It doesn't have to be "King Kong" to be cool....

Everyone lusts after the ultra-premium badass musclecars-i.e. LS6 Chevelles, Hemi 'Cudas, Six-Pack Road Runners, W30 442s, 455HO T/A's, Boss 302s, etc etc.  The reality is not many of us can afford them without a powerball win or re-financing the house. Even "base" models i.e-383 Super Bees, 396 Chevelles, 389 GTOs-that even 5 or 10 years ago wouldn't get a second look, are now commanding a King's Ransom. Even in this environment-I'm amazed at the number of people who turn up their noses at very cool cars at reasonable prices,because they aren't the "Big Dog", and then whine how hard it is to find decent car!!.  Here's a few that left me scratching my head and going Huh?  The one guy wanted a '68-70 GTO. So do a lot of people. But he turned up his nose at a beautiful red and black 350 / 4-speed, 1970 LeMans Sport convertible. Why? "It's still not a GTO."  Puhleeze.  Another idiot who wanted a '69-70 Mustang Mach 1 passed up a gorgeous Candy Apple Red '69 model with Ansen Sprint mags and rear window louvers-period-correct '70's cool-because it had a two-barrel carb on the 351W!!  Are you kidding me? An Edelbrock or Weiand intake manifold is about $200 in Summitt, and an Edelbrock or Holley carb is about $400. For $600 and a couple hrs work you could have a huge increase in performance and drivability and have the car the way you want. But he passed on the whole car, because he didn't like the carburator??!!  Another idiot did the same thing with a really nice '68 Charger that had a gorgeous red paint job and new T/A radials on Cragar S/S mags-because it had a 2bbl on the 383!! This boggles my mind. A couple guys I know looking for full-size muscle did the same unthinkable,moronic act of passing up a fabulous car because of some stupid detail. The one guy passed up a beautiful, Tri-Power, 421, 4-speed, 8-lug wheeled '63 Gran Prix, because the car was light blue, and he hated that color!!!  The car had white interior-he could have painted it any color he wanted!!!  If I'd had the cash, I'd have bought it and painted it Pearl White, or Buccaneer Red!!  The other idiot passed up a beautiful '65 Ford Galaxie coupe-it had a gorgeous bucket seat interior,factory A/C, new T/A radials on original style American Racing Torq-Thrust mags, and an awesome black paint job, because it was a 352 and he wanted a 390!!  The 352 and the 390 are both "FE" engines!! I pointed out that heads, intakes, headers etc-anything that fits a 390 will fit a 352-if he's looking for more oomph. I also pointed out that he could get a 390 out of a truck in a junkyard, and continue to drive the car with the 352 while he built a stompin' 390-if that's what he had to have. Nope. Passed up the car altogether. I'm reminded of that Bud Light Super Bowl ad from a couple years ago-two guys go into this bar full of gorgeous, friendly, scantily-clad women. Their the only men in the place and get quite a bit of attention. They leave when they find out the place doesn't serve Bud Light. As their walking away the one guys says-"Too bad, that place had potential". You think?  What is wrong with these people?  I've said it before-there is no "Used Car Factory" for you to place and order with!!  The chance of you finding a 40 or 50 year old car with the exact engine, transmission, axle-ratio,and color combination you want is almost nil. You have a better chance of being struck by lightning on the golf course. However-cars can be painted, seats can be re-upholstered, vinyl tops added or removed,and wheels changed. If you want to find a car and not have to lay out a gazillion bucks for "Exactly what your looking for" then you'll have to compromise on some things, like maybe settle for an automatic instead of a 4-speed, or a 383 instead of a 440, or whatever. Or continue searching for some unobtainable holy grail. Just stop whining about it.  Mastermind