[TheJDMan]

Like everyone else, I have been there in your situation. My 68 Camaro sat in my mom's garage for nearly 30 years after I got tired of working on it. Nearly every car friend I ever knew from the 70's and 80's also got tired of their cars at some point and sold them for one reason or another.

True story!
Shortly after I started my build of "Dust Off", by chance I re-connected with one of my car buddies from my hometown high school on f***book. When he saw pics of "Dust Off" on-line he immediately started recalling car stories from the late 70's that he hadn't thought about in 40+ years. We communicated back and forth for about 4 years as I was building "Dust Off" and he told me stories about his 69 Vette and my 68 Camaro, some of which I had never heard before. But the one thing he talked about constantly was how many times over the years he regretted selling that car and how lucky I was that I had never sold mine. Recently, he stopped answering my messages and I was not sure why. Then one of his kids, now with a family of his own, came on-line and informed me that his dad had passed. I was stunned, he had never indicated he was even sick. His son told me that toward the end he had started telling his family stories of our cars and about some of the dumb car guy stuff we used to do when we were younger. Apparently, the family was confused why he had started reliving is car days until they read our emails. His son, who I have never met, thanked me for making his dad feel young again in spirit. Fact of the matter is, it was just a couple old car guys remembering good times.

The moral of the story is that once you sell your car it's gone and all you have are memories. Be sure you are OK with memories before you sell!