I've a couple but I'll stay away from the family "incident" and share this one.
A friend and his father found a 57 Chevy in the next town and they asked if I would like to tag along. So I went for a ride to get this Chevy. When we get there, the fella has half a dozen "old cars" along a fence. One the piqued my interest was a 55 Ford Ranch Wagon, black, 2 door, v-8 power and I swear it was callin' my name.

I asked my friends father to inquire if the wagon could be bought which he did when the owner came over and the guy says sure! 250 bucks! I was in heaven and said we would be back in a week! The owner said no problem, it'll be there waiting for me. Of course you already know that when we went back the next saturday, the owners son had decided that he wanted the wagon "to fix up"... and yes, it sat there for at least 10 more years and rotted away - even tho' I stopped in and asked and asked and asked.... oh well... sigh...