Dust! I place a number of 1:64 diecast cars on shelves to attract the dust in my garage. It works well.
I mostly collect local historical memorabilia to the point I manage an online historical gallery for the local newspaper showing mainly my collection.I do however collect vintage comic books....oldest Fantastic Four is issue #13 but I also have Submariner 1-13 then skips a few.My basement is so full of vintage car parts I have no room to turn around....
small collection of hand blown glass bottles and early production glass blown bottles or containers. Cant wait to get back down to Peru where they still do this stuff and its so dam cool what they can make
Tiki Mugs, matchbooks from anything tiki ( motels, restaruaunts, etc)anything hawaiin, "little" books, Pinstriped stuff, some Mid century stuff, skateboards,
I would like to collect DONATIONS for my sickness CAR PROJECTS . I have a 68 chevelle SS427 off frame cloner painted 2 step underneth and is ready for paint . Its going to have a 496 stroker with eagle h rods comp 660 lift solid roller cam brodix heads , should be 600+ hp turbo 400 and a ford moser 9 inch all wrapped in duponts sinful cinnamon paint . All of that kinda slowed down since I bought the 30 Ford coupe . Im starting to hate paint . Im afraid of chipping the paint/clear that I edged withand need to put about another 10G into her and its almost done .
Dang, I wish I had known you collected dual point distributors, I had one that was kinda rare. Mallory for a Vega. Let it go at a swap meet for about 5 bucks. I collect collections. I have license plates, church keys, old tools, old signs, valve covers, Rochestor 2 bbls, danbury mint cars, knives, guns, but mostly I collect knots on my head for bring home all this junk. No pics right now, I moved a few months ago and i'm in the process of building a new shop. All my stuff is packed away in a 20' shipping container.
record albums with hot rods on the cover stamped steel toy hot rods H G Felson books Olds motors and parts Lasalle transmissions
I collect anything tiki, skulls, old tools, old signs, hot rod art, mexican wooden mask,and have a thing for old cabinets or containers with a cool patina.
Always having a soft spot for toy cars, I decided to collect diecast/hotwheels/ models/ stuff, related to just one vehicle in an attempt to hold down the size. I zeroed in on my favorite truck, '56 Ford only. No 55's, no 57, no passenger, still got pretty big.
Hmmm I collect computer parts (not intentionally) and old bicycles. The old bicycles I work on in the basement a lot for when i don't feel like firing up the woodburner in the garage
art...and toys and.......stripes.... i have tons of art still in tubes yet...prolly 40 or so....heres what the wife let me put in the livingroom..... heres the wall that is fallinapart....KIDS slammin around on the couches!!! ugg....i need to get it all down, and really frame them right, but when the wife finally caved a lil, i grabbed whatever frames i had!!!LOL
I collect Old Drag Racing publications but mainly "Eastern Drag News". I'm about 9 issues from a complete set '62-'65 and it was a weekly publication. early spring to late fall. I also have a complete run of "Eastern Competition News" which was a very rare publication that didn't last long. I have a bunch of SS&DI too. I also have some Lionel Trains including a mint "Girl's Train". I have some toy farm tractors (I H), Sinclair Gas Station stuff and die cast cars including Hot Wheels/Matchbox. My problem is I like to much stuff and I have a race car that keeps me broke. Can't take it with you!!!
Yep, into model trains, the only gauges I don't collect are TT, Z, and G. Everything else, yes. Problem is with all my other hobbies, I have no time to get the track down and run them. I would love to make a coffee table N gauge layout some day. Other collectables: Odd 50's cars (see my profile for list), just need two more to complete collection, but they are big bucks and are hard to find. Old TV sets and radios/receivers/tape decks. Lighthouse models.
Ive posted pics before in a similar thread, but I collect early snap on tools. Here are a few sets from my collection: c.1928 Master Service Set 1931 5/8 Drive Nut Spinner Ser C. 1927-29 Standard 1/2 Drive Set C. 1926 Junior Service Set C. 1927-29 Super Service Set 1926 Super Service Set Late 20's 5/8 Drive Set Some of my ratchets, ranging from the very first (1925) to an 80's clear backed dealer ratchet. ratcheting adaptors from 1920-1929 More ratcheting adaptors (I love these things!): Early 3/8 drive ratchets, from 1929-1936, the far right example is a refrigeration ratchet: Hardware stores dealer cabinet:
I believe the distributors for the Ford Y (272,292,312) will fit too on your 317.5 (accuracy counts). I have a 54 Lincoln Capri. I'll check my Hollander's tonight for the interchangeability. (Man that is a long word)
Old military rifles are my latest fetish.......and related gear. We have a modest collection of die cast models, about 300 or so......and a few 1/18 scale airplanes on the wall of the shop.......... Always looking for any old military rifle..........anyone have any they want to sell or trade? Mark
I used to collect LOTS of stuff. I had large collections of model cars (500+unbuilt kits), hot wheels (1000+) and 58-61 tonka trucks (50 trucks). I also had more "real car" stuff like Metalflake wheels, and early hot rod parts. Unfortunately most of it had to be sold off to fund other necessary stuff now that I'm in the "stay-at-home Dad" role. I do have a very large magazine collection (2000+ issues) Including all R&C from 53 and up, All the Hop up from 51-53 and Carcraft from Honk to 1965. plus all the newer titles. I definately have the collecting gene, and when money's freer, I WILL hit it hard again!
Hub Caps, Licence Plates and Frames, Die Cast Models and it's looking like Grandkids (I have 10 of them!).
big 1/8th scale model cars (always looking for the Volvo Semi Truck!), 90's era packard bell computers
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