... in response to Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I was wondering ..., posted by valleydude on Nov 13, 2005My story to top them.
My dad GAVE me a 1947 ford Sportsdman WOODY converttable in 1957.I was 14.I never liked it much.It seeemed old and slow.
I traded it in on a 1957 Plynouth Belevedre in 1960 (He was dead then or I would have been)for $200.Basically gave it away.My uncle bought it,it stayed in the family for 30 more years.My cousin went bankrupt in a Nevada Casino but they couldn't get the car,it was in his mothers name.He sold it in 1990 for $43,000.Its now woth about $130,000.
The others not so much.50 olds,maybe $8000.I had that at the same time the convert,I didn't drive the convert in the winter in Idaho.Would outru everything short of qa 555.Pissed offfvmy vriends with hopped up Mercurys.
55 olds $10,000
57 plymouth,maybe $30,000 ,it was a turkey before.
64 olds cutlass.,$8000.
3 70 GTO's,.masybe $15,000 each.
Never bought one new,never.The Buick I was $80 off or it would have been the first.
Fastest car I ever had,1987 Porshe 911 turbo with a modified waste gate.They were 255 HP stock,this one like 450 net.Dog off the line,only had a 4 speed,but they it just went woooosh and planted you in your seat.Blow it you were looking at big bucks and we were flirting with that without a reasonable boost limit.
Pete
