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you gotta be kiddin!
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Ok guys, I'm just sittin here stewing because I was a couple days late on a deal for a wrecked 71 short fleet. It had a great cab with new seals and glass, and included a new set of bucket seats, as well as the factory ac parts in place and the compressor to boot. 5 lug factory power discs. The fleet bed was in good condition and it had the firebird style marker lights in good shape to. Tilt colum. the gauge cluster with individual gauges insted of idiot lights...and so on and so on. Why was it such a good deal? Hows $300 sound? And come to find out, I could have bought the whole truck with a running 350/350 combo and a set of cragar wheels and tires for $800....To make me feel better I thought maybe you have a better / bad tale of missed opportunity....
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Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires
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Re: Best deal on truck/parts you missed!
Back in 98... $900 for mostly rust free 69 GTO...
Didn't buy it because it didn't have a title. And around 03 I found a rust free 69 Firebird for sale in SC for $1,800, no interior or drive train. REALLY wish I could have bought it... I had NO extra money at the time at all.
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: South Florida
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Re: Best deal on truck/parts you missed!
1970 Camaro Z28 RS SS split nose....(the one I missed)
mathing numbers block, red with the black rally stripes painted once in its whole life. CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN car was outstanding......2004 I could had bought it for 8k...car is worth in todays downmarket 25k all day long...
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Son Of Gravel Man
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Cleveland OH
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Re: Best deal on truck/parts you missed!
I have no cash and giant holes in my long beb. Found this on craigslist
I have a beautiful short bed for a 68-72 Chevy truck. I also have another short bed that will require minimal work and is much cheaper. Call (216) 267-1105 with interests. $2000 There are no dents, no rust holes and no rolls in the floor. http://cleveland.craigslist.org/pts/1307055465.html
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Rochester Wa.
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Re: Best deal on truck/parts you missed!
Called on an ad on Craig's list, 1956 Chevy pickup, surface rust, all there but motor and trans. I like many of you I have heard the surface rust story before only to find a rust bucket. He also had some chrome parts for sale, I bought a new chrome front bumper and chrome grille for 200 bucks. I went out back to look at the pickup, it's a perfect untouched big back window truck, solid as a rock with a little surface rust. Completely stock with everything there, he sold it the night before for 600 bucks.
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Center City, MN, USA
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March of 2002. 1st baby arrived two months earlier. REALLY expensive bass boat on order. Neighbor I've been talking to about his 1970 3/4 ton 4x4 tells me he would sell it but he'd have to get $2000 for it. IT HAD 40,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON THE ODOMETER!
I decided being married with a new child and new bass boat was better than being divorced with a new bass boat and a 32 year old truck. I moved in 2003. Was back in the old neighborhood a few months later. Not only was the truck gone but the house and garage were dozed for a new place so I never did find out what happened to it.
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you gotta be kiddin!
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Location: Columbus, Ohio
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Re: Best deal on truck/parts you missed!
I have a few...
buddy buckets on CL Columbus - seller wanted to sell the whole lot of crap (including the buddy buckets) - I didn't need the whole thing...Saw another member on here post them up for sale the next week on this forum...I know he got them for cheap since the ad said 'make offer' - just need this stuff gone... next one- 1972 rust free Blazer tub/chassis in OK (with plenty of pix of the normally rusty spots) - 2wd conversion started [5 lug front & rear]- no top, motor, trans...$500 obo. I called the guy to tell him that I would take it and that I could have somebody pick it up in the following week. He wondered how he was going to get paid and I told him - any way that he felt comfortable [money order, paypal, etc.]. He said he would call me the next day to discuss details - prick vanished and never returned any of my calls - car was marked sold online in a few days. I chased down a few blazers over a 9 month period - I got tired of people not wanting to sell to a guy in Ohio - when they lived out West...plenty of stories there, but I don't remember all the details. Sometimes I wonder if people really want to sell some of the stuff they have. |
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Opdyke, IL
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Saw this in a local ad:
1968 GMC 3/4 ton Custom Camper. 1 Owner. 73,000 miles. $2200. I called about it and the guy told me "Yeah. I've had probably 50 calls on that already. It was a good old truck for me, but the first guy that looked at it drove it away." From the only picture it had with it, it looked spectacular.
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Between Trucks...
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Los Angeles, CA.
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Saw a '68 LWB on CL, 327, 3 on the tree, straight body, $1800. Called, asked about rust. Owner said yes there was rust. Let it go. Saw it again on CL. Called, asked if it was rusted through, nope just surface rust and it was sold. Dang.
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Central PA
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Re: Best deal on truck/parts you missed!
I could have picked up an 85 K-10 with a 6" lift and a blown motor for $400. Had nice rally's and mud terrain tires (worth $400)!
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: colorado
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Re: Best deal on truck/parts you missed!
thanks for the reminder i kick myself in the rear evertime i think about this but i was driving intown and happen to see a 69 i believe. the tags were expired 4 about 3 years so i knocked on the door and a old man came out. bed was in rough shape but had ps a/c buckets tilt tach and bigblock all orginal. he did say it probably needed a valve job but ran. he wanted 500 i posted on here if it was a good deal but never went back untill it was gone a couple months later
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Location: New Orleans Louisiana.....a great place to visit but you wouldn't want to live here!!!
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Re: Best deal on truck/parts you missed!
The best deal i have seen was right here a couple months back listed in the Trucks For Sale forum....gringoloco's Dropmember Blazer!!! I would have bought it but was beat to the punch!
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Virginia
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Looks good at 20-ft .....
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Mtn Home, AR
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Here's my stupid-me-story. The one that got away.
I know it's a "brand X," but in 1968, I passed on a yellow '57 T-bird Type F (supercharged), both tops (porthole model), Kelsey Hayes real wire wheels, Wonderbar radio, etc, etc. Loaded car. My rich-buddy's mother's car. Engine was seized - thought to have been a "sugared" gas tank - the price ?? here goes: $ 300. I even had the extra money & "coulda-shoulda-woulda" has been on my mind off & on for 40 years............... 'Course, at the time, it was just a used & abused 10-year old car, & $ 300 seemed like a lot for it. Now just one of those wire wheels would probably be worth double that. I know for a fact that the car got scrapped out, just because nobody wanted to rebuild the motor. Last edited by 68shortstep; 08-13-2009 at 09:44 AM. |
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Fat Fendered Fleetside
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: WPB, S. FL, USA, Earth
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years and years ago when my Saginaw 3 speed blew it's reverse syncro, I was looking for options to replace it with.
I found and test drove a truck- a gold one hint hint- original 396, 4 speed auto, a/c ps pb, etc. the motor was dogged out(my 307 had much much more pep). There was the usual rust, but not too much. Everything on it was original though, nothing cut or pieced together, all stock. The owner said it needed a full drivetrain rebuild and some 'fancy new paint' , price was 1,ooo obo. Remember I was looking at it, mainly for it's transmission, any extras were, well extra. I decided that it would be opening a can of worms to buy it just for a 'good transmission' to swap into my truck. I knew very little about these trucks at the time, turns out it was a 50th anniversary, gold and white, and was probably a highly optioned 50th to boot! I remember the spid had all kinds of stuff on it, didn't know the significance at the time. The other was a 64 chevy truck that had been body dropped 6" with vette (90's) underpinnings. The body drop was somewhat crudely done with 1" tube, but could have been fixed up well. the guy wanted $400 for it. he wouldn't hold the truck, even if I paid him for it. (he needed it gone due to nasty new neighbors calling code enforcement). I borrowed a buddy's trailer after he got out of work, but the time I got back to the house, someone else had already hauled it away. I was really upset at the time, now it's just kinda funny.
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you gotta be kiddin!
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since we are talking about brand X ...I missed a deal on 3 thats 3 (72-73 chargers) and one of those was a 400/4 speed with the pistol grip. all were fixable, but the three could have made one really good car. It seems when I think about it I've let $400 or $500 keep me from alot of stuff that in retrospect would have been very valuable....sheesh!
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Arkansas
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1972 chevelle SS convertable 454 big block.....500..it ran good it was an old lady that had her sons car for sale....
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Take Off
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In 1991, when I bought my 67 Camaro, there were many other decent looking and running 1st gen Camaros in the Recycler for between $2,000 and $3,000. Also, Hemi Cudas were a lot cheaper back then. Wish I had bought them all up back then.
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Ditto..that was the deal of the century for blazers IMHO
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SWB 4x4 Collector
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Location: Osage City, KS
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Re: Best deal on truck/parts you missed!
Here's a couple non-trucks that we missed out on. All of these stories were from 99'-05'
- 1970 LS6 Chevelle, Triple Black Car, Stripe Delete, Column Shift bench seat original, converted to Buckets and m22. $13,000 (1999) - 1970 396/375 L78 Nova, motor blew under warranty and replaced over the counter with 427/425 block, Red w/ Black bench 4 speed, black vinyl top $6,000 (2001) - 1971 Chevelle SS 350, all original, Copper Color w/ black stripes, buckets & console. It was either buy this one or get my car. $2200 (1999) - Found a 1970 Mach 1, Drag Pack (428/4 spd) Red with Black accents, all original sitting in a yard untouched since the 80's. Never could get ahold of the guy. Always checked in when we went junkyarding. This past March, the car was gone. ![]() I wasn't old enough to experience the $500 Chevelles, Camaros, and Cudas. These were just great deals right before prices went through the roof.
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Rolla, MO
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Just missed out on a 79 Chevy 4x4 for $2000.00 cause I didn't have the money. A total restoration was started on it but the owner died. The driveline was perfect, like a show truck, even had brand new tires. Everything was done but the body and that wasn't too bad.
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Angleton, TX
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I missed out on a few deals over the years that would make me debt free if I were able to of gotten them back then and sold them today.
1. A 1958 Corvette project car. Was in very good shape and even came with an extra set of doors and front fenders. Didn't run but still. $2,000 back in 1998 2. A 1961 Corvette project car. No engine or trans but the rest was pretty much all there. $800 o.b.o back in 1999 3. The one I wish I would have gotten the most. A 69 or 70 (cant remember exactly) Pontiac GTO Judge. It was the factory yellowish orange with the pink pinstripping. Just like the one in the movies Dazed and confused, and Two lane blacktop. This thing was a gorgeous original survivor, good enough it didn't technically need restoring. I really wanted it but didn't have all the money. It was $4,500 back in 1999 but would propably go for $45,000-$60,000 today, restored they go for about $125,000 all day.
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Location: Wichita KS
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Back in 90 my neighbor had an old GTO convertable that had a severe patina look to it but it was solid. Had The Judge stickers on it never looked to check if it was real being 16 just thought it was cool looking he wanted 1900 for it and I wanted it for my first car had the cas and the cash for a paint job but my parents would not let me buy it because it was too old.
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