Tear Jerkers

[MickyG]

Has anyone got any stories like mine? I bet you have?

Now I'm a lover of both Ford and Holden, certain models that is not every Ford I like and same goes for Holden. Here are two of my Tear Jerker stories.

My brother and I were driving near Malanda (Atherton Tablelands Near Cairns) about 15 years ago when I was 18 and bro 16, and hidden behind a tree on a dairy farm was a HK Monaro with a cardboard 'for sale' sign on it. So in we pulled in and asked what he wanted, 3k he said and we kept our cool and didn't kiss him on the forehead and talked him down to 2 and a half then we we headed back to Cairns to get the money, all this car needed was to be reupholstered everything else was excellent! Once we got back to Cairns my father found out what we were buying and forbade us handing over money for a 30 year old bomb and the only good car was a brand new corolla or those new fancy Daewoos that have just come out in the market and told my brother who wanted it more then life itself that he would not make the same mistake that his dumb brother did in buying an old bomb (ZD Fairlane in mint condition for $2500!). 2 weeks later he must have been at the pub telling his mates how dumb his kids were when he came rushing home saying we are off to Malanda to buy this HK (his mates must have told him he is a retard), HK had already been sold. I still want to slap him too this day.

2nd was a HG Monaro for sale at Atherton for a low price of $6500 this car was beautiful had the 350 chev and 2 speed powerglide and a desperate seller! The seller was so upset with himself in selling it and we knew we had to tread carefully to get this pearl. My brother being the Scotsman he is talked him down to $3500 the guy agreed but he called us every name under the sun and I thought he was tossing up whether to bash us or take the money and pay some gambling debts. We settled on the deal and he said come back tomorrow with the money just give him a call to find out when he will be there. When my brother called the next day this bloke abused him and said he would rather drive it off a cliff then sell it to him for that ridiculous price, my bro crumbled and said he would give him the asking price and he said too late he sold it to his mate for $3500 and my bro could suck his c*%#! Then hung up.

I bet there are some better stories out there then these!