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I respectfully submit for your consideration a revision of your definition, because the term ‘hoarder’ is usually used as a pejorative….

“Hoarder - some bastard that has a pile of stuff just a big as yours, and some it it would be very useful to you, but he won’t sell it!”.

Ray

 

You guys make me feel good. I stopped adding to the pile a few years back. I am still young. Lavin and I were sitting around after my sons baseball last night and she layed out the order of finishing car and house projects. I done good, she said I need to get the GMC done first then the racecar. Her horses come next, little does she know there will be no money left for horses after the racecar!

 

I'm gathering more "stuff" and my son is happy as can be because he knows when I die it all becomes his!

 

When my Dad graduated from college in 1973, we (family of five) lived in a small mobile home. Later that summer we moved to Rockland and into an 1855 Victorian. Everything we owned fit in the living room, and I remember Mom saying, "How are we ever going to fill this place?". Forty years later, when they decided to sell and downsize, Mom said, "How on earth are we ever going to empty this place out?". It took two years of yard sales, donations, and dump runs to do it, and they still brought a lot of stuff with them to their new home. The problem now is that they keep giving me stuff; I live in a small (684 square feet) home that they seem hell-bent on filling up with stuff that I don't want, need, or have room for. Their excuse is, "Well, we thought you should have it because your brothers don't want it."

 

Is there really a logical concept of "after" the race car?
I'd say there will be no money left, PERIOD?

Me.... I hoard, lament about it, then find more shit to make the pain go away. hahahaha

 

Shhh! Don't tell my wife!

 

I started cleaning up the garage today. Hauled away one truckload of junk. None of it was desirable collector stuff, just things that didn't work out as planned. I'm beginning to see bare spots on the workbench finally.

 

I can understand 'saving' (not hoarding) parts for a current or upcoming project, but a lot of guys (in any hobby) gather up 'good deals that I can sell for a butt load of coin', thinking they can take advantage of of the initial seller and eventual buyer, only to wind up NOT selling (because they want too much $$) or passing along (because the $$$ is too important to them). When they die, guess what..... it becomes someone else's CRAP to deal with, so it gets scrapped! No one wins in that equation.
For too many many people, greed gets in the way.
End of sermon, please contribute to the collection plate.....

 

Hoarding is when you find a guy with 3 front left fenders and he won`t sell you one. Even if you offered him a good price. He still won`t sell. So You say -- I`ll take the crappy one. He still won`t sell. That is hoarding. Or he collects cardboard boxes and empty coffee containers to put stuff in. But stuff never gets put in those coffee containers. And he uses way less cardboard boxes than he saves.

 

I'd be a hoarder....if it want for my wife!!

 

Typically there is nothing more expensive then free stuff. I say that with regard to time mostly. Time to go pick it up. Time to figure out where and how to store it. Time to move it around when you need something under or behind it. Time for others to clean it up when you are gone. And the list goes on. The exception is something you really need and use right away. In reality if it is free it’s probably not worth much. I like neat and orderly, your mileage may vary!

 

Hoarding is not a word, it doesn't exist, and is NOT a problem!

 

When my 95-year-old dad passed away in Florida some years ago, I was not allowed in the state until my brother was done clearing out the 20 x 30-foot storeroom that was filled to the rafters.

 

Excellent points. I finally learned that time = money when faced with the choice of taking time off vs. getting a bunch of money for overtime I worked. Then it became obvious that I was giving up a bunch of money for a day at home.

If I spent that day fixing up a lawn mower to sell for $60 instead of going to work and making several times that, it becomes ridiculous.

 

Hoarding. I can't define it but I know it when I see it.

 

Maybe I am coming late to the thread but this one strikes close to home. I have been spending the last year every weekend cleaning up my dads "collection". He had 4 pole barns full of cars, motorcycles, and lots of parts. Mom is wanting to downsize the property so it all must go. My sibling has no interest in cars or anything in the shops so I have been going through everything and have found most of the cars/bikes new caretakers but the parts are overwhelming! We all need parts for the "next" build and its hard to pass up a good deal at a swap even if you do not need it, but it would be really helpful to whomever has to deal with them later to know a make/model- maybe write on the back with a sharpie on a piece of tape? this would have saved me a lot of time researching - Pops was good at dismantling a vehicle and acquiring the parts to get it back on the road but would usually lose interest when it was 70% done and it would then go into "deep storage" under a car cover in the barn and the parts would be thrown to the wind and end up strewn in multiple buildings.- I am sure he knew where everything was but knowing exactly what went with what is a challenge, if anyone else has this tendency my recommendation is store the parts inside the vehicle if possible then it can all go down the road together later. I have nothing against the collecting of parts, hell I have been guilty of it myself, but make it easier for someone else when you are gone- just my .02

 

I was a motorcycle hoarder but realised that at 58 years old I will not use/restore/ ride all those bikes so I sold a couple and resisted various good offers for the same reason. When the hot rod bug got me I was lucky to find a 34 Tudor in tired condition so the plan was to get it reliable and safe to drive my grandchilds around. Of course this got out of hand as I changed the engine to a 4,2 litre french flathead, a new T5 gearbox and a Chevy axle, not to mention twin carbs on that Thickstun inlet. As the hoarder gen is still with me, I bought another french flatty for the next project as I have the front and rear axle of the Tudor laying around, that new T5 gearbox was cheap enough that I bought two of them. Several more stuff followed me home and sooner than later the Tudor will be finished and I have to start on the next thing - which brings me to this thread. Anyone of you have a working blower laying in your shelfs that would be suitable for a flathead? I promise to put it to good use
Below is a pic of the Tudor, hope to have the engine finished by next week.

 

Best advice I could give based on growing up with a legitimate hoarder and purchasing quite a few early Ford and hot rod parts collections from guys who passed:

When it comes to car parts: keep good stuff, learn what is useful and what should get tossed and scrap the junk.

Understanding what is good and useful is the part where many miss the mark.

Also, if you don't have the space, keep the very best stuff and don't give priority the parts and pieces on the lower end of the spectrum.

Stuff like the 200+ generator housings piled in and around the older gentleman's garage... he had some awesome stuff and then he had and awesome amount of unusable junk. The junk was so overwhelming and took the lion's share of effort in cleaning out.

Nobody needs stripped/broken hardware, worn out replacement parts, and so on.

 

I have 9 427s. Ummm...

 

Good timing on this thread. I live in town with an overgrown one car workshop. I have 6 project cars in the driveway and one up on a hoist in the shop currently. Plus a few more project and parts cars stored at a friend's house. Engines, transmissions, etc all neatly stored on shelves but still way too much stuff. Vintage Cub Cadets, mountain bikes, daily drivers and a whole hoard of Model A and T parts.

I am still pretty young at 32, so there is hope for me. I have realized over the last week that I will spend the entirely of my 30's just finishing up the stuff I started in my 20's. Half of my stuff is from when I was an unmarried guy just out of college. Now I'm married and on my second house. Things have changed. Time to clean up and grow up so I can get some stuff done. 2/3 of the project fleet is going away very soon and I am pretty excited for it. Maybe I will have time and money to adopt all of those GMC inlines someone else is hoarding to build a Bonneville car of my own.

 

An old spinster pulls a wagon filled with coin bags into the bank to cash them in...
The teller asks: "My, did you hoard all those quarters?".
The old lady says: "No, my sister whored some of them."
Buh dumpah.... Thanks folks, I'll be here all week.