Vehicles I used to own and maybe would like to have back

Wish I never would have sold my '87 K20 Got it when I 16 or 17 in 2008 for $2500 and sold it in 2017 for $2500 before squarebodies went stupid. Guy drove from Ohio to buy it. I messaged him last year to see if he still had it. Said he did and sent me a picture. Doubt I'd buy it back if he was selling but wish I wouldn't have sold it.

Also had a 2013 TRX450R I bought brand new off the showroom floor I sold in 2019 for a SXS. I no longer ride SXS and wish I had the 450 if only just to look at.



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Sceep said:
'69 Porsche 912- sold cuz knocked wife up
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You ****ed up or sideways. Unsure as I wasnt there. :flipoff2:

Projectjunkie said:
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That Bronco... : drool :

planefixer said:
And since we're on the S-10 kick, my '88. Other than the ****ty 2.8 v6 I really liked this truck.
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You mothfockles and S10-5's :shaking:

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Ranchtruck said:
Here's one I'm going to regret for a long time:
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My cousin inherited it and offered it to me for $15k as a "family deal". I'm not in a spot to be locking up cash in something like that while I'm in the middle of building a house. So have to let it go.
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Come on man.

toyotajeep said:
I would consider another Datsun 510. My first car was a 72 2-door. Did a lot of work and very little driving in it. Not interested enough to pursue one but if a half-decent driver showed up I would think about it.

Fun car though.
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Those and Z cars have been silly $$$ for awhile now.
 
Ranchtruck said:
Here's one I'm going to regret for a long time:
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71 bronco that was my uncles. Built it up for him over a bunch of summers, 2.5" lift, d44 front, disc brake, power steering, zf 5spd, np205, found the halfcab and converted it over. Painted it Hunter Green. Built a 302 for it as my tech school engine project. Put 100's of hours into aquiring, rebuilding, & installing the parts. He paid parts cost.

My cousin inherited it and offered it to me for $15k as a "family deal". I'm not in a spot to be locking up cash in something like that while I'm in the middle of building a house. So have to let it go.
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I am against financing the toys, cash is king.
But for something like that an exception can be made.

Values of these are only going up, work a plan to get this. Pass it onto your kids...
 
Ranchtruck said:
Here's one I'm going to regret for a long time:
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71 bronco that was my uncles. Built it up for him over a bunch of summers, 2.5" lift, d44 front, disc brake, power steering, zf 5spd, np205, found the halfcab and converted it over. Painted it Hunter Green. Built a 302 for it as my tech school engine project. Put 100's of hours into aquiring, rebuilding, & installing the parts. He paid parts cost.

My cousin inherited it and offered it to me for $15k as a "family deal". I'm not in a spot to be locking up cash in something like that while I'm in the middle of building a house. So have to let it go.
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IDK. I'd probably make an exception or whatever to get that. The history and frankly the cash value would make me go without flooring for a few months. The history would do it for me. But as an investment alone you need it!!!
 
Provience said:
Trying to get a glimpse into my wife's psychi. She replaces them once totalled is it :laughing:
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Provience said:
Trying to get a glimpse into my wife's psychi. She replaces them once totalled is it :laughing:
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If you figure out that wife psyche thing, please let me know. That is probably a different thread.
rockota said:
I spent 1/2 of yesterday scanning old pics.

100% my 86xtracab that I bought from Jack Alford in 99 and rebuilt. 4.3/r150/dual ultimate/4.88-ARB/8" bob, 8" bobbed topper... Sold in 05; regretted it ever sense. I heard the guy rolled it a few months after buying it.

also 100% my 87 4runner... My first build. Sold it to a buddy in 99... he drove for a few years and sold it to another buddy... did the SAS, etc on that in 01/02. Bought it back in ~20 or 21... sold it to another budy a bit later... I have the phone number of the guy he sold it to.... May try to track it down.
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I think you are supposed to post pictures.
 
toyotajeep said:
IDK. I'd probably make an exception or whatever to get that. The history and frankly the cash value would make me go without flooring for a few months. The history would do it for me. But as an investment alone you need it!!!
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The history would be tainted by being reminded I had to pay my cousin for a rig I built every time I looked at it.

That pic is from the last time I took my uncle out for a canoe trip before he went to a memory care facility. He couldn't remember the path back from the launch point but we had a good time. I shouldn't have let him drive but we were up on forest service roads so risked it and it was good for him to feel free.
 
I'd like to have this one back. I had to get rid of it because we were in a rental house and I was on the road all the time. Shoulda just parked it at by buddy Deans place. If I had it back, that 6 would be pulled and a 5.3 would go in, and I'd replace those Bilsteins with some Fox Shocks, oh and get the rear locker fixed, it still did pretty damn good in 3wd.

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Rhinoliner said:
I tend to disagree. The gutless 2.8 can be made formidable. Would I rather have a 454? Yes.
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Stock was garbage in my three sample size; all blew up around 115k miles :eek: Mine blew a head gasket, my parents' new off lot one sheered the crank, and my friend's dad I don't recall.

When mine blew up, I swapped a 2.8L long block from a Camaro and home port/polished heads. It picked up a bunch that I attribute to the Camaro cam over the S10 one. Basically, you spend enough money, you can polish a turd.
 
Maybe should have changed the oil. I’m not here as a spokesperson for the 2.8L but I think it got a bad wrap. Post some pictures of your previous vehicles that you wish you had back.
 
Most of them would have killed me, but the 71 GTX would be a sweet coffin.

Edit: If I really wanted any of them I’d go buy it or a clone of it. As of now I have no regrets for selling a car.
 
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No pictures of them on my iPad :homer:

1966 Pontiac GTO
1970 Pontiac LeMans convertible
1970 Olds Cutlass convertible

I was the second owner of the GTO, it was perfect. The original owner pampered it.

I got the Olds for a hell of a deal. I was going to fix it up and sell it later, but a friend had one like it at some point and made me an offer I couldn't say no too.

I would like to have the Pontiacs back :emb:
 
Pics are long gone but I miss a few of them.

77’ F350 with 38’s
63 Chevy II with a 632 Merlin motor. (still have the motor)
97’ F350 rclb on 37’s.
10’ JK on 1 tons and 39’s, I’m working on replacing it.
 
SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
I still have a picture of my origional Banshee hanging on the shop wall
Like a old girlfriend, I always wonder where she is now
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I don't even want to know what happened to mine. The guy that bought it just purchased a house with 6 acres and wanted a quad for him and his kids to ride. Don't know why he wanted a quad that had been sand only since day one with a bunch of polished aluminum and chrome.
 
bradp674 said:
I don't even want to know what happened to mine. The guy that bought it just purchased a house with 6 acres and wanted a quad for him and his kids to ride. Don't know why he wanted a quad that had been sand only since day one with a bunch of polished aluminum and chrome.
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I still look for mine when I go to the sand, hoping it still alive out there somewhere
My old collage roomate just found his old cylinders in a bone yard. I can tell it made him sad, he purchased them just to have them on the shelf as a momento to old times
(next the the pyrimid of pistons)
 
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