I know that many of you buy and sell cars without a second thought. I think what’s happening is that I hate having to do something because I’m getting old.

I’ve had the SLC since ’92, and my plan for the last few years had been to restore it with my son, and when he's of car driving age, give him a real different ride from the Hondas/Toyotas/Subarus that the other kids would be driving.

So for the last 4 years I’ve been accumulating all sorts of parts to restore it, and really looking forward to working on it with him.

However in the last 3 years, I’ve also been accumulated surgeries – two hip replacements and in March, a laminectomy and spinal fusion. The hips went great, but the laminectomy and fusion failed – another story for another time. Left me chronically weak and in pain. Tough to get in and out of a low car, much less spend a lot of time wrenching on it.

Even with this, I think I would try to go ahead with the restoration BUT I have no confidence that my kid would even want the car when I finish. So I can’t see the point of putting the time, energy and pain into it, if I’ll have to sell the car at the end.

Now here’s the funny part. When I was 21 in ‘73, my Dad wanted to give me his ’68 Galaxy, gold, black leather interior. I wouldn’t take it.

It was an adult car, and I wanted a kid’s car. So I bought a POS ’68 Toyota with 100K miles for $275, and sold it 3 months later for $25 in a bar. My dad sold the Galaxy, and was pissed at me for quite a while. He was right. Obviously I was wrong.

So I’m saving myself the pain of my son’s rejection, and selling now.

Anyhow, the car listed in the “For Sale” section. More info on the car: http://www.shokaifareast.com/slc.htm

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