There is no "Used Car Factory" to order from....You need to lower your sights a little if you want to find a car....

There is no "Used Car Factory" to order from. If your looking for a musclecar-the chance of you finding a 40 or 50 year old car with the exact engine, transmission, axle ratio,instrumentation, interior color, etc. is almost nil. You'd have a better chance of getting struck by lightning on the golf course. So when you hear some clown whining that they can't find their dream car, and they've been looking five years, blah,blah,blah-it's because they're too picky. I've touched on this before, but's it's worth going over again. I personally know several people who passed on very cool cars in good condition at fair prices because it wasn't "Exactly what they were looking for". These idiots are why I came up with the "There's no used car factory" line. Idiot # 1. Wanted a '68-70 GTO with the 400 / 4-speed powertrain. He passed on a nice 400 / 4-speed '68 model because it didn't have the hood tach or disc brakes. He passed on a gorgeous, loaded 455 powered '70 model because it was an automatic. When he turned up his nose at a gorgeous, triple white, 400 / 4-speed, '71 LeMans Sport CONVERTIBLE that was done like a Judge-"Because it's not a real GTO" I wanted to kill him.  Idiot # 2. Wanted a '70-'72 LT-1 powered Z / 28 Camaro. He passed up an unrestored, but exceptionally well maintained '70 model because it was an automatic. He passed up a nice 4-speed '71 model because it had headers on it and traction bars and Cragar mags-which made it "Unoriginal". Ugh! He also passed up a fantastic, all original 4-speed '73 model because it was an L82 ( which has a hydraulic cam, an iron intake and Q-Jet carb, instead of the LT1's solid cam, aluminum intake and 780 Holley!! )  As far as I know, this moron still hasn't found a Camaro up to his standards. Idiot # 3. Wanted a '68-'70 "Bullitt" / Dukes of Hazzard" Charger with a big block. He passed up a decent '69 model that had a KILLER 440 in it, Cragar mags and brand-new T/A radials, because the 440 wasn't "numbers-matching". He passed up a pristine, all original '68 models because it had bench seats and a two-barrel carb on the 383!!. He also passed up a 440 / Six Pack '70 model that should have been on the cover of Hot Rod magazine because the 440 wasn't numbers matching. Idiot # 4. Wanted a '65-68 Shelby Mustang, preferably a GT350 or GT500. He passed on a gorgeous'68 390 GT done in "Bullitt" style-highland green paint and Torq-Thrust mags-becsuse "Its not a Shelby". He also passed on a '66 GT with the 225 hp 289, the rally pac guages, the pony interior,factory air, factory front disc brakes, and the "California Megaphone" exhaust with date-coded mufflers intact- for $2,300!!!!!  Because "It's still not a Shelby". I wanted to slap him.  I'm not even a Ford guy and I bought the damn thing and sold it for a tidy profit a few months later. The point I'm trying to make is realize a good deal when you see it, and snap it up!!  Mastermind