as a collector when is enough enough?

I recently picked up another Olds engine,
it showed it's self to me and price was right
the guy even delivered it to my house.
thank you Larry, if you are here.

this one is from the first year the Olds Rocket V8 was available to the public,
the one that instantly became the hot motor to swap your old water boiler oil burner falthead Ford for,
a 1949 303.
this one is better than it looks in the picture, it's relatively clean under the covers, no rust and no sludge and it turns over by hand..

if I look around the shop I can use all my fingers and all the toes on one foot to count how many early Olds motors I have, in cars or laying around...
plus a pile of heads, and misc bits and pieces in boxes and buckets.

yes, I admit I am sick, but I'm not looking for a cure.

 

Never enough!!!!!

 

Are you counting your thumbs too.

 

yes, I have five fingers on my right hand, but my left is all thumbs
and no missing or extra toes

 

I thought I was the only sicko out there,,

 

My wife was looking around in our barn/shop last night and said to me, "if you were having an auction i would come to buy". I think as long as I can say that I dont have too much.

 

I'm getting to a manageable level these days. Can't see the need to continue to stockpile stuff I'll likely never actually need. "Hoarding" comes to mind.

 

That's the telling sign right there.
When that rusted hulk of a car in the woods, or that greasy piece of machinery in the corner starts kinda waving at you when you go by, there ain't much a guy can do ..... it's fate ...!!!

 

It felt good to haul off 20+ tons of "stuff" last summer.

I still have a lot left.

 

If you ever feel like you have too man there's always the younger guys out here that need to start their collections....help a young rodder out!

 

Did somebody call me?

 

I know, and there really isn't that much difference but,
at least these are easier to look at (for me) than a pile of used TV dinner trays

 

Enough is when a person gets nothing done to finish anything because there is always another "thing" to bring home.

 

It is finally enough when you've got all you want.

I want more so that tells me it ain't enough yet.

 

I tend to pile parts up for other projects all while I'm only working on one project at a time, so I have many motors too and wheels, and hubcaps, and gauges... and on and on!!

 

As long as the 'stuff' does not displace real family needs and as long as you have a suitable place to store it......

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Do you own your stuff, or does your stuff own you? The answer will vary from person to person, but I think that's the question.

 

A "collector" is one step away from a hoarder you know. I have what I call a revolving collection. I like finding stuff more than keeping it.

 

Do what you enjoy, if you buy right it will take care of you, if you don't it will burden you. You know you have the right stuff by folks asking if your'e selling, and the wrong by folks asking if your'e nuts.

 

Exactly! I want to actually FINISH a project. Can't do that while acquiring more stuff that just ends up in the way.

Storage and money is not the issue for me. It's looking at stuff I've had for 20 or 25 years; perfectly good stuff, that has not been utilized in a build, or traded off on something that is usable and has value to me. Acquiring more "stuff" just to say "hey, look at my new stuff!" just doesn't do it anymore.

 

I only bring home enough to keep parts coming in and out cause some parts old timers wont sell but they will trade......

 

My wife just said "When your Dead". I do love her

 

uh oh..