Is hoarding a bad thing?

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Ummm, not all… just a couple ..dozen 🤣. Not bad considering around 300 cars and trucks.
Chrysler Imperial of the late 80s/early 90s was a cool little k-car. Lots of digital stuff and fancy toys, comfy too.

My bucket-list still has a 70s trailduster on it, blue or minty green.

One day hanging around a junkyard a guy was hammering away trying to straighten out a Mirada CMX that was hit hard on the quarter and tailpan because no parts were available. Talking with him a few hours while he worked. Nice guy, cool car.

Everyone points to your gtx, roadrunner, cudas, bees, chargers and challengers etc like the white on black vert I almost bought in HS as the only cool 'mopar' stuff, but, there's some other cars out there that are nice for what they were, and the times, if you spend times around them.... (except those 90s LeBaron turbos. What a PITA to keep running)
 
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Chrysler Imperial of the late 80s/early 90s was a cool little k-car. Lots of digital stuff and fancy toys, comfy too.

My bucket-list still has a 70s trailduster on it, blue or minty green.

One day hanging around a junkyard a guy was hammering away trying to straighten out a Mirada CMX that was hit hard on the quarter and tailpan because no parts were available. Talking with him a few hours while he worked. Nice guy, cool car.

Everyone points to your gtx, roadrunner, cudas, bees, chargers and challengers etc like the white on black vert I almost bought in HS as the only cool 'mopar' stuff, but, there's some other cars out there that are nice for what they were, and the times, if you spend times around them.... (except those 90s LeBaron turbos. What a PITA to keep running)

Gotta dare to be different. Nothing wrong with classic 'muscle' cars, but there are times when I've seen all of the red Chevelles that I can take. During my recent land 'o Lee visit there were two Chevy Luv's. Both had non-showroom appearances, looked home built because they had to be (not alot of aftermarket bolt on stuff available). One was damn fast, and the other one was just stupid fast. Neither garnered alot of attention fro the YT'ers, but there were plenty of guys such as myself that were into the homegrown effort that was put into each of them.


And I have to say....I'm still picking up my garage full of hoarding items. I actualy threw out 6 or 7 old headgskets ➿
 
Gotta dare to be different. Nothing wrong with classic 'muscle' cars, but there are times when I've seen all of the red Chevelles that I can take. During my recent land 'o Lee visit there were two Chevy Luv's. Both had non-showroom appearances, looked home built because they had to be (not alot of aftermarket bolt on stuff available). One was damn fast, and the other one was just stupid fast. Neither garnered alot of attention fro the YT'ers, but there were plenty of guys such as myself that were into the homegrown effort that was put into each of them.


And I have to say....I'm still picking up my garage full of hoarding items. I actualy threw out 6 or 7 old headgskets ➿
If you collect enough of the same type old head gaskets you can bind them together using bolts and nuts, with a piece of flashing between a pair of the layers a couple gaskets in. Then you get a row of cylindrical tubes like one engine bank to put stuff in. Almost like a row of tin cans/coffee cans, but harder to knock over.

So they are useful if you get enough of them. Such was when chopping up lots of the same engine powered cars and tearing down to short blocks. Usually 20 or 30 engines worth will do it.

So, see, you're throwing away 'usable' stuff! 😆
 
my father was a major junk collector,it's driven me to be the polar opposite.my brother says it looks like i'm living with Anne Frank ready to move under the cover of darkness.Maybe it's ocd but i'll be fine i'll be fine i'll be fine can you push that chair in please...
 
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my father was a major junk collector,it's driven me to be the polar opposite.my brother says it looks like i'm living with Anne Frank ready to move under the cover of darkness.Maybe it's ocd but i'll be fine i'll be fine i'll be fine can you push that chair in please...
I think in many ways your level of 'junk' collection comes from adversity you mightve lived through. The whole want not waste not mentality.

Grandparents who lived world war 1/2/depression era kept... LOTS. Parents? Leaned towards tossing more than keeping. Me? I'm somewhere in between. I hate tossing something 'usable' but usually toss junk unless it's got a purpose.

I'll keep 'repurposable' items for a time, when it gets too much ill recycle it. Example, damaged or rusted metal. I'll keep it for patches, and sell or give it away as time and space dictates. Too much? I'll scrap most and just keep a bit, then reaccumulate.
 
my father was a major junk collector,it's driven me to be the polar opposite.my brother says it looks like i'm living with Anne Frank ready to move under the cover of darkness.Maybe it's ocd but i'll be fine i'll be fine i'll be fine can you push that chair in please...
Well I grew up with the frugal, then I married the daughter of a true hoarder. I guess I can blame them, because there's no way in hell it could be my fault .
 
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Chrysler Imperial of the late 80s/early 90s was a cool little k-car. Lots of digital stuff and fancy toys, comfy too.

My bucket-list still has a 70s trailduster on it, blue or minty green.

One day hanging around a junkyard a guy was hammering away trying to straighten out a Mirada CMX that was hit hard on the quarter and tailpan because no parts were available. Talking with him a few hours while he worked. Nice guy, cool car.

Everyone points to your gtx, roadrunner, cudas, bees, chargers and challengers etc like the white on black vert I almost bought in HS as the only cool 'mopar' stuff, but, there's some other cars out there that are nice for what they were, and the times, if you spend times around them.... (except those 90s LeBaron turbos. What a PITA to keep running)
He’s got one trailduster and a bunch of ramchargers. A few lol’ red express’, and midnight express’. Bee’s, darts ,dusters, barracuda’s ( not much into the Cuda’s) runners, most muscle car and 4dr coronets and such. K-cars ,LeBaron, few Shelby, caravans. Scattered GM’s and fords ( those he’d love to get gone) most stuff is ‘47 and up. He hordes, collects, sells. Sells all over the world.
For a while I helped sell on Fart book as people needed help finding stuff. I’ve been into GM and G-bodies since I was a kid. Learned to modify them from him racing circle track with g-bodies.

Funny but true story: saw a guy on Craig’s list looking for truck parts. Told him about my brother. He had the part. Came to get it and I met him at the yard. Him and his buddy go nuts seeing the things my brother had. While looking around spotted a truck went to look at it. Just about fell over. After going over it he tells me his dad almost bought it when he was a kid. Got to go on the test drive with his father. Could not believe he found it. Unfortunately he couldn’t afford to buy it.
 
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Is hoarding a bad thing? To every classic car enthusiast/hobbyist...Hell no! As stated before by someone, someday you will need that part you either sold or tossed out. So, the answer to your question depends of who you are asking: me or my wife. 🤔
 
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