Do you hoard cars and parts?

[FLG]

Looks like it even has those red hemi rims too 

[Back N Black]

since we're hijacking anyway i'll go a step further.. here are pics of 2 of the 3. still gotta go back to get the ss396 69.. but it's sick. ex racer, no suspension, so doesn't roll. ack! note the dukes style push bar on the front of the blue one. i should jump it!!! by the way when i pulled them into the garage i could hear the other cars(mopars) snickering and making fun of them. i will unload them fast so the chargers don't gang up on these poor chevelles and do something wrongful to them
trav







I don't think the Mopar's were snickering ,I think they were shaking in their dust boots at the site of the BIG bad Chevelles.

[moparstuart]

since we're hijacking anyway i'll go a step further.. here are pics of 2 of the 3. still gotta go back to get the ss396 69.. but it's sick. ex racer, no suspension, so doesn't roll. ack! note the dukes style push bar on the front of the blue one. i should jump it!!! by the way when i pulled them into the garage i could hear the other cars(mopars) snickering and making fun of them. i will unload them fast so the chargers don't gang up on these poor chevelles and do something wrongful to them
trav







I don't think the Mopar's were snickering ,I think they were shaking in their dust boots at the site of the BIG bad Chevelles.

NOT ,  no mopar would be shaking from a chevelle

[Blown70]

YEP, I have one 70 charger but I have two sets of fenders?  I look at it this way, if can find the parts often I can use them to trade for what I want as well. so  I do hoard some things.   

[Chad L. Magee]

In some ways, you could call me a car/parts hoarder, I even have parts to car models that I don't collect.  I have been saving stuff for years when I could buy them on the cheap, but due to my college career, I have not had much time/$ to put back into their restorations.  With a few exceptions (true parts cars), I intend to restore every car that I own for a future museum that I have planned on building (a dream of mine for many years).  Now that I am almost done with my Ph.D. requirements, I can get started on the work/$ needed for this to come true..........

[moparstuart]

In some ways, you could call me a car/parts hoarder, I even have parts to car models that I don't collect.  I have been saving stuff for years when I could buy them on the cheap, but due to my college career, I have not had much time/$ to put back into their restorations.  With a few exceptions (true parts cars), I intend to restore every car that I own for a future museum that I have planned on building (a dream of mine for many years).  Now that I am almost done with my Ph.D. requirements, I can get started on the work/$ needed for this to come true..........

chad I want to build a racing musuem and muscle car museum also here at the salvage yard / I-70 speedway
  We should get together !!!!!! 

[BigBlockSam]

I hoard lotsa stuff . i have two garages full of mopar parts , a basement full of guitars and tons of slot cars .  i like collecting stuff

[moparstuart]

I hoard lotsa stuff . i have two garages full of mopar parts , a basement full of guitars and tons of slot cars .  i like collecting stuff

It's a sickness

[The70RT]

wow i don't want to get blasted here .but since you guys have all these chevelles would any of you happen to know of any 70-72 cutlass or 442's for sale .

Hopefully I can keep this one. If the Charger funds run out I may. I will let you know if I do. Sorry for all the GM hijack back to the horder thing.

wow it looks nice. does it have the 350 (gold block)  rocket

yep - all stock 315HP

[tipopiola]

I used to have quite a bit, but have since sold off most everything that I won't be needing for my 68'.  At any given time I could have anywhere from a semi trailer full of vintage/antique motorcycle parts, but they get sold pretty quick.  Gerenal rule of thumb is if I don't have plans to used it for a personal build, I get rid of it pretty quick in order to buy more stuff I can use.  Not interested in owning a junkyard/

[chargerboy69]

I do not.

I just do not have the extra space to hoard. But if I did have the space. I would not sell $#!t. 

[Charger_Fan]

I know you guys might hate me for this but I like all old cars. I would own a 70 to 72 Chevelle in a minute. I like old Camaros too. I would definitely own a 69 to 70 Mach 1 Mustang. WHO can firget the old Trans Am. I respect anyone who rebuilds and shows off his old car. That keeps people thinking about looking out for all of us old car guys. Don't get me wrong, the 1969 Charger is the most beautiful car ever made in the history of the world, but I would own almost any old car. I do like any Charger of any generation. That means the 66 to 74, the REAL ones. I welcome any old car guy that truly speaks in car tongue and not just a wannabe. MOPAR FIRST but the more the merrier. I'm finished with my  back to our regularly scheduled program.

I'm with you. If I could afford to, I'd have a few examples from each camp. Old cars are just cool...some are just cooler than others, like Chargers.

I guess I tend to squirrel away parts & project cars, but I still don't hold a candle to some people.

[69_500]

Well I did for many years. Held on to over a dozen 69 charger grilles, and finally parted with them this spring. Hmmmmm, wonder what else I have stuffed up in the attic?

Ah never mind, just means now I have some space to put the new stuff that I want up there.

[Chad L. Magee]

In some ways, you could call me a car/parts hoarder, I even have parts to car models that I don't collect.  I have been saving stuff for years when I could buy them on the cheap, but due to my college career, I have not had much time/$ to put back into their restorations.  With a few exceptions (true parts cars), I intend to restore every car that I own for a future museum that I have planned on building (a dream of mine for many years).  Now that I am almost done with my Ph.D. requirements, I can get started on the work/$ needed for this to come true..........

chad I want to build a racing musuem and muscle car museum also here at the salvage yard / I-70 speedway
  We should get together !!!!!! 

I'll get ahold of you later on when I have something done on my cars (and some time to spare).  A few of my car friends back home have mentioned about getting a museum together as a means to store their cars during the times they are not using them.  I remember Jerry J. used to make some $ off of the museum attendence that paid for the upkeep of his collection (heating, electricity, water bills).  One of my good friends collects second gen Chargers (he only has four in his set) and third gen camaros, as well as a stash of seven 1941 Buicks.  He absolutely loves 1941 Buicks as they were the first mass produced American car that was advertised as being able to do 100 mph.  I think four of his have the multiple carborator option and I know at least one of them has a front seat heater (rare back then).  He is only missing a convertible to really complete his set (he has found a limosine to buy later on).  He wants to show them next to his Chargers as they were the musclecars of a generation before the baby boomers......... 

[BigBlockSam]

If I could afford to, I'd have a few examples from each camp 

some time in the futre i'd like to add a gto to my collection. Rene

[Old Moparz]

I hoard all kinds of crap, but I've learned to cut back drastically. That doesn't mean I am getting rid of everything I currently have, just that I don't "look too hard" at finding more stuff. My attic is full, my basement is full, my garage is full, my second floor of the garage is full, my shed is full, & so are all the shelves, closets, & spaces in between my furniture. Fortunately, I am not yet squeezing through aisles to get the the shitter or my bed.   

Partial second floor of the garage:


What can you see that isn't in the boxes?   

[BigBlockSam]

hey is that a birdy nose?

[Old Moparz]

hey is that a birdy nose?

Close Rene, it's one of Ted's Daytona noses. If you look to the left of it, you can see a pair of '70 Charger fenders. They've already been modified at the bottom front. In the far right, rear corner, there is a box with the Z brackets, headlight doors, & more in it. Thats only one room up there, there are two more that are larger & packed with all kinds of stuff.   

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

I've got 8 in different states of dis-repair.  But technically 2 aren't muscle cars, the Caprice and the RamCharger, so that makes six right now.  With the big three being the Challenger, Charger and tucked away, 70 barracuda.

Ryan

[bullit68]

i've had up to 12 cars in my yard at one time or another.and truck loads of parts for them.i'm a sucker for the cheap project cars.but i am changing my ways.i'm 39 and have two small kids.i've got two hemi charger projects(66,69) and a 68 charger rt 440 4 spd driver and a 70 charger rt 440 sixpack driver.if i want to get the hemi cars on the road before i'm 50,i have to focus.i was frustrated at having all these cars and no time or money to do anything with them.so i sold most of them off and now have more money(still no time) for them.i miss them,but realize its for a greater good.i'm currently ebaying anything i don't need to get the extra dollars.so i'm like a recovering alcoholic,i'm making progress but at any time i could slip back to where i was.lol

[MsMopar]

Hemihead,
That's the whole idea of hoarding, I hate to sell anything, no matter how much it's worth.  People bug me all the time for parts but they know I don't want to sell. I don't have much and most is in so-so condition but when I die, someones going to have fun picking though the stuff.

I would rather trade for parts then sell. Now, if I was really in a bind for money, I might, but I would make the price high so it was worth the sacrifice. It would most likely end up in the hands of a flipper anyway. If it's not Mopar, I'll sell it no problem.    MsMopar

[Blown70]

What can you see that isn't in the boxes?   

THAT SHOULD BE A GAME like "I spy with my little eye"?

[hemihead]

Hemihead,
That's the whole idea of hoarding, I hate to sell anything, no matter how much it's worth.  People bug me all the time for parts but they know I don't want to sell. I don't have much and most is in so-so condition but when I die, someones going to have fun picking though the stuff.

I would rather trade for parts then sell. Now, if I was really in a bind for money, I might, but I would make the price high so it was worth the sacrifice. It would most likely end up in the hands of a flipper anyway. If it's not Mopar, I'll sell it no problem.    MsMopar

I agree with you on trading . And you are right on another thing too , If it's not Mopar , it's not worth having .

[TheGhost]

If I could afford to hoard cars and parts, then I would.   There are quite a few cars out there that I'd like to own at least once before I die.

[BROCK]

With only 2 Charhers & a Cuda, I don't see myself as a hoarder.  Sure the garage, attic & shed are full
of parts - but I'll still buy more.
Maybe I am a hoarder of bass guitars: