What did you own then regret selling?

[Redlinerobert]

For me the only thing I owned that should have never ever been sold was my Porsche. I loved that car.

[MALTESE FALCON]

I had a Smith & Wesson model 28 .357. In 1982 I lost my job, and after about six months I needed some money so I sold it to a cop buddy of mine. Three days later I found a new job. For some reason, I never replaced it.

Falcon

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my hugger orange 69 Chevelle SS 396  *sigh* I miss that car

which is why I never want to sell my Camaro.. I know that if I do... I will regret it... so I will rebuild it piece by piece and look at it as a money pit

[jdw174]

My '65 Chevelle with the L71 option (327/350hp) and 4-speed.  About that time I also got GAS for a new guitar (was in a band at the time).  In the space of 2 months I bought (and swapped back to the dealer) a Gibson Firebird, a Rickenbacker, and a Gretch Tennessean before finally settling on an Epiphone Sheraton.  If I'd have kept all of those, I'd have a very nice chunk of change right now due to collectibility.  The one that hurts most is that Sheraton.  Cost me $750 new with hardshell case.  Last one I saw appraised came in at $7500!!!

[fishfordollars]

My 1967  Chevy Nova Super Stock NHRA/IHRA drag car. Set several records with it, got a divorce many years ago, and sold during a brain fade. Been trying to find it for 15 years.

[Big T]

I regret selling my 1990 Grand Prix. It was the first I ever bought on my own. I got a wild hair and traded it for a  brand new 1996 Stratus, they sold my Grand Prix that night. I hated that Stratus. I have had many cars since then but have never appreciated them like I did the Grand Prix. I think it because I had to work so hard and save to get it.(Bought it while in college in the early 90's)

Big T

[Raul]

Nowdays I regret having sold my dad 's car a few months after he passed away, 1975 Impala Custom, man that car was kool, 2 door, front bucket seats, gear shift lever on a center console, power windows, it felt like driving an aircraft carrier, the thing was loooooooong. All it needed was a good paint job and a minor restoration.

[fish-fighting-illini]

it felt like driving an aircraft carrier, the thing was loooooooong. All it needed was a good paint job and a minor restoration.

 LOL that portion is  pretty funny Raul

[luckyinkentucky]

I've sold several things I regret selling later.

1) I sold #2 off the production line of a .357 Magnum Colt Python that I needed to sell to  make room.

2) 1 International Harvester and 1 Remington produced M1 Garand in pristine condition.

3) 2 -WWII German Mausers with SS markings and 'Death's heads' in original condition.  

4) An original Kentucky Long Rifle hand made in 1753.  

[bighed]

I've got a few, mostly from back in the 80's, some still hurt to this day.  66 Corvette coupe, Nassua Blue, 427/4spd/posi/AC/side exhaust, etc. Sold for $7000 for down payment on my first house back before car prices took off.  69 GTO Judge RAIV/Auto/Silver w black top and interior.  1970 Chevelle SS 396/4spd/posi/ci hood, blue w white stripes and black interior.  A 59 Bug Eye that made my wife cry when it went away.  72 Cheyenne Super orange and white SWB.  Then there are the ones I didn't or couldn't buy.  64 Corvette AC coupe disassembled $600.  68 Corvette bb roadster, nice running and driving Lemans blue car $4000, Daytona Charger 440 car in primer but driveable, $4000, 71 ZL1 Corvette coupe silver, low mile original car $12000.   4 or 5 grand was alot of money for a kid making under 30K back in those days and one car had to be sold to buy the next.  BUT, I did keep a couple.  My 59 Corvette and 56 Belair are still with me along with a few newer purchases.  big

[Redlinerobert]

Wow guys.  It hurts just to read some of these stories.

[bighed]

So was that pretty porch a turbo?  What ya rollin in now?

[Bassn Blvd]

My '69 Mustang.  That was my 1st car when I turned 16.  I kept her till I was 19 and GAVE her away to my best friend when I went to college.  A lot of THINGS were lost in that car.  I sure wish I still had her.

[mayassa]

2001 Dodge Viper RT

Table saw

Colt 6920 AR-15

Two Cronarchs

[Tin]

My '69 Mustang. That was my 1st car when I turned 16. I kept her till I was 19 and GAVE her away to my best friend when I went to college. A lot of THINGS were lost in that car. I sure wish I still had her.

:'(  That it brutal. Mustang's are a sore subject in my family too.

[cart7t]

Bought it out of high school for a whopping $1600 in 1976.

Saw one nearly identical go for $70,000 last year at Barrett-Jackson.

[fishfordollars]

I still have my 63 split window vette. It is a small block, factory 4-speed with fac/ac, have  both tops for 63 roadster. Looking for one.  knockoff wheels. It is red like most of them were. 136,000 miles. Frame off done at 111,000. Motor number matching car.

[CGH]

Kawasaki Ninja 1000R  8-)  Was over in Germany and Mom Said don't bring that death machine home.  So I sold it and have regreated it ever since  :'(

[=Matt 5.0=]

I regret selling my Epiphone....when I was out off work I needed to free up some cash.  :-/

Don't think I'll ever sell the car though, unless someone is very serious and has a pile of money. Would be nice to have a boat in the garage that the family can enjoy....

[luckyinkentucky]

If we're talking about cars then I have a doozy.  When I was 16 my Dad made me sell my hot rod because of too many tickets.  I sold it to my cousin who promised to sell it back when I turned 18, but he totaled it, and ended up spending 2 months in the hospital.

It was a '73 Malibu Laguna w/ a 427 Rocket bored 40 over, Competition shift kit, competition cam, Edelbrock Intake, Competition traction bars, and a 4 barrel Holley Dominator carb.  She would literally take your breath away at get you to 60 in less than 4 seconds flat!  

Then I had a '66 GTo in Candy Apple Red with Silver Racing Stripes I traded to my Uncle for a pick up to drive back to college in.   :  I got screwed on that deal!   ;D

Here is my latest regret!  I sold it for chump change because the wife was worried I'd kill myself.   :

[cart7t]

I still have my 63 split window vette. It is a small block, factory 4-speed with fac/ac, have  both tops for 63 roadster. Looking for one.  knockoff wheels. It is red like most of them were. 136,000 miles. Frame off done at 111,000. Motor number matching car.

Split windows do well with the Vette crowd.  I'm not really a Vette lover except for the the years of '59 - 67.  Those were the only ones that turn my head.  

[FishingBuds]

:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Thats easy, :'( :'( My first House

everything was new, had a full basement, dead end street, behind a great school. and everything was cheap for it.

I'd be mortgage free right now if I only kept her. :'( :'( :'(

But, NO I had to get a bigger place, needed more room(stupid me)

Now everything is double in price and I cut 5acres in grass-when I use to cut a lot that was 80feet by 90 feet-what once took 35 minutes to cut with a push mower now takes 3 to 4 hours with a rider. To top it off I got to get allergy shots now because of so much grass to cut :'( :'(

Yep should've kept the smaller house-man I could have done stuff with that basement :'(

[Fishin-Psyantist]

 I regret selling my Honda MC several years ago. It looked alot like the one in the picture.

[Tokyo Tony]

I sold my soul for a hundred bucks :-/

Seriously though, I can't think of something I REALLY regretted selling, but my grandmother owned an awesome house right on the water in the Florida Keys, and she sold it about 6 years ago. I mean, this house was amazing, and so close to such awesome fishing that it still hurts a lot to this day when I think of it. I know for a fact that she really regrets selling it too. Man, what a mistake. You could take a ten minute boat ride to an awesome breakfast joint then go bonefishing, and when you got tired of that you could go catch tarpon or snook or redfish or any number of awesome fish. Then when you were done with that you could go swimming in the canal and spearfish for snapper or catch Jacks and sometimes tarpon on topwaters in the canals. Going to bed at night on the screened-in porch you could hear the tarpon rolling in the canal.

:'(

*Edit* Also, it was an hour boatride from Flamingo (awesome Everglades fishing) and an hour and a half boatride from Miami.

[Catt]

'69 Hurst Olds Cutlass

350 cu. in bored 60 thousands over, 12.5:1 TRW piston & push rods, full stroke Iskenderian cam & kit, 2 Holley dual pumpers, Edelbrock Tarantula intake, Borg Warner T10 transmission, Borg/Beck clutch, Hurst Mystery sifter with lock out reverse