If I Sell My Stuff And Get Out of the Hobby, Can I get Back Into it Later?

sell it all , ive done this myself before .. when you get your life straightened out start over .. i actually got better stuff now then i did the first time and life in general has been kinder to me for it.. things are better the second time around ..you can do it best of luck .

 

Man, I'm not THAT crazy!

If I need to work on something, I need to be prepared!

~Jason

 

Raven61 and Tman are right on! I read Ramsey's book and decided to get the monkey off my back several years ago. It wasn't easy and it sucks when you have to tell your kids they can't have something they really want. It took about 15 years but in 2005 we burned the mortgage, eliminated all credit card debt, car loans etc.

It is amazing just how much freedom you have to do things, buy rod parts, or anything else you want when you have savings to go raid instead of having to borrow or wheel and deal to get something. We're not rich by any means but life is a lot better not being a slave to creditors.

 

Just keep all your tools!!!

 

damn straight , keep the tools..

 

Trust me, they're not going anywhere. Too many hand-me-downs, from too many generations, there.

And I love those damned S wrenches too much... those get passed on to my girls.

~Jason

 

True, but we gotta give him some hope first! When Dave Ramsey says to folks to buy a 3K beater..............I grin and realize my 54 TECHNICALLY fits that description! And better since it is worth far more that the few thousand I have into it!

 

NEVER EVER DO IT!!!!!.
fuck the divorce,what can she or her lawyers do to you? shoot you? who cares about her do what you want! .
I sold a much loved car to bail my ex out of trouble,shes long gone and i can never afford to buy my car back (wouldn't want too any way it's been fucked up chainer style) and i have met heaps of guys and gals who have sold up just because of a lousy divorce settlement and bankrupsty .Stick to your principles and keep everything .
theres a saying in our family.." A man is tied to this earth by his possesions"

 

I've emailed CuriousRash about some stuff. I may well post some things here in a few days. If so, prepare to be amazed.

~Jason

 

Not exactly the same thing, but-

I was talking to a successful guy with hot rods, he said it's funny how he sold his cars off to start his business, so he could eventually be able to afford the same stuff he already had.

Obviously, do what you have to do and don't worry about it, it just reminded me of that irony.

 

Once its gone its gone. I lost all my stuff only it was through a bush fire. Insurance payed me out but I will never have the things I did then. I learned that having a project goes a LONG way to keeping your sanity. If it comes to it sell the bare minimum you need to, keep the rest.
Its just stuff?? Bullshit.

 

I went through the same situation a while back. Got divorced and spent 18 months at the bottom of a rum bottle. By the time I realized what I had done, I was upside down tens of thousands of dollars, living in a room in some house with 5 busted cars and various parts scattered all over hell and gone and no way to get to and from work.

3 years later, I sold alot of stuff off have been trying to streamline my life. I try not to look back at what was done, but look forward and think about what will come. Sometimes it feels better to clean everything out and try to start a fresh.

Friends help to. good luck.

 

But on the bright side your wife never had to shave again!

 

Take care of yourself, sell the stuff it is not that importaint, get out of dept first.
Think and plan a way out, so you can again be able to have play money. I am almost 30 years older than you and between the ages of 40-59 I had no money to play with cars I sold every thing except one car, I am now able to play again within reason. Life does not always go our way hang in there.

 

It's all just stuff. It's funny how we all hang on to this crap thinking we have all the ultimate stuff. There will always be another car, bike , truck, etc. And just remember, no matter how car poor we end up there's one thing for sure, nobody can take away your birthday!

 

Hang onto the tools, sell all the labor intensive shit. Pool the money and buy a turnkey cruiser that you can just enjoy what it is. Don't care if it's an early caddy or a late CTS-V. Get something that turns your crank and just enjoy it.

A year or two down the road you'll probably have a hankering for something rattier. Or not.

 

by your own account you might not get back in the hobby for 20 yrs. At 54 are you going to want to scrounge and build? or buy, drive, and have fun. Sell it all off, and plan for better times.

 

It's suck, and sorry to hear about your situation. I've dumped most everything(except my 34') I had, including the "Glasser Gasser" built by UncleScoob to pay Mister IRS Tax Man. What a bummer. My suggestion is keep somthing that is very near and dear to you and dump the rest.

Drew

 

A friend of mine lost everything in a house fire. He told me later that after the initial shock wore off he felt a huge sense of freedom. He said he was tied to all those possession and did not realize it untill they were gone. Now I'm a big pack-rat, but there are times when I think about what he said. Do what you need to. There will be plenty of stuff left when you want it. There always has been.

 

Your best interest and health is more important than stuff.

 

Sorry to hear that you have fallen on hard times. I've started over many times in my life. Sell what you have to to get your head above water. Parts in the garage but no food on the table is no way to go through life. You'll bounce back soon enough. Good luck.

Doc.

 

I wish you the best, shit happens sometime, you got to take care of yourself first. you will get what you need back. "keep the faith"

 

Sorry to hear you're feeling hard times. You can always find another project when things get better. Won't do you any good to have a bunch of great stuff,while you're eating out of a dumpster! Back up and regroupe. I'm sure you'll be just fine.

 

Treat this as an opportunity. If you sell everything, and pay off your debts, you won't have anything chaining you down. No house, no wife, no cars and parts to store. You will be free.

Think of the possibilities. You could take a job in a foreign land, maybe the Peace Corps, maybe some luxury resort, maybe teaching English to schoolkids in Asia. Take up scuba diving in the South Pacific. You could move to a different city or state when you return. Work at a Ski resort in Colorado. Maybe a hot rod shop in Texas will let you start out as a floor sweep/assistant to the shop gofer. Without worrying about what you leave behind, you'll be free to do anything you want.

A few years ago I worked a temp job in a warehouse with a bunch of Hurricane Katrina refugees. When they saw the shit was going to hit the fan, they loaded up their cars and got out of Dodge. Once on the road they realized that now they were free-from their neighborhood, from their jobs (or lack thereof), from their old homes, from their possessions, and they just kept driving until they ran out of road in Washington state; which couldn't be more different than the Deep South to these mostly poor, mostly African-American people. But now they had opportunities they never dreamed of before. For some of them, the hurricane was the best thing that happened to them.

I was called up to active duty last year and sent to Kuwait. Before I left I sold the Alfa that I had for 15 years, gave away most of my old furniture, and after a drunk totaled my Mustang which I had for 8 years, I used the insurance money to pay off all my debts. I came back to Washington, but I have enough money saved up that I really could move anywhere. I've lived here for 17 years and I never thought I'd leave until I had to. Do I still love Seattle with its high living costs, snobby ex-suburbanite newcomers and 9 months of overcast? No. I'm looking at job listings in Texas and the Southwest. And I'm not even thinking about a new project right now, but I am dreaming of one. I occasionally check out Craigslist and see lots of tempting projects, but right now I'm focusing on the most important project of all: me.

Starting all over again can be scary, but also exiting. You can always get back into the hobby after your life is in order. You might even be able to do it better: better car, better shop, better tools (though maybe you could store your tools at a friend's house while you're gone). Maybe you're afraid you might not want to? That's OK too.

Life is not stuff.

 

Steve Ray......! Always wondered where you went!? Thanks for your service! Nice grounded story BTW. Good advice.

 

I agree with Bob. When things get better you can always find another project. I sold everything I had Including my 29 sedan delivery and my 32 vickie. Kept my hand tools but sold my welders, lifts, drill press and all the parts I had accumulated back in 1988. I kept up with my 29 and after all these years I am trying to buy it back now. It was a hard pill to swallow but it had to be done. Your wellbeing comes first. Like these guys have said Stuff is stuff! Good luck to you and I'll bet you will be ok. All HAMB guys are here for you anytime!

 

Sell it all to a friend you can trust for a very cheap price, just so he can title it all in his name. Then tell your EX's attorney that's all you could get for it. When you get back on your feet, pay your friend back and get your stuff back into your name....... I have seen this done with other car collections. My friend lived in a body shop at night and worked as a welder to get everything back, you can do it.

 

Cars broke up my first marriage, mainly because of me. I was 25 and an idiot. After that, I decided to marry for money. Never happened. Ran into a gal I use to go to college with when I was 38. We got married, bought a house and started working all the overtime I could get. At 57, I have a 32' 3 window, 31' Model A coupe, 51' Ford sedan and a 65' Chevy Biscayne. All bought or built with overtime.

 

What do you got?

 

Its so much easier to build something when there is no constraints.Sell then when you're ready get back to it.Knowledge is something no divorce or bankruptcy lawyer can take away!