Gee, I'd be well on my way to being a multi-millionaire if I
still had all the Mopes I once owned.
Like a '56 DeSoto Adventurer Conv, I traded off because I felt
it cost too much to fix the L/F fender I banged up.
Like the '57 Plymouth Fury I sold to my brother for 500 bucks
because I was too cheap to find the cause of why it would try to start all by
itself in the middle of the night.
Like the '58 Dodge Super D500 Custom Royal Conv, that I pulled
the tired 2 4bbl 361 out of and sold for 50 bucks just so I could install a
413 I had taken out of a 60 Chrysler New Yorker...then literally gave away
because it ran slower than it did with the 361 it had.
Like the '60 Dodge Dart D500 Conv with 383 ram motor.
Sold it off after getting my butt beat by a "girl" in a '61 Pontiac tri-power
421 who went on to be on the cover of Motor Trend magazine.
Like the black '61 Chrysler 300G Conv with the rare factory all
black interior I sold to a traveling salesman for 600 bucks because I got
tired of it blowing holes in one of its cylinders because I was too stupid at
the time to realize that one bank was way much leaner than the other bank due
to my having the carbs way out of adjustment.
Like the 61 Plymouth Valiant with a V8 in it that was given to
me by a fellow who said I could have it if I could get it started. I got
it started, and promptly sold it for 100 bucks because I needed the
money.
Like the brand new '69 Road Runner 4sp 383 Conv I had but got
rid of because it wasn't delivered the way I had ordered it and the dealer
refused to take it back and make good on it.
Like the brand new '70 440 4sp Cuda I had and had to get rid of
because the wife said so.
Then after a long haitus of being a married family man, I went
and got me ANOTHER black '61 Chrysler 300G, this time a fully restored #2
hardtop and again foolishly sold to a collector who made me an offer I felt at
the time I just couldn't refuse.....and then 6 months later, on the Barrett
Jackson auction, BOTH a '61 300G vert and a '61 300G HT went for 190 grand and
a 160 grand respectully.
Then like a fool, gave up my fully restored '64 440 powered
Plymouth Fury to another collecto for a fraction of its actual valuer, because
it seemed the right thing to do at the time.
Ahhh yes, if I only had the "foresight". I wouldn't be
here whining about it now. It hurts even now, just thinking about
it.
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