Woe Stories

[jeryst]

Misery loves company, and I'm sure that many of you have B-Body stories of regret, so I thought we might as well share and put them in one place. I'll start.

Back in 2005, I bought a beautiful 1969 Charger. Numbers matching 383 auto. A little body rust here and there, but the underneath was factory undercoated and beautiful. No rot at all in the frame, floors, or trunk. All original. Never torn apart or messed with and everything worked. 82k original miles. Great driver. Fast forward to 2008. The company I worked for closed, the recession hit, and at age 55, I was unable to find a job anywhere. Several years went by. Mounting bills, no job, and a daughter in college forced me to make a hard choice. Reluctantly, I sold the Charger. I wish there had been another choice to make, but there was none. I loved that car, and I could kick myself over and over again for selling it, because at todays prices, I will never be able to afford another one. One of the biggest regrets in my life.

Anyone else care to share?

 

[493 Mike]

I bought a used 1963 Savoy 2 Dr. Sed., 318, auto, stripper in high school. Stuck a 413 in it with Offy intake,780 Holley, purple cam, headers, 3.91 gear kept it 10 years. Pulled the engine and trans and gave the (rust free) body away, scrapped the trans (CI Torqueflite) but I still have the 1959 413-40 years later. I miss it!
Mike

 

[Scatpack]

Not a B body but I highly regret selling the 70 Challenger I had. Can’t touch a running and driving challenger with a decent body for what I sold it for nowadays.

 

[WileE]

Started fixin/flippin these cars in the 70's when they were cheap used cars. Shoulda kept a few.......

 

[alsant]

You did what you had to do for your family, you will never regret that. Way to go.

 

[65RoadRacer]

When in the Air Force in 1981 I bought a 1970 Coronet. It had been repainted and reupholstered, and a 360 was installed. The car had a couple of issues, but I drove it all the way across the country from NC to California. Struggling to pay bills, I reluctantly traded the car in on an import because the Dodge was nickle-and-diming me to death.
I had a cracked windshield, main harness connection issue where it had melted, a damaged quarter panel with thick bondo that needed fixing, and the brakes were in dire need of replacing... all stuff I couldn't afford at 22 years old.

The good: the car was fast, and it could actually lift the front end. I was the local 'burnout king' and police in the are of Goldsboro, NC, would harass me from time to time because they couldn't catch me doing my infamous burnouts. I actually gained friends having that car! It had a Super Bee hood, and a pedestal trunk spoiler, and a very unique upside-down 'D' on the rear panel, compliments of the factory that built the car (factory riveted).

I got a good trade in at a Dodge dealer in San Mateo, and several months later saw the car on a corner used car lot for just $700, and I almost bought it back. Fast forward just a few years and ever since then... I regret getting rid of it and neglecting to buy it back.

 

[steve from staten island]

We all have cars we regret selling for one reason or another, but you sold that car because your family came first. The true sign of what a man is suppose to be.
In this life all we have is our good name and our family.

 

[Budnicks]

We all probably have one of them stories...
Life's obstacles, we do what we need to...

I have many I regret selling...
But I always had a good reason at the time, too...

I wish I still had my `1st 68 Charger R/T back
owned it from 1974-1985
unfortunately I sold it to a cousin, who crashed it & it's crushed now
been decades ago, I still think about it too...

 

[GetX'd]

I don’t have that story - mine is the opposite. But I admire you for making the difficult choice and standing up for your family and selling something that you dearly loved to take care of them. You see you loved them more than a material item. Me - I kept my car in storage for 35 years and have now had it for 47 years. But on the other hand I didn’t run into the financial issues that you did. Although I lost a few jobs and had to move several times I still kept the GTX. Still have it today - but if it would have come down to feeding a family or keeping the car - the car would have gone.