals and a holley carb. It was an oddball car, as it was built with a TH400 trans even though it had a 350/2bbl carb.
My parents bought it new for my mom to drive. It was given to me in 1983 with 36k miles on it, and quickly upgraded to factory duals and a holley carb. It was an oddball car, as it was built with a TH400 trans even though it had a 350/2bbl carb.
I will say this. I ave owned a lot of cool Mopars over the years, (and a handful of non Mopars)...some rare and some NOT rare or desirable to many people. I have enjoyed them ALL! Be it building (trying to), driving, whatever.
71340
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there has been a few but the one I miss most is my 1965 Nova SS, It was my Dads and in the family for a long time.
FISHYPETE
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There is one that I see every once in a while at a car show about 50mi from here. Nice car and refreshing to see
Really? A Sprint Tempest? Cool. I've never seen another one. That sure doesn't mean anything. lol
One other reason I forgot about Daddy got rid of it. He had Sears put air conditioning on it. He was a frugal man......ok......cheap as hell and refused the heavy duty radiator. <rolls eyes> Sure nuff, sittin in traffic, the temp light would pop on. Cut the air off and it would go right back out in a few. Mama didn't play that game when she drive it. That A/C was ON and it was staying on. lol One day when we were coming down the back alley that backed up to the house we lived in, the top tank of the radiator blew clean off and blew the hood open against the safety latch. They HAD to have a radiator put in it then, but once again, Daddy put the cheapest one in we could find. From a junkyard. After that was when he took it and traded it. They never really liked that old car anyway, because right after they bought it the story was it had to go back in for some kinda recall or service bulletin regarding the cylinder head. It had to come off and something was done. I never knew what. But in Daddy's mind, it was never right. So it had a mark against it.
Then, the first time he tried to trade it was again at Lamar Pontiac where he bought it. He actually sat down......all four of us....lol......and ordered a then new 78 Pontiac Ventura four door. When it came in, it was a pretty car. But it had everything on it he didn't order. Radial tires, a V8, air, and power all of it. Like I said, he was cheap. lol Pissed off we got up and went to Riverside Ford down the street and traded it on a used Maverick with a 250. It was loaded up, but the used price Daddy liked. lol That was actually one of the best cars they ever had.
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I've ridden in one. My buddies dad had one back in Highschool. Always like that car and its' uniqueness.
My mom bought a brand new 74 Maverick 250 auto, 4 door, couldn't kill that thing. I don't know how many miles it had on it when she traded it for a used 1981 Thunderbird. She ran a driving school for years with that car, it had dual gas and brake pedals, I used to cruise around the Safeway parking lot sitting in the passenger seat just to see the reactions of people. Got my license in that car, was super easy to drive. She wanted an Oldsmobile Omega 2 door, with a 350 Rocket, but the old man wouldn't allow it, so she ended up with the "**** brindle brown Maverick" instead.
They weren't anything to look at, but they were some really good cars. I actually liked the early thin bumper Mavericks. The Grabber.
Funny, I just came across a local ad for a 76 Maverick 2 door, roller, looks to be in really nice condition for $1500.00. Has a clean interior with bucket seats too. Tempting........
Professor Fate
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1979 AMX. Factory 304 4speed. Loaded with everything: AC, sunroof, Twin Grip, factory AM/FM/CB... Slapped a mildly warmed over 401 out of a Matador station wagon into it... Scary amounts of fun in such a small car. The thing ate 5.0 Mustangs like they were Skittles, and cornered well for the day. Then the second kid came.
Just like this one:
Just like this one:
I worked at a Dominos Pizza in St Paul in 1980 and one of the other drivers had a 68 Firebird Sprint 6 with a Powerglide . We drove the snot out of it ! Great car !
My brother just sold a mint 40,000 mile 66/67 Tempest Sprint 6 last year . Its in Hawaii now .
When I was about 17, my folks went away for a 2 week vacation leaving my brother and I home. First day, I bought a 74 Camaro with a done up 350, auto and real tall gears. The black interior was perfect, the body was perfect except for an awful baby blue paint job. I drove the hell out of it for a couple days then flipped it and doubled my money.
Needless to say, I drank all the money away and had nothing to show for it. Should have kept the car and left the booze in the store. Who knows, maybe I'd be a Chevy guy now, and think about how much money that would have saved me over the years!
Cley
Needless to say, I drank all the money away and had nothing to show for it. Should have kept the car and left the booze in the store. Who knows, maybe I'd be a Chevy guy now, and think about how much money that would have saved me over the years!
Cley
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