Cars you regret selling

Nathan

Nathan

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Inspired by @C50 's post here.

I don't have any photos of the actual cars, but here's a list of cars that I've owned that I regret selling:
1957 Olds 88 what a tank! Good thing gas was 23 cents/gal.

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1961 Rambler Classic had push button transmission shifting.

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1958 Chevy Belair Wagon Loved this car!

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1967 Mustang Fastback ❤️💓💕

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1968 Chevy Camaro 💪💪💪

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1966 Datsun Roadster A 'must have' if you live at the beach

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The list of cars we've had... :eek:
There's also a list of trucks, one of race cars, one of unfinished projects, and one of motor cycles, should you be interested. :)

cars......
1933 chevy (coupe then a roadster) pic
1934 Ford sedan pic
1934 Plymouth sedan pic
1941 Ford coupe pic
1949 Pontiac hearse before straight axle pic
1954 Plymouth 4 dr sedan ultra rust bucket pic
1955 chevy 2 dr wagon (blue) pic
1955 chevy 4 dr sedan (maroon) pic
1955 chevy 2 dr hardtop (gold) no pic
1955 chevy 2 dr. sedan (high school car) pic
1955 chevy 2 dr sedan (gold) pic
1957 chevy 2 dr sedan (silver) pic
1957 chevy convertible (red primer) pic
1957 chevy convertible (blue, then black) pic
1957 chevy 2dr hardtop (yellow) pic
1957 chevy 2 dr sedan (yellow) pic
1957 chevy 2 dr sedan (red) pic
1957 chevy 2 dr sedan (black) pic
1957 chevy 2 dr hardtop (green) no pic
1957 chevy 4 dr sedan (orange) pic
1957 Oldsmobile 4 dr hardtop (yellow and white) pic
1957 chevy 4 dr hardtop (white) pic
1957 Jeep cab over (gray then red) pic
1957 Chrysler Imperial 4dr hardtop (blue) pic
1958 Chevy Impala (brown then white) pic
1958 chevy 2 dr yeoman wagon (green and white) pic
1958 Chrysler Imperial (silver gray) no pic
1960 Ford Falcon (white) pic
1963 Chrysler Imperial 2 dr hardtop (white) pic
1963 Ford Falcon convertible 4 wheel drive (blue) pic
1963 Plymouth wagon (brown) pic
1964 Ford Galaxie convertible (blue) pic
1964 chevelle convertible (red) pic
1964 Ford Mustang (gold) pic
1964 Plymouth sport Fury (blue) pic
1966 chevy chevelle (green) pic
1966 Dodge charger (gold then pink) pic
1966 Ford custom 500 (white) pic
1966 Plymouth 4 dr sedan (blue and white) pic
1966 Chevy Biscayne 4 dr (tan) no pic
1967 Chrysler 4 dr sedan (black) pic
1967 Dodge charger (gray then blue) pic
1967 Dodge charger (silver) pic
1967 Dodge Dart (Mustard Gold) no pic
1968 Plymouth road runner (hemi orange) pic
1969 Dodge wagon (brown) pic
1970 Dodge coronet (yellow) no pic
1972 Audi 100 (silver) pic
1972 Lincoln mark IV (white) pic
1972 chevy Caprice (brown) pic
1973 Plymouth Road runner (brown) pic
1974 Pontiac Trans-Am 455 HO (blue) pic
1975 Cordoba (brown) no pic
1978 Ford LTD (blue) pic
1979 Ford LTD II (black) partial pic
1979 Fiat X-19 (black) pic
1984 Dodge 400 (tan) pic
1986 Hyundai (red) pic
1989 Ford Escort (gray) no pic
1989 Suzuki Sidekick (green) pic
1989 chevy tracker (red) no pic
1995 camaro Z-28 (green) pic
1999 Suzuki Grand Vitara (black) pic
2000 Camaro Z-28 (black) pic
2001 camaro (parts car silver) pic
2006 chevy trailblazer (white) pic
2010 Ford Focus (silver) pic
 

Nathan said:
Inspired by @C50 's post here.

I don't have any photos of the actual cars, but here's a list of cars that I've owned that I regret selling:
1957 Olds 88 what a tank! Good thing gas was 23 cents/gal.

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1961 Rambler Classic had push button transmission shifting.

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1958 Chevy Belair Wagon Loved this car!

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1967 Mustang Fastback ❤️💓💕

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1968 Chevy Camaro 💪💪💪

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1966 Datsun Roadster A 'must have' if you live at the beach

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Wow, I had a two-seater Datsun exactly like that including the color. It was one of my favorite cars.
 
I was the proud owner of a 1985 Yugo. Move over Edsel, Yugos are the world's worst cars. Hands down, they suck, I know I owned one. It spent more time getting repaired than it did on the road. At least 3-4 days in the shop every week. I can take you to spot after spot where it just died and had to be towed. There is one intersection the damn thing never made it through-it always died. So why do I regret selling it? I knew it was so bad, it was going to be a museum piece. Someday it was going to be worth bucks No car museum would be completeYugo.jpg without the world's worst car. But, I was poor and needed a trade. GRRRRR.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
I was the proud owner of a 1985 Yugo. Move over Edsel, Yugos are the world's worst cars. Hands down, they suck
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A close competitor in the world's worst sucky car division is the 1970 Opel Kadett, that I had the dis-pleasure of owning. I actually worked on it more than I drove it.

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When it died on the freeway(northbound 405) I coasted to the nearest off-ramp and as luck would have it, came to rest in the parking lot of a Ford dealership. Drove home in a new 1974 Maverick.
 
Beezer said:
I regret selling my first car I ever bought. It was a 1973 Cougar XR7 Convertible with a 351 Cleveland Engine.

This is a stock photo of the car. Mine looked identical to this one.

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The 351 Clevelands were amazing. I had forgotten, but my 1980 LTD wagon had the 351L, but it had a weird variable venturi carburetor that needed rebuilt every 30K miles. Was red, with the fake woody trim:

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I don‘t regret selling any car, however I love our current car. Modern cars are loaded with valuable safety features that actually work. Our current Hyundai — blind spot lane change warning, backup approaching warning, pre-collision automatic braking, and lane departure warning. I also like a small size that facilitates parking. With due respect to the battle ships pictured in this thread, beautiful cars, but from a practical standpoint, no thanks.

I‘ll add one I regret not buying — a Mercedes Benz 300SL on a used car lot in France, priced at $3,000.
 
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I regret not selling my first car, a Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Trying to do something nice, I gotten my cousin who was in his 20's a job in our office as a field worker. He needed a car so I gave him my car since I was getting a new one. He screwed up the job, had an accident with the car and my uncle (his grandfather) told me he just left the car right where he crashed it.
 
I regret selling my orange 2-door VW Beetle. I think it was a '73, maybe a little older. I let it go for only $400, and there wasn't a thing wrong with it. The girl who bought it was a friend of my sister's and she was going through a hard time. My kids were like 7, 11, and 12 years old....anyway, getting big, and I'd just bought this cool little Toyota wagon, so....

I really liked that VW. It only ever needed occasional reasonable maintenance, and those bits were very inexpensive, and so were the tires. I owned much more popular classics, but I don't regret selling them.
 


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