This post is definately for Droplord49. He doesn't always sell em, he just buys another and never works on shit. He had a beautiful 49 dodge that was as close to done as anything he's had but traded it for a junky ass old chevy. Please Droplord, enlighten us.
Too many cars...too litte $$$. One always finances the next (or a big portion). I'll keep one someday, but I have plans of owning a '40 coupe, a '40 P.U., a '36 three window, a '37 tudor sedan, another '32 roadster, at least one T-bucket, a '69 Camaro convert (for the wife) a '49 Ford coupe, a '46 Plymouth coupe... maybe a '41 Plymouth coupe and a TON more before I leave the planet.... so one has to help create the next!!! Maybe a nose high Willys... Oh and I really dig '62 Buicks for some perverse reason!!!
i like to sell sell sell. im onley 23 and i have owned 32 cars. (just bought number 32 thursday) i get bored with them i guess. as i get older i get better at things. so i take a car as far along as my abilities at the time then move on to the next one. most of those 32 cars were just shit shakers from the 80's but i learned sumtin new on every car ive owned. i guess i just enjoy learning. every new car has its quirks to figure out. i think its kinda fun. so any one wanna buy a 50 chevy had it for allmost 1 year its a record! great topic to discuss by the way! and sorry i cant spell Bryan
First of all there are no rules, if there were we'd all brake them. There are guys with functional cars and ones with way too many projects, I'm in the latter group. I think I'm recovering. Called on a car I've wanted for a while, price was right, sold off some extra odds & ends and had all the money. Then it hit me! I started to build a model of this car over a year ago, still haven't finished it. Why do I need the full size version? I'll put the bucks into one of the projects and hopefully get it closer to rolling. Thank you doctor, I feel much better now!
Um, yes...basically every car ever made... 'cept maybe Gremlins, Pacers, and Pintos... Oh, crap... I have owned a Pinto!!! Okay, every car!!!
I buy classic cars to to make money.I love them all and learn alot from each one I own,I tinker with them a bit and then I move them out.However the 60 Jimmillac will not be sold,only if I die and then It will be donated to the HAMB! I sware to God! It keeps my mind off bad shit is what it really does more than anything...Its the trill of something new,my life sucks,so this is what I do....Nothing more nothing less...
[ QUOTE ] Um, yes...basically every car ever made... 'cept maybe Gremlins, Pacers, and Pintos... Oh, crap... I have owned a Pinto!!! Okay, every car!!! [/ QUOTE ] My wife was driving a Pacer when we first met, had a Pinto Wagon, and wouldn't mind having a Gremlin bodied Modified fron the 1970's, Ford powered of course.
Well, ya try to walk the line between owning/building everything you want in the limited number of years ya got on this here plane of existence...and trying to hold on to something that's a PART of you! I've done both...in my younger days, I'd own, swap, sell and buy 15 cars per year easily...never for profit, though...it was usually just a case of being young, eager and blessed with all the steady focus of a Mexican Jumping Bean...I just HAD to acquire every sad case or cool find I came across! Some got done and driven...some didn't. Far too many just went to the scrapyard. (We won't even discuss "parts cars" here! ) Nowadays, though...I've mellowed and matured (at least a LITTLE!) and I have a good grasp of what I want outta life, automotively speaking, so there's no need to bounce from project to project like a jackrabbit anymore! There's four cars I wanna get done before I'M done...and then I'd be happy. May only get to one or two of them...but I can live with that, so long as I'm making SOME progress towards that goal! As much as I'd LOVE to own a yard full of projects and have the resources to bring them all up to where I'd like 'em, I know that I'd never get ANYTHING done if I went back to working like that! I can't see ever selling the 49...it's a HAMB car...meaning that I'm just it's current caretaker...SO many people here have had a hand in it in one way or another that I could never SELL it...it may need to get built and rebuilt several times...but I could never let it go! These days, it takes me alot longer to get something done, but I've discovered that I'm more patient and focused, and that leads to a better end result, hopefully! It may just be a part of changing as you grow older...the sporatic and unfocused enthusiasm of youth explodes in all directions and you follow those urges until you settle into your groove, nail down what you REALLY want, and get down to it! When I was in my teens and early to mid twenties, there were about a hundred cars I wanted to own, and a billion ideas bursting in and out of my head at any given moment. Hard to see any ONE project through like that! (Kinda like entering a room full of supermodels and being told "just pick ONE!" ) Now, there's maybe a dozen cars I'd like to own, and four or possibly five that are priorities. Still got lots of ideas bouncing around in my head...but I've learned to enjoy those ideas as pleasant daydreams while I work on that same old rusty hulk in the driveway every day! Kinda like settling down with ONE woman, but still being human enough to fantasize a little!
To be honest, I own more cars than I need, but less cars than I want to own. I am a packrat, I like the hunt, finding a part ( or a car ) and buying it. So I don't like to sell them in the first place, but there is a practical reason too... By the time I am ready to sell a car I have put way to much money into brakes, steering, suspension and engine mods., but it still has the nasty paint and upholstery it had when I got it. Being a lousy salesman doesn't help either... A couple of times it just made more sense to part the car out, and use as much as possible on its replacement...
NOT FOR SALE Been through way too much blood sweat and tears and one divorce,lots of car shows,lots of Gigs,lots of BJ's at the Drive ins and many road trips and good memories to let this truck go..I may never finish it but thats not really the point is it?
my mom is leaving me her 28 oakland sedan....she bought it when i was six...i can't imagine not having that car around....it'll deffinetly get a makeover when i get it,but it'll still be that rare car...i figure,if that car has been fun to me for the past 25 years the way it was,it should be a real blast after it's redone....just look at the bleedster
sometimes you see a car and think sh#t gotta have ..then after you had for a few months or so ya think eww time to go..sometimes we sell them to finance another..you know the saying.. he who dies with the most toys wins.. its something like that..lol
Damn Hack..I was being all sincere and shit and getting emotional..and you just shit all over it!! hahaha you crazy SOB!
Well, I suppose I should say that after all the cars that have come and gone... I still own my first. A 1950 Plymouth. Somehow for 17 years it's stayed around! I guess it's sentimental value, or the fact it's still in my dad's name (cause the insurance was cheaper at 16!!!). But it was bought with my lawn mowing/ car detailing money for $500... I still dig it, eventhough it hasn't seen the light of day for 10 years. Someday it'll be resurected, but NEVER sold...
well..thats a tough question. i'm definatly a keeper. i have some buddies that are always buying and selling old cars for profit reasons.I never understood how they could sell some of them. i get all wrapped up in them. they just sell them off like cattle. i've tried the buy and sell thing 3 times now. 55 ford two door sedan, 55 chevy truck and most recently a 72 cougar xr7 convertible. the buyers just about had to pry my cold dead fingers off of the two 55's. i just got the cougar about a month ago or so. i had absolutly no intentions of keeping the damn thing. didn't even know what a 72 cougar looked like before i went to look at it to buy. i actually DROVE this one home. thats a first. i didn't get but two miles from the guys house and i'm thinking "hey this things not bad". one month later i've got a rust free parts car all tore down and cut up in the back yard. the fenders, doors, and quarters off the convertible. i think i'll just keep it. i don't care what other people are into or car culture trends. i just like what i like. and what i like is old cars. all sorts of old cars but 50's customs are by far my favorite. their sinister and beutiful at the same time. powerfull yet gracefull. enginearing marvels that work flawlessly and simotaniously. i've been through 6 cars of different levels of completion. some good looking show cars and some bad looking fixers. just to reach the penticle. the chopped 50 merc. my fixation on chopped mercs even perplexes me sometimes. when i see a mercury rather it be the hirohata or a rust bucket in a field, i get all exited. well i finally have mine. and short of a some kind a medical emergency with my wife or daughter it's NEVER leaving. ever.
Heres the latest buy..just got it in today 66 Cuda with a rebuilt 318 in it..its a rough "Rat Rod" with rusted out 1/4's but its being worked on as we speak...
I'm a "keeper" type. My Studebaker will always be with me. I got it by pure luck from my wife's uncle, & I have a soft spot for Studes. I also have a '71 Riviera that will never go away. Its been in the family since '73 or so. Needs a full resto, but I'm young yet, so it'll get done eventually. I noticed that I tend to keep vehicles when I know their history. I have a rotted out '64 F250 that I really like, but its too far gone to save. It belonged to a good bud's daddy who bought it new, so I can account for its every year since '64 thru him. Its going to the crusher soon- but the 292 Y is getting dropped in the Studebaker, so I don't feel as though I'm getting rid of it. To each his own- keep 'em, sell 'em, collect 'em, but by all means, build 'em! Nothing worse than a car rotting away in someones backyard when you know they aren't ever gonna get around to it!
I've had most of my shit for years, my '54 Chevy since '90, my '63 Capri since '87 etc. I've never made a dime on any car I've ever sold, in fact I've lost money. I've made bunches on parts though. I dunno, I'm weird like that, my '54 Chevy's my baby, I've been through so much with her I can't ever imagine it being gone. And the Capri's so rare it really can't be replaced, but it's sitting in my driveway and hasn't moved in months. I don't get it because it's not to be got. If push came to shove and if someone was willing to give me stupid money, all my shit's for sale.
I sell everything I build when its done,pay some bills,fund the nexy project,take the fam on a vacation,and last but not least put some away to build my 34' 3 window beginning of next year(that is gonna be my keeper)...I also look at it as practice till the 33'....Still have 2 more to build by the end of the year
For me it's compensating....my wife says she's the only woman I can have so I guess I need to get my "spice of life" from a variety of cars. I like a lot of different types of cars, old and new. If I could, I would have an awesome stable of vehicles. I'd like a fenderless '33 3 window, a fendered '29 sedan, an early '60s Caddy, at least 2 or 3 customs, a fastback stingray, a hardtail chopper and a new Dodge Magnum Hemi....just for starters. But alas, I'm not a rich man so it's generally 1 or 2 cars at a time. I've read the stories of the man who's owned his hot rod since forever and I think "how cool is that!" But then I think about him after 50 years, talking to his buddies, they're all talkin' about all the cool cars they've owned and the ones they wished they still had and he ain't got much to say. So, how cool IS that? To each his own.
Well for me..............I keep stuff for a long time. It's my nature I guess........ I have been married to the same lady for 30 years. I have worked the same job for 29 years. I have had my home for over 25 years. Must be in a RUT.....ain't Life Grand ? Got the 32 back in the 70's Got a lot of the parts on the 32 back in the 60's. Had the 40 for a good while..... Maybe I just buy cars nobody else wants and I get stuck with them. I did sell the white pickup in the photo and bought a red one.
I used pick up everything that I found cheap and figured that it was an investment toward the future, fast forward 30+ years and I have spent over $50,000 in storage on a bunch of tin that I can't sell for a grand. looking back I'd say Marcus is on the right track, buy em and turn them for a quick profit, then piss and moan about all the deals you've made and all the cars you should have kept
I think in series; one hot rod at a time (not including parts cars). I'd rather have one functional car than several "projects", but that's just me. I buy and sell cars as my needs, abilities, and budget allow. I've had a '55 Chevy for 13 years because I need something with a roof, room for four (plus luggage), and doesn't require too much in the way of fabrication skills. In another year or two, as my welding skills improve and my son wants to get involved, it'll be sold to finance an A Tudor sedan buildup. The circle of life will continue... Excellent thread!
It depends on the car and the situation. I had a 67 Gran Sport that was like a bad penny.I had to sell it four times before it would leave for good. Used to buy and sell motorcycles for quick profit. I buy cars to see what their potential is. I have ideas about how certain cars should look. That's part of the reason I opened the shop. That way someone else gets to spend the money and I get to work on all these cool cars. Although, for some reason I still have too many cars of my own. I guess it's time to sell a few.
I never did get into the buying and selling mindset, I just get the ones that I really, really want and just wish I could buy the ones that I really want. But I have come to the conclusion that everything is for sale and I will be able to buy something else later. I just need the money right now. Anyone want to buy a 50 F-1 project?
Had this for 9 years... I've had a love-hate relationship with it. If it was not a ragtop, this thing would be GONE. But since it is, the planet says "Ohhh no. If you sell it, you will be one sorry assed motherfucker" and I'm like Gee thanks. So I try to make the best of it and I still get annoyed with it because I want something else. I have IDEAS I want to implement... Travis
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