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Kit Sullivan
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This is a little different: what is your story about one you already had, but for one reason or another you got rid of, and now regret today?
I have a few, but here are three:
1) 1972 Hurst/Olds convertible: great car, 455 "Rocket", "his & hers" shifter, giant ram-air hood, extremely fast and handled great considering what it was. Kinda rougb needed a lot of body and interior work. Sold it because I never thought it would be worth much. What a dummy.
2) 1978 "King Cobra" Mustang II: when I lived in Boise, had a stripper gjrlfriend for a while who had no car. I wanted to buy her one, but seeing as how good looking she was, I figured she needed something kind of
flashy. And cheap.
I saw a King Cobra at a used car lot parked in back and asked about it. Owner of the lot said he had it for 6 months and ckuldn't give it away. ( thjs was in 85', and these cars had no love). I gave him $500 for it.
302 ( anemic), 4 speed, t-tops, 30,000 miles, excellent condition, drove great,
Split up with thd girl 2 years later, I kept the car. It sat around for a year collecting dust, sold it for $1500, thought I had won the lottery. Wish I had that car ( and the girl!) today...
3) 73 AMX, 401 engine. Extremely fast, but brown paint, a million door dings, and rust under vinyl roof was too much for me at the time. Hideous, huge multi-colored stripes on seats door panels and hesdliner. Sold it for thd first $1800 that came along. Later discovered it ti be a 1-of-20 "Pierre Cardin" limjted edition AMXs. Exact models have sold $60,000 restored. Oh well.
But...I still have my Mustang!
I have a few, but here are three:
1) 1972 Hurst/Olds convertible: great car, 455 "Rocket", "his & hers" shifter, giant ram-air hood, extremely fast and handled great considering what it was. Kinda rougb needed a lot of body and interior work. Sold it because I never thought it would be worth much. What a dummy.
2) 1978 "King Cobra" Mustang II: when I lived in Boise, had a stripper gjrlfriend for a while who had no car. I wanted to buy her one, but seeing as how good looking she was, I figured she needed something kind of
flashy. And cheap.
I saw a King Cobra at a used car lot parked in back and asked about it. Owner of the lot said he had it for 6 months and ckuldn't give it away. ( thjs was in 85', and these cars had no love). I gave him $500 for it.
302 ( anemic), 4 speed, t-tops, 30,000 miles, excellent condition, drove great,
Split up with thd girl 2 years later, I kept the car. It sat around for a year collecting dust, sold it for $1500, thought I had won the lottery. Wish I had that car ( and the girl!) today...
3) 73 AMX, 401 engine. Extremely fast, but brown paint, a million door dings, and rust under vinyl roof was too much for me at the time. Hideous, huge multi-colored stripes on seats door panels and hesdliner. Sold it for thd first $1800 that came along. Later discovered it ti be a 1-of-20 "Pierre Cardin" limjted edition AMXs. Exact models have sold $60,000 restored. Oh well.
But...I still have my Mustang!