Am I the only one that takes everything out of a parts car before it heads to the s**** yard or do you just take what you need. I've been known to even take all the bolts, screws and whatever else might come in handy one day.
Yep, I am a hoarder, but if you ask me for a specific part, I can retrieve it immediately. My system falls apart when I decide to move something to a more logical location. That mistake has caused me to lose things for up to two years.
stove----winnebago. I think it is organized I know where everything is just take me a day or two to find it.
I have the same system of parts storage. I have moved twice in the last fifteen years. On the first move, I took about $10,000.00 worth of ford parts to the s****per and my son pocked $336.00. I sent 6 open drive banjos that everybody wanted, but after a dozen swap meets and no interest, I let them go. Dozens of hubs and drums. I had to let him take the stuff, because I would have just brought more home. I have recently moved over to north east alabama and made another dump of good stuff before I moved it. It took me nearly 2 years to get my remaining stuff moved here. I still had to get two four post lifts so I had room to walk, much less work. I actually considered letting a friend help reorganize my place, but that won't happen. I just keep adding more stuff. I do keep my obsession to early Fords and running gear that suits. My wife said I am way past hoarding, but it keeps me out of the pool hall.
I have a hard time trashing anything too. The older the parts, the worse I feel about recycling them. Every time I find just the bolt I need in some old coffee can of long dead parts car, the habit is reenforced. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
You need to save old bolts, because the modern Chinese ones look Chinese on an old car. The problem with junk is that you will certainly have use for a very small percentage of it, but you don't know which individual pieces you will need. A friend decided to sort some of his metal in his junk pile a while ago, and tossed a bunch of "obviously useless" pieces into the trunk of a car that was headed to the s****. But then over the next few weeks as he was working on different things, he would need a piece of this or that, which was never in his saved pile. He always had to go back and rummage in the trunk a**** the "absolute ****" for the stuff he needed. I agree that if you have the space, saving a whole parts car is ideal, because you always know where to find the part on it you need. Even if you want a piece of sheet metal for repair, you have the exact right material.
Everyone in this hobby has to have some OCD. Think about it. My idea of cleaning the garage consists of moving stuff around and storing it tighter to make more space.
That's me too, I also start with an empty trash can for the plain junk and paper, rarely if ever fill it. Bob
I scavenge everything that isn't damaged too bad...I figure if I can't find some one who needs it then it goes; amount of time I allow varies..
Yep, you're normal, or most of us are abnormal. These pictures show some of my stuff. The problem is I didn't want to toss something that someone else might need. Most of the stuff I have isn't "***y", it's not primo sheet metal or engines, a lot of parts people lose and can't find. Right now I'd like to get rid a lot of it.
You gotta have a lot of room Just to keep that stuff and even more if you would like it organized. That room or space costs money, the space alone is capable of producing positive cash flow. Warehousing products that move in and move out is very lucrative while hoarding junk just kills. Ok so some perspective on that, because it's not all about money. Positive cash flow builds hot rods. A space to work in builds hot rods Not loosing on space builds hot rods Moving things in and out builds hot rods.
If you were, you'd know that as person is Obsessive Compulsive and the condition is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Plus, you would chide me for not using hyphens, LOL!
If you were OCD your place, piles, and little picnics would look like this. If you were OCD, this next kind of stuff would drive you straight up a wall with no relief until you fixed it.
There's a difference. The collection- obviously not a collector with OCD but a serious p***ion for the subject matter. Every inch of space is used, every inch of space needed. The hoarder, not much p***ion for the subject matter at all. Just a need to be void of empty spaces.
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