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Re: How Many Really Good E-Bodies Did you pass up back in the day?
« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2007 - 02:27:53 AM »
too many
 I passed on a 71 Hemi 4 spd Chall ]prefered the 70] , passed on a GA4 Cuda 340 4spd Shaker louvers & spoilers [just above my price range ]
 passed on a 70 Orange 340 GC [Auto]...........the list goes on

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Re: How Many Really Good E-Bodies Did you pass up back in the day?
« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2007 - 06:24:19 AM »
In `82 I took out a loan for $2500 from the credit union to buy a project car.At the time I was not diehard Mopar so was looking for a Mustang Mach1,`cuda,road runner,Chevelle or any decent muscle car.Of all the cars I looked at it came down to the `72 Barracuda-340 727,running driving with a trashed interior and needing some rust work for or a `70 Challenger R/T-Lime green,black vinyl,black houndstooth interior,383 4 spd.It was a more solid,better interior but needed an engine rebiuld as it smoked real bad.It was a tough decision but I wnated something to drive for a while before I tore into it for the resto so I bought the Barracuda.Price for the Challenger-$1500,the Barracuda $1000.the guy selling the Challenger had a few more cars for sale also-a `70 Hemicuda for $10k and a 440-6 for $7 or 8 plus a couple more-too bad I couldn`t have afforded one of those!   :banghead:
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Re: How Many Really Good E-Bodies Did you pass up back in the day?
« Reply #17 on: December 15, 2007 - 10:25:22 AM »
This thread is depressing.   :sadwavey: :walkaway:

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Re: How Many Really Good E-Bodies Did you pass up back in the day?
« Reply #18 on: December 15, 2007 - 10:32:08 AM »
Yes it is in some ways.  Others it brings back good memories.
Got a pretty good start on my M46 optioned Barracuda restoration but now it is on hold till I can gather more funds.  Still need a few parts for it.  SIU Graduate 75 AAS Automotive Tech, 94 BS Advanced Tech Studies, 1997 MSED Workforce Education and Development

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Re: How Many Really Good E-Bodies Did you pass up back in the day?
« Reply #19 on: December 15, 2007 - 12:41:06 PM »
In 1987 a friend of mine tried to trade me his all factory AAR cuda for my freshly painted and restored 69" Chevy Nova.  I had a whopping $1700 in the Nova total.   

Only reason I didn't was his car was a golden/bronze color and I thought it was ugly and didn't have the money to paint another car so I told him no thank you.
 
Let's see super nice 69 nova these days $10,000
Super nice factory AAR Cuda $100,000

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Re: How Many Really Good E-Bodies Did you pass up back in the day?
« Reply #20 on: December 15, 2007 - 01:42:20 PM »
I graduated in '86 from highschool.  There was only 1 e-body around, my friends '70 or '72 Cuda, can't remember the year.  It was weird.  I didn't think much of his car as his was the "odd man out" as far as all the muscle cars went in a sea of GMs and Fords.  My stupidity in my youth...  :dunno:
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Re: How Many Really Good E-Bodies Did you pass up back in the day?
« Reply #21 on: December 17, 2007 - 04:23:33 PM »
Passed on a 71 Cuda 440-6 column auto for 3K in the early 90's. Passed on a 70 hemicuda ragtop for 6K in the late 70's (might as well been 60K for me back then) red/red auto car.

Sold the cars below...green 70 challenger is a 440-6 4 speed 4.10 dana car, blue 70 cuda is a 440-6 4 speed 3.54 dana, red 71 cuda was a 440-6 4 speed converted to a 472 hemi 4 speed, black 70 cuda was a 383 4 speed converted to a 426 5 speed. In-violet cuda was a 440-4 4 speed. the burnt orange 70 challenger was a 440-4 auto. Plenty others too, these are the E's that stick out

Dont have any computer pics of the AAR 4 speed red/red car i owned, that was a good one also.  Almost forgot this 71 Cuda, 383 4 speed
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Re: How Many Really Good E-Bodies Did you pass up back in the day?
« Reply #22 on: December 17, 2007 - 04:33:04 PM »
How about these B's i sold....Superbird, 440-6 console auto. 68 hemi runner, 4 speed, 3.54 dana. 70 runner, 426 hemi 4 speed 4.10 dana, 32K mile all original 440-4 70 coronet R/T, 71 Runner, 440-6 4 speeed

I could go on and on...LOL

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Re: How Many Really Good E-Bodies Did you pass up back in the day?
« Reply #23 on: December 17, 2007 - 04:36:33 PM »
Just wish I had a picture of all of the cars I had.  Wish the digital camera was around then but I did not even have a camera at the time.  I would be able to fill up so many pages of pictures it would be hard to beleive.  I will have to think of all the cars I had that i sold to get through school.  Just wish I had several of them back.
Got a pretty good start on my M46 optioned Barracuda restoration but now it is on hold till I can gather more funds.  Still need a few parts for it.  SIU Graduate 75 AAS Automotive Tech, 94 BS Advanced Tech Studies, 1997 MSED Workforce Education and Development

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