[3tas4me]

Great story! I think most of us have a story about a car that we wish we had.

Years ago I sold a blue 1971 T/A that I should never have let go. That car was my dream car. I bought it in 1990 from the second owner. The original owner was this guy's best friend in high school. His parents had bought him the car when he was a senior in high school. Him and his buddy (the original owner) would cruise around in it picking up girls. Somehow, he bought the car from this friend years later. He was selling because his wife had a medical condition that required expensive medicine to treat. I found the car for sale on Sunday evening in one of those Auto Trader magazines. The magazine had just come out that day so I was one of the first people to call on the car. Set up and appointment to look at it right away and bought it.

This car was a completely loaded 1971 Trans Am. Lucerne blue with blue deluxe interior and 4-speed. It had factory A/C, PW, PL, power trunk release, tilt steering, front and rear consoles, AM/FM eight track, Rally II's with trim rings, courtesy lighting, underhood light and almost every other option you could order in 1971. It was a completely numbers matching car with only 37k miles on it. I foolishly sold it almost 30 years ago and the guy who bought it has never restored it or done much with it. I have tried to get the car back, but he won't sell. I am still hoping to get it back before too many more years pass.