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Almost done a stupid trade
Was working on a big trade with a 77 Z28 4 speed car, why I don't know but it was fun for awhile.
The Z is right at 100k miles and was a driving car but looking at all the work I have done to the Prix in the last few months and then looking at all the money and time I was going to put in the Z to make it the way I like a car started to make it not a great deal after all. Then this morning I peeked into the garage and looked at the Grand Prix and the new RPM intake I was going to install and knowing how good it runs I dropped out of the deal and won't look back. The Grand Prix is not a show car but something about a black car really turns me on! http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...ictureid=12966 http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...ictureid=12967 |
Swapper Remorse can/will always haunt you.
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Last month I almost traded my '72 for a Z28 4 speed car. I just couldn't get into a Chevy powerplant... Probably for the best!
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Another Man-card narrowly escapes damnation!
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Good thing you guys didn't trade, you would have had to grow a mullet and talk like Joe Dirt. ;)
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Unless it was a 71 Z28...rather have the GP. all day long.
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That would have been the biggest mistake of your life. Thank goodness the Pontiac Gods guided you back to reality. :D that Prix. Is a beauty. |
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http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...ictureid=12966 Nuff said, Frank |
So much more character in the GP. I may be a biased Pontiac fan boy but I just don't see how that trade would have ended up some serious long-term regrets.
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You make a wise choice.
Camaro = Cheap Wannabe w/ Fugly bumpers. Grand Prix = Refined Style & Performance. |
MaryAnn said it best.
And I say you would have kicked yourself afterwards for the rest of you life. I've been doing that myself for getting rid of my 66 Tempest Custom, 76 Super Glide, and for the final end to my 79 Formula that should not have happened. You did the smart thing SB and dropped the swap. Ahhh a new phrase for anyone contemplating a swap for something else, and having doubts if it's a good move or not. "Drop the Swap!" LOL |
I once traded a 69 Cougar, California car, 351 Cleveland 4bbl for a 1972 Opel station wagon. I still have night mares. :(
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Trading away all that equity that you put into it would be painful. I do like the ‘77, though. That one year brings back memories of when the coolest guy in school’s dad had one and I remember him showing up with the car with its monochromatic bumpers.
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I traded my very nice, regularly driven '69 el Camino once for a '68 Olds '88 convertible that hadn't seen the road in at least 10~12 years and had bald tires. I couldn't sleep that night and to this day, it shames me to say that I BEGGED that guy to give me my el Camino back. He was a very nice guy and said he understood and did it but I always felt like a real jerk for doing that.
But I slept pretty good from then on. http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...1&d=1518190633 |
One thing I've learned through others, is to never trade. If I want something, I'll sell one of my cars to buy the other. That way I make sure I actually want it, and I'm not acting on impulse.
The 77 Z isn't a bad car at all, but if you love the GP that much, it would have been a terrible trade on your end. Fun fact, 77 was the year Z28 returned, and the last year for steel bumpers. |
The bumpers on a 1977 Z/28 were aluminum, and ghastly.
The 1978 Z/28 was a VAST improvement.. |
I'll be the first and only one here to say maybe the trade could morph into a very good deal in time. Considering market trend on 76-79 TA's now, I would think a 4 speed later 70's Z car has equity potential among the generations who are starting to have the $ to invest in old cars and their memories from high school. I don't think you would do bad in the end on a trade. I vote: Acceptable trade, if equal quality cars.
Let the bullets fly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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