[HealeyRick]

Here's mine:

1969 - 1967 Shelby GT350 - Stripped out car sitting in a local junkyard for $500, missing drivetrain, most of the Shelby bits, but otherwise undamaged. Told them I'd take it, but was sold out from underneath me. Rest of the story - turned out the original owners stripped it and declared it a theft. Received the insurance money, then bought it back from the salvage yard and replaced all the stripped parts that they had kept.

1969 - Aston Martin DB2 - Rough car with a 327 Corvette motor for $1,800. Said to be a factory rallye car with an altimeter in the dashboard. Said I'd take it, seller said another guy had the right of first refusal. That car with original motor worth about $400k today.

1980 - Austin-Healey 100M- good solid car needing resto for $5,500. Passed on it as I was restoring my bugeye. Finished the bugeye, it's worth about $10k. The 100M, if restored ... $100k

All kinds of Cobras during the energy crisis in the 70s for about $10k. Yeah, ... I know.