$1,000 wish list - what would you buy first?

I'd buy my wife $800 of riding lessons at her favorite stable. She deserves it for all my car junk / activities she puts up with.

Then I'd buy $200 of sheetmetal to finish up my car junk / activities.

 

$1000 doesnt go very far. Guess I'd add it to the $500 that I already have earmarked for doing the floor in my O/T, throw in a posi and a pair Rancho 9000 series shocks, use the balance on the front suspension/brakes, and get it back on 4 wheels. Oh, wait, I am broke again, and I still dont have tires...

 

Good point. I almost think a weeks vacation with my family relaxing on a beach would do more for my car then anything. Sit back recharge the batteries and come home with a clear head and some great memories. So who's giving me a grand?

 

A donkey, some crisco and a video camera.....or 7 more visits to my therapist.....

 

Re-up my old Alliance membership, and get a nice set of Coker wide whites for my Pontiac.

 

accuair kit for the air ride and dinner for me and the wifey. In that order.

 

Vintage air/heat/defrost unit for Big Olds.

 

-A winch and mount for my o/t Ford 4x4

-Or, a hidden stereo system or a set of Torq-Thrusts for my Coronet

-Or, a new 50-gallon 220V compressor and hard lines for the shop

 

Paint.

 

2/3 rd of one ounce of gold. $1000 worth of futures on wheat. I will then have $2000 to play with next year.

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=556172&highlight=baileigh

Now there is no need for a wish list. Win a grand worth of Baileigh!

 

Shocks all around

Rear shock bar

Hardware for front sway bar

New chrome hood bar

4 new outside door handles

All for my 55 Chevy Wagon, but that'll add up to more than $1000 right there.



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After reading this I laughed harder and longer than I have in ages !

 

I'd be halfway to a new transmission for the 55.

 

All that hard laughter threw me off the topic, and I Forgot to mention that I would start looking for a heating and cooling system for my '47 chevy coupe.

firstnomad
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I wish I had not read that while taking a sip of my Wendy's frosty during lunch...what a mess

 

I would give it to my commune so we could raise more veggie brownies!

 

I bought 20K worth a few years back @ $400 dumped it at $850, and used the proceeds + other savings/investments to put 1/3 down on a house. The writing was on the wall long before Lehman Bros.

 

My wife used to dip her fries in her frosty when she was pregnant with our first kid!
I just drank a lot!

 

in reality I'd pay my visa bill.

for car junk I'd put it towards disc brakes for my ugly 61 Dodge.... maybe junk that 3 speed and get an automatic

 

I just did it an hour ago ! I bought another 39 chevy coupe .With wifes permission !
YEAH !

 

best possible answer!

 

I'd have to use it to help pay for my new 47 ford tudor! Yea!

 

Spend it now, a grand a year from now will get a half-tank of gas and a loaf of bread!

Oh, I forgot earlier, I'd buy a decent welder!

 

Well, I just paid off some bills and had some $$$ left over, so I splurged on a pair of repro Fenton SBC headers, and put the rest on ice, since swap meet season's coming up soon.

 

If a had a grand fall out of the sky and into my lap and could use it any way I wanted I would probably take my wife on a nice vacation,,away from her shop for a few days and have the money to pay for the extra help while shes gone. HRP

 

Week on the beach in Savannah GA

 

I'd buy a roller cam and lifters for my Bonneville project.

 

A nice used tig welder.

 

that would sound pretty good if you left the word "scotch" out

hey david.... i just realized who i was talking to