Thank you everyone for your caring and kind thoughts. Life certainly is different for me now. I get through today and I'll see where tomorrows journey might take me.
I think I mentioned quite some time ago, if I did my apologies for being repetitious, that I had developed some medical issues which needed my attention. I was treated and I believe I'm ok now. Not knowing where those issues would take me at that time, I decided to sell my small collection that I had. I didn't want to leave my wife with a mess. I really liked my replicated '62 SS 409 a whole lot. Just something about that car and engine. Anyhow, I was left without an older car and needed just one. Something needing nothing but cleaning and polishing. It had to be either a '55 Belair, '62-'64 Impala SS 409 or '66 GTO with tripower. They had to be convertibles too. I really looked at several ads, sites and magazines. I really wanted the 409, but what I found were a few nice 409 cars, but the prices were outrageous; at least I thought so. More then I wanted to pay. Some were 6 digits. So, I decided to buy a '55 Belair convertible in great condition, that I still have. I also decided that just one was enough for me.
So, the reason I mention this, is I was reading through one of my car magazines, about a car auction in the Saratoga Springs area, this past fall. I'm about 3 hrs. from there. I don't recall the name of the auction or what magazine it was in. They profiled a few of the sales, one of which was a red '63 SS 409/425 convertible. From the pictures and description it looked quite nice. It sold for $66,000.00. From what I looked at in the past, that was an unbelievable price. Even though it was sold, it piqued my interest big time. If that car was as described and I was there to see it in person, there is no doubt, that car would have come home with me, even though I swore off buying another car. I know it's crazy, but I guess you never know.
I don't know anymore about this car, but from what I mention, it does sound too cheap; yes??? Suppose to have the original drivetrain. I think for me to change my posture, a car would have to really jump out at me and this one did. On the surface, it would have been exactly what I wanted but was late, Carmine.
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