Russ,
Having missed out on some car deals over the years I know how you feel. But the ironic thing is, seems whenever that has happened, I have always run into something better.
One such story was I was all set up to go and buy a pair of NOS quarters for a 66 Nova for a customer one time.I called the guy, set a time, was getting ready to leave for the two hour drive and the phone rings. This guy tells me he just sold them. I said WHAT? He knew I was coming but apparently that didn't matter.
Anyway, I stumbled across a guy in my home town (less than fifteen minutes away) that tells me he has two 66 Novas for sale, one resto project and one parts car. Well I go check em out and not only does he have the two cars, he has TWO sets of NOS quarters,TWO sets of NOS fenders and a Ton of other stuff that goes with it.Long story short.Bought everything, kept one set of fenders/quarters and sold everything else for a profit and got free sheetmetal to boot. I still can't believe it!!
Kurt
www.autokraft.org