Gone but not forgotten

[catzodellamarina]

Bet you thought it was a memoriam.. hehehe
Everyone has sold, traded, or hocked something they now regret parting with. Share.

My hs graduation (1985) present from my parents was a fixer upper 1966 Chevelle. It had no interior, motor or tranny. I had a 327 with high performance parts built for it and a TH350 with a shift kit. It was an awesome vessel. That summer I met an equally awesome g/f. She looked just like the chick in "The Legend of Billy Jean".
She went back to college.. I strayed and met some easy chick. The easy chick and I fought all the time, so we decided to live together so we could fight more. BTW - she's the LAST girl I ever shacked up with. I was persuaded by her to trade the car in on a "respectable" grown-up ride

I regret losing the Chevelle and Billy Jean. Both were good to me and fun to ride!

[buzzsaww]

Raise a shot to your Chevelle and my long gone Pantera... Sigh...

[xenophobe]

Yeah, wish I could have kept my first car... 1969 Dodge Dart GT w/ factory high performance '68 340 4 barrel. That was fairly epic back in the day.

[veemagic]

It can suck to remember your first car, specially when it's a classic before you had it. My first was a '69 Camaro I got in '87. It wasn't perfect but what a great car. I sold it in '92 to continue funding my "rockstar" dreams in Hollywood. I actually started tracking it down last year, and had it narrowed down to about a 15 mile radius. My goal was to get it back and fix whatever was wrong with it. Then last fall I came across '68 Camaro, and said screw it, this one IS perfect! Who says you can relive a little!

[atomic charvel guy]

i didnt get my first car until i moved to California . i was a city slicker for the most part in new york and didn't need a car. well, not to mention
i was in a band, and never had a dime.the girls were always a big help back then. had a little money for drugs and booze sure, but for a car? what a waste! haa haa

[pianoguyy]

The loss of a vehicle due to old age or accident is not the same as selling it. Much like the girl that died is not the same as the one that you let go.

So, excluding the 'natural cause' items, I have one BC Rich that I liked that I got rid of that I think I would like to have today.

And of course, the curiosity effect...
I didn't like Gibson 30 years ago. But today, I do. So I am curious as to if I still had any of my old Gibson guitars that I didn't like, if I would like them today. Is it a change in design, or a change in me? I didn't like them, I don't regret selling them. It is just a curiosity.

[rstites]

This is where my inability to get rid of much of anything pays off. I still have the '65 Mustang I bought in high school. I still have the '87 Porsche I bought when I go my first real paycheck. I've driven a number of daily drivers over the years, generally to excess of 200k miles, so no regrets.

I even still have my '84 Charvel, used to be in the galley around here but appears to not be there anymore. However, my one real musical regret is my '79 Marshall 2203 (single channel, master volume, 100 W). It and the accompanying 4x12 were my backline for most of my youth and playing days. I still have the 4x12 and it's pure magic. For some reason, I sold the head back around 2000 when I was doing a generally clearing out of 100 W heads, etc. that I knew I'd never get a chance to use in anger again. I think the prices in ebay had just shot up so much that I figured I'd pick up another when they came back to reality.....not my wisest financial move. I'd like to have that one back. Most everything else of sentimental value I still have around.

[straycat]

Charvel #5490 the next to last SD Charvel. May have been the last strat head IDK for sure.
70 44+6 4 speed Plymouth 'Cuda.
64 Plymouth Sport Fury 426 stage III max wedge. Looked like Grandma's grocery getter but holy shit that was a strong ground pounding street race car back in the day.
Raise the hood and wall to wall engine with two 4bbl carbs on a cross ram manifold.