[mr0077]

May, 1971... looking for a college graduation present to myself, found a 300SL gullwing for sale in Autoweek for $5000...new paint, new interior, new tires, new fuel injection! What a deal! I started thinking about ownership...what if a bicycle ran into it and put a dent in it, or broke a taillight lense...what if one of those wonderful finned brake drums cracked...what if the fuel injection crapped out (I had just read that the FI system for those cars cost more than a complete FI Corvette motor, in the crate)?
I decided to get a 1968 L89 Vette coupe for $2500. Kept it a year and sold it for $2160 in May '72. Three years later someone told me that Corvette was one of 620 or so, and was worth well in excess of $25000! Darn!
But, like the previous posts, I really couldn't afford it. Like a friend once said, "Anyone can buy a Cadillac (or you name it high-dollar car), but not everyone can AFFORD it"...that was me at the time...ah, well...