Reminiscing a costly mistake at age 14

[CraigArizona85248]

Craigarizona....like your labeled cups!   I use ziplock bags myself...wife hates it when I do thaat.

Hey Chappy!  Hope you're doing well.  Yeah... I find the cups easier to handle when my hands are greasy.  But if I'm gonna store things for a long time, I use the zip locks.  Keeps things preserved better (less moisture).

Panzer, his is the motor I started with...

[RVN73]

School is expensive! We've all been there one time or another

[Acetxx]

For comparison..................

[Panzer]

Glad to know I'm not alone.
               Misery likes company !!
But a crushed "Cuda body".....I kinda feel a little better now after what I did.  

[apes]

...I too am haveing a hard time about the Cuda

[Kansas]

In the fall of 1970 I  worked for Santa Fe and remember a coworker trading his clean 1965 GTO for a new Chevy Vega.  I thought he was nuts then and I still do!

[bericuda]

  back in the early 80's all i lived for was street racing....i chucked more cool "Potty mouth" into the farm iron pile than you can imagine. wish i had the foresight but, still wouldn't trade those days for nothing.....i survived but, probably shouldn't have!

[deathwish]

in 1975 I had my own shop. Snowmobiles, dirt bikes and anything else I could fix or sell. My partner and I wanted a real bike franchise. Triumph was as good as out. We considered Norton but it didn't look good either. We passed up the Harley dealership  of 3 bikes and $25,000 inventory as we laughed them off. Pursued Yamaha real hard but in the end in '76 we decided to quit and get real jobs. I wonder how things could have been different???

[Hossamania]

My friends dad still has a matched set in his backyard, under 2 sketchy lean-to's and a tarp:
'77 Ford Granada
'77 Ford Futura
'77 Ford Fairmont

He's just waiting for the prices to peak!!

He also has about 30 old tires in his basement ("Someone might need a tire and rim for a '63 Chrysler!"), and 12 cases of Valvoline oil in the old round cardboard containers.They were on sale.  Bottom case finally collapsed after 21 years and made a hell of a mess.

[Scooterfish]

In 1974 passed up the chance to buy a stock & running 1958 panhead dresser for $800. Oh that was with sidecar

Sold a 1967 Camero RS in mid 70s for $850

[Horizonmech]

 1976 bought a 64 Corvette roadster for $1900, sold it six months later for $2100.....Thought I was getting rich...... ......sidenote, later that same year my buddy sold a 63 split window for $2400, he's still kicking his own ass for that.....hehe

[wrongpaw]

Back in the late '60s, I got a sweet deal on a 65 Corvette coupe.
It was a Repo, and my Dad worked at the bank holding the note.
Got it for $1800.00. Car had about 20 K miles on it, and it was a
beaut. Kept it till I got married in 1976, and thought I made a
killing on it by selling it for $3600.00. Not sorry I got married,
but do regret selling that 'Vette.

Regards,
Wrongpaw