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For me its always about not having the disposable income when I see something I love that I believe will be of value in the future.
In the 70s I had a few Vettes. One was a 69, 427 convertible. But all my cars were drivers then. One car at a time. I was trying to buy a 65 396 which at the time was I think around $7500. Which was a lot of money. Likely more than $100,000.00 now. I also almost bought a Ferrari 330 GT 2+2. Not a really desirable Ferrari but it had a carbed V-12 and Borrani wheels... But it was the 4 headlight one that from the front was ugly. 7 grand asking price but it smoked. I didnt buy it and watched them go sky high. A 36 Harley Knucklehead with side car. Matching numbers $10,000.00 asking... Likely worth a good 80 grand now. Those are just the ones I can remember that I didnt buy. Ohh the Cobras that were in the showroom with the 65 Vette??? They were $100,000.00.... this was maybe 1975... I was making 10 grand a year.... But what a steal... But it turns out the guy was a thief. It was called The Glass Car Company and he was selling the same car to multiple buyers and charging them storage... Then he tried to take off with a lot of peoples money....all I ended up buying was a T shirt.
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