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i mean it just eats at you and wish u could get it back........

my bike my dually and my blown 1965 stevens hydro v-drive i built from a bare hull from a field..and my 69 roadrunner 4 speed .....

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I’m kinda missing my Ranger already.. :(.

Other than that I was always sad to see something go but nothing stuck with me forever.
 

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I’ll have to dig up pictures, my 69 Z28 Camero, 70 lowered Chevy truck and my 92 Lavey Craft, Mod V Tunnel BBC.

I was pretty young selling the car and truck and just figured I would replace, not so much now.
 

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Yup
That was an EPIC fail!!!

I wish that I still had my AO 2600!


I’ll get it back. Was just talking about it this weekend.

But yeah, I agree that it’s probably my biggest boating fail yet.
 

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I didn't regret selling it at the time because I got an upgrade but I wish I could get my 2005 YZ250F back. It was a bullet proof steel frame bike. The only thing I did was change the oil and clean the air filter. The thing had a lot of ride time on it.
 

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Lots of cars...1928-1934 Fords primarily. I'd love to have a couple back, but they were all stepping stones. All either turned to get another, or to payoff debt...even down payments on houses. Eventually I'll get to keep one. For now, I just resurrect them, and get them to a new caretaker.
 

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cmon gotta be a few things that just eat at you ,,when you think back or that 1 thing u wish was back in your garage
Actually the boat I just bought back was one that always bugged me, glad it worked out that I was able to get it back.
 

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My 1989 VW Corrado G60. Trying to find one just for fun, but they are few and far between and usually in bad shape.

Also throwing in that I regret not buying my friends 1981 BMW E21 M when he sold it, something he now regrets aswell.


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My 1989 VW Corrado G60. Trying to find one just for fun, but they are few and far between and usually in bad shape.

Also throwing in that I regret not buying my friends 1981 BMW E21 M when he sold it, something he now regrets aswell.


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I had a 1993 Corrado with the VR6. I've looked for another one, but you are right. Most now are beat to hell.

I don't miss much, maybe my Ghia.
 

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Didn't we have a thread like this once?

'66 SS 396, 4 speed, 12 bolt I sold in 1978.

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'34 I sold about 10 years ago. I have another one now but not as nice. Full fendered but might pull the fenders off and run a blown 392 Hemi or a 401 NailHead.

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A ton of other stuff but these are the two most notable.
 

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looks like a t deck jet that old guy bought long ago he lived in elsinore name was mark..
It was a Cole star fire jet . It was fully capped . I think I was 20 when it moved on from me . One of those you wish you had back
 

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I wish I would have kept my ‘65 Mustang.


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we just didnt know back then.........most of us shoulda put are high school cars locked in our garage with a cover over them...damn it...my very very first car at 15 3/4 had a 54 1/2 mustang with mild 289 jacked up like a stink bug with cragers all the way around i couldnt wait till my 16th b day
 

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Only 2 things

My 1994 5.8L Eddie Bauer Bronco
And my 1984 MonArk center console. I had more great care free times on that boat because I knew I could just hose everything down at the end of the day and had practically nothing in it... everything else I feel like I'm walking on eggshells.... and they're not even somebody else's, it's just how I am

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It was a Cole star fire jet . It was fully capped . I think I was 20 when it moved on from me . One of those you wish you had back


thats the one mark had it in elsinore for a while around the corner from my parents......his was a cole starfire nice boat
 

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I had a 1993 Corrado with the VR6. I've looked for another one, but you are right. Most now are beat to hell.

I don't miss much, maybe my Ghia.

First person I’v met who had one! Most people dont even know what it is[emoji28]


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Only 2 things

My 1994 5.8L Eddie Bauer Bronco
And my 1984 MonArk center console. I had more great care free times on that boat because I knew I could just hose everything down at the end of the day and had practically nothing in it... everything else I feel like I'm walking on eggshells.... and they're not even somebody else's, it's just how I am

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That old Johnson so heavy it bent the trailer?
 

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That old Johnson so heavy it bent the trailer?

Haha no. Previous owner hooked it off the end of a launch ramp. The trailer was a pile. I put new bunks and rollers on it but that was about it. I bought this boat for $1000 and put $1500 into it. Used it for a year and sold it for $6200 just like its pictured
 

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Man a lot of heartache here, me included great cars and history.
 

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i mean it just eats at you and wish u could get it back........

my bike my dually and my blown 1965 stevens hydro v-drive i built from a bare hull from a field..and my 69 roadrunner 4 speed .....

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You and 2Forceful get zero sympathy from me. Neither of you have ever kept anything!
 

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Didn't we have a thread like this once?

'66 SS 396, 4 speed, 12 bolt I sold in 1978.

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'34 I sold about 10 years ago. I have another one now but not as nice. Full fendered but might pull the fenders off and run a blown 392 Hemi or a 401 NailHead.

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A ton of other stuff but these are the two most notable.
Gotta ask, why the deuce shell on a '34 coupe?

The early cars I've built usually didn't get fenders. If I found a body with them, I'd usually sell them to help offset the cost. Someday...
 

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Had quite few motorcycles new and old but would love to have back my 450 DOHC Honda. Bought it new in 1972, traded for 1975 850 Moto Guzzi.The 450 DOHC Honda debut was around 1965, called 'Black Bomber', quite rare and hard to find today.
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It is weird for my generation because the wave of engine technology and production just really is not there for holding onto things in my opinion. I do not think there will be the moment where a C4 Vette or Fox platform 5.0 mustang will be sought after dime pieces. The 80s,90s,00s honestly when you look at the body of work... There are some exceptions.
 

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My first bmx bike I built from Burbank bike shop. Black p.k. Ripper
 
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