Regrets of items sold....

My custom grill from 275# oil tank AKA Godzilla. Awesome capacity, and the absolute greatest pig cooker.... just recently scored a new tank and am taking it on as a winter project... the Return of Godzilla
 
These are all great answers....

Which now begs the question. Would you realistically buy them again if you could? I think I would. Well, at least some things. I REALLY want my Pitt's and Spitt's trailer back.
 
The list of things that I sold and wish I had back is way too long.

for me the top item I wish I had is one I never owned but thought I would ( no in my heart I knew I would own it one day) was my Dads 1978 Dodge tradesman cargo van he bought new in Late 1977.

My Late uncle and my Dad spent a lot of time customizing it back in the day as everyone did back then.

It was my Dads daily driver and we used to every chance we got to drag our Glastron Ski boat to lake Ozborn.

I was the main kid out of four that washed my Dads van without being asked to I did my best to keep every inch of it cleaned because it was something my Dad loved and I wanted to keep it around long enough to buy it off of him when he was ready for a new car.

I was heart broken when out of no where he came home with a 1978 Thunderbird that he traded straight out for his van.

Eventually I ended up with the T-bird but it just did not mean as much as that van did.

It was a Silver short wheel base with OEM rear windows no side windows except a aftermarket small port hole window on the passenger side rear and large aftermarket window just behind the drivers seat.

Custom molded fiberglass running boards with built on fender flares, Fiberglass windshield visor, Rear door spare tire mount with fiberglass cover rear door ladder and roof rack. Semi Deep dish Chrome Wagon wheels, Fiberglass front spoiler.

Interior was super simple 4 matching Blue vinyl swivel captains chairs with arm rest. a small post table with cup holders that could be removed. Custom wheel wheel area storage benches for a few of kids not quick enough to call one of the two rear captains chairs, Light blueish wood paneling with indoor outdoor carpet. ( that was later upgraded in the early 80s to regular carpet)

The last time I saw it was in the mid 1980s it still had the OEM Silver paint Except for the color matched aftermarket parts. My dad was a smoker and always had the window down with his left arm resting on the door. he did this for so long his arm rubbed the paint down to the bare metal yet the metal never had a chance to rust because of the residual transmission fluid on his arm after a long day working on transmissions. ( so the van always had a smell of smoke and transmission fluid plus old spice ) LOL.

I am not rich in fact I live check to check like most but if I could find this van in any condition with the proper proof that it was my Dads van I would find a way to buy it.

The memory of this van and the fun times we had in it plus the connection with my Dad and my Late uncle are truly priceless to me.
 
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