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If this thread has taken a turn and we are now talking about the price we paid for cars and cars that have gotten away. I have a few stories that might amuse someone. First one is that classic one everyone has heard, but this really happened to me. I was looking for a Corvette, in 1970, I read an ad in the classified. "1966 Corvette convertible, 327/300 4 spd. $3,660.00" I called the guy and headed up for a look. There it was, up north, in a farm, sitting in a barn. The guy was selling it because it rode too rough. I gave him a deposit and picked it up the next day. While I was picking it up, another guy phoned and offered me $4,000.00, unseen. A friend of mine bought a '68 Shelby GT350 a couple of yrs. later for $10,000. Didn't really like the car, stuck it in his garage for a couple of yrs. and sold it for $5,000.00. Now here are a few stories of the cars I had a chance to buy but was too brain dead to do it. The years this happened would be around the early 70's. There was a sports car dealer in the area and I saw a '72 246 Dino on the lot. He was willing to trade even for my Corvette or $14,000 cash. Another lot for English sport cars had a 365 GTB Datona. They wanted $26,500, for that! On one of my job sites, I met a guy who had a '66 BB Corvette coupe, wanted $10,000 for that! Now for the ultimate mistake. There used to be a shop just north of the city that speciallized in Corvettes. I went up for a look and there was a '67 L88 Coupe there. Dark green, black stinger. The price....$11,000.00!! Woulda, shoulda, coulda..... Makes you nuts thinking about this stuff! I remember looking at a new '70 Z28 at the dealer. The asking price was $4,500.00 and I looked at a new '70 V12 XKE for $8,999.00! Really big money in those days!