I owned a 69 Chevelle 396 SS, with Cowl Induction! Dude listed it in the paper as a 69 Malibu for $600. I drove out there with a buddy. He lived in an apartment complex and his wife wanted the garage back. The car was his brother's, he was killed in an accident at sea, he was a Marine.
He had inherited it and really did not know what he had. He opened the garage door and I saw the ass end of a Red w/ dual white stripes 69 SS...
I put on the best acting job ever. " so, does it start?" he says yea, wanna take it for a spin? "If it starts, lets go to the bank, got one near here?" he says yea, about a mile. He gets in, fires it up. I turn to my friend, another gearhead, and told him not to smile and not to say a word, you are a dumbass right now until I get the title, right? He turns around, to hide his face. Walked back to our car and hid behind the steering wheel.
He let's me drive to the bank. I putted around town to the bank. Then we went to city hall, changed the title.
I hit 140 MPH on I94 on the way home.
My insurance went through the roof, I was 19. Ended up selling it for $3000 to a car guy that was friends with my Drag racing neighbor, because I knew he would take care of it. For three and a half weeks, everywhere I went, even at stoplights, people wanted to buy it, crowded around it. It was 1986 and the car was mint with only 28 thousand miles on it. If I had had a place to store it, I would still have it. Undoubtedly, the best car I ever owned, not the fastest but the best.
Oh well. If I ever get a chance I am going to get another one.
BTW, Nice work guys! Looks like ION's new i7 is just enough to stave of Vinska's school!