car you always dreamed of owning but always just out of reach

[youpey]

What is the car you always dreamed of owning but always just out of reach?

Mine has always been the 65-68 mustang fastback. it started for me when i was 17 (1994) and old enough to drive, there was a MINT 1967 mustang fastback 390 for sale for 10,000. i kid you not, 10k. at 17 i didnt have nearly enough money for a car that expensive, and it ended up selling almost immediately anyway.

A few years later there was a 65 fastback in white, in not great shape, but driveable and restorable. I think it was 9500 or so. i kept remembering the mint 390 for 10k and felt the 9500 was too much. again, i couldnt really afford 9500 anyway, so not like it really mattered.

over the next 20 years i see the mustang fastback increase in price all the time, and now lousy ones are going for 20k or higher and good ones are 30 to 50+

I technically could now afford one (not a minty one, but good), but it would have to be my only car, and i really cant trust a car that old to not break down. plus, i dont have a garage, so i wouldnt want to ruin one.

whenever i talk to my wife, she just rolls her eyes about it. 

deep down inside, i know realistically, i will never get to own one. 

[Jim N]

A Buick Grand National or GNX.  Gosh those black Regals looked sinister.  Could have had one in the day, but would have really stretched the budget.  Wife and I were newly married and she would have never gone for it anyway.  Could probably get one now, but if we are going to spend that kind of money, a new car is the way to go instead of a toy.

A 1986 - 87 Grand Prix 2+2 is another that I drooled over back in the day.  That one was rare back then.  I am not sure what they would price out at now.  Pontiac built as few of them as they could so they could race them in NASCAR.

[bamadon]

Interesting topic. When I was 16 there was a guy around the corner selling a '34 Ford 5 window coupe for $500.00. I didn't have the money and by the time I had gotten it, he sold the car. Of course that was in 1960.

[Badluck 13]

I am a Ford man but in my heart was/is/and will be a Gen 2 Camaro big block 4 speed.....2 years ago one showed up at a local car show was done exactly how I would want it.....

 

[StevenGuthmiller]

Everything is out of my reach!

But I did manage to hang on to my 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix that I bought just after graduating from high school.

It spent nearly 30 years in storage & I have begun slowly trying to restore it to a nice driver.

The drive train, cooling system, fuel system & brakes have been completely rebuilt, so it runs and drives pretty nice.

Now it will be a long and expensive task to get all of the cosmetics done.

 

Steve

 

[cobraman]

Several years ago when I was living in Yorba Linda California I went to a car store called Dayons House of Cobra's. They had several built kit car Cobra's. They had a nice red one with a small block Ford that they were asking 25,000 for. Knowing I really wanted one my wife suggested we take a home equity loan and get the cash for the car. After some thought I decided it was not the adult thing to do. My daughter finished high school and then to a 4 years private college followed by 3 years of law school. Still helping to pay that off. No Cobra for Ray ! But I have a bunch of little ones !

 

[High octane]

I keep asking Santa for one of these, but every Christmas Eve when I come home from visiting with the family, do you think that I would find one in my driveway? Noooooooooooooooooooooo

[cobraman]

You mean the car, right ?

[Dave Ambrose]

One of the few regrets in my life is selling my 1962 MGA. I haven’t been able to find another one at a price I could afford.  

[NYLIBUD]

There are a bunch of cars,but the cars that standout,are the Mopars.69-70 Roadrunner.Doedmt have to be a Hemi.And a slew of other great Mopars.I had a 69 Dart,bought it when I graduated HS.It was not a matching car by any means,but it was fast,with the 360,and really nice looking.Hemi Orange,basically a loose replica of a Dart GT...Man I miss that car.I sold to a friend who then sold it himself.He too says the same thing,never should of sold it.Right now if I had the car,,it would be a drag car.

[HomerS]

On 9/13/2018 at 6:06 PM, cobraman said:

You mean the car, right ?

The Ferrari may be cheaper to keep and easier to handle......

[426 pack]

I we are taking about cars that are literally out of my reach it would be the 81 Honda on the top of a Costco shelf.

but for real probably a real 1968 dodge HEMI dart.

this one is $215,000 US dollars.

[NYLIBUD]

12 hours ago, 426 pack said:

I we are taking about cars that are literally out of my reach it would be the 81 Honda on the top of a Costco shelf.

but for real probably a real 1968 dodge HEMI dart.

this one is $215,000 US dollars.

Oh what a car that Dart is.Id love to own one.Also,what is the deal with the car at Costco? Is that for real,or what?

[Mark]

I've wanted a two-seater AMX, but back in the early Eighties they were a few hundred bucks more than I wanted to spend.  I owned an AMC car at the time, and knew a couple of brothers who owned a dealership and knew all about them.  They told me which parts were hard to find, and which were impossible even then.  The affordable cars always needed the impossible items, and were generally beat to death.

I once had first crack at an MG-TF in the mid-Nineties.  It was complete and rust-free, and even had good body structural wood.  It was a '55 model but had been disassembled in the early Sixties.  My older brother bought it to flip, but I had first shot at it and passed.  The earlier models were more desirable at the time, but the TF has a bigger engine and has since narrowed the popularity gap somewhat.  At the time, I figured where am I going to drive it without worrying about getting nailed between two cars in a collision...

[Dave Ambrose]

14 minutes ago, Mark said:

 

I once had first crack at an MG-TF in the mid-Nineties.  It was complete and rust-free, and even had good body structural wood.  It was a '55 model but had been disassembled in the early Sixties.  My older brother bought it to flip, but I had first shot at it and passed.  The earlier models were more desirable at the time, but the TF has a bigger engine and has since narrowed the popularity gap somewhat.  At the time, I figured where am I going to drive it without worrying about getting nailed between two cars in a collision...

That’s interesting. The TF was always my favorite T-series MG. 

[webestang]

In 1979 at the tender age of 15 I saw a 68 Shelby Mustang GT500 fastback for sale. $3500. Could not talk my Pop into buying it for me. Had the wait till I was 17 to buy my first car, a 71 Super Beetle.  

[iamsuperdan]

I've been actively hunting for a big 70s station wagon for a couple of years now. Every time I get a lead on a decent one, it vanishes. Probably half a dozen times so far.

Plymouth Fury, Ford Gran Torino, Mercury Cougar Villager, whatever.

I will find one. One day.

[426 pack]

10 hours ago, NYLIBUD said:

.Also,what is the deal with the car at Costco? Is that for real,or what?

It is from the movie Employee of the month.

[Bucky]

At my semi-advanced age, there have been several cars that would fit in this category for me! LOl

Three that pop into my mind immediately are the '68 Chrysler 300 convertible, '70 Chrysler 300 Hurst, and  '70 Superbird. 

These have all been available to me in years past, but the funding just didn't materialize!!! HAHAHA

[NYLIBUD]

13 minutes ago, 426 pack said:

It is from the movie Employee of the month.

I gotcha.

[Deuces]

Maybe next year for me...... 

I want to trade in my '05 GT droptop on this but I know the dealers won't give me nothing for it.....

I'll have mine with the 6-speed manual trans.....

[Xingu]

On 9/15/2018 at 3:09 PM, iamsuperdan said:

I've been actively hunting for a big 70s station wagon for a couple of years now. Every time I get a lead on a decent one, it vanishes. Probably half a dozen times so far.

Plymouth Fury, Ford Gran Torino, Mercury Cougar Villager, whatever.

I will find one. One day.

Glad that someone else appreciates the full size wagon. My wife thinks I am crazy for wanting one.

[Deuces]

Wagons are very Kool... I wouldn't mind owning a '70-'72 Olds Cutlass Vista Cruiser with the 442 hood and the rear bumper with the dual cutouts for the exhaust tips.....

[Mike 1017]

[Deuces]

On 9/13/2018 at 2:27 PM, Badluck 13 said:

I am a Ford man but in my heart was/is/and will be a Gen 2 Camaro big block 4 speed.....2 years ago one showed up at a local car show was done exactly how I would want it.....

 

Looks like a great subject to replicate...... I think I could swing that.....