Okay I might be an f-body hoarder

[69hugger]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

What Jimmy said!!


My advice to him at the time was to figure out the ONE that he wanted most - sell all the others in an effort to fund the one. That way he'd have one running nice car rather than 10 piles of junk.

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Hey, that would make a great TV show!

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by 69hugger

Hey, that would make a great TV show!

Hosted by Bill Howell?? LOL

[Che70velle]

Yes it's a common problem among most here. My shop is small, only 30x33, and has a full time project truck in it that I actually built the shop for to start with. It's my brothers truck, and life happened, and I could go on and on, but anyway...so with his truck there full time, and my projects taking up the other half of the shop, I don't have much room to start with. SO, when this enormous problem that we all have of consuming JUNK items that we are so sure that we need, and have to have, because were gonna use it all one day, right? When it finally boils to a top, and I look around in my shop embarrassed and upset because I can't find ANYTHING that I really need, due to the JUNK, I call my local dumpster lady (yes, lady!) and I throw out everything that I haven't touched in years, until I'm content with my shop environment once again.
I have used craigslist a few times, but I end up spending more time than I want, dealing with people that are too broke to actually pay me for the item to begin with, so I get satisfaction from tossing it all into a dumpster. I'm usually so mad at this point, that nothing really matters, if it's not a tool, it's gone! Break out the broom, sweep out corners that I haven't seen in YEARS, and life is good, until I repeat this process over again.

[Ummgawa]

GregWeld "Stuff" expands, to fill the space allotted to it.


A man's garage and a woman's pocketbook has one thing in common. Regardless of the size, it's full.


Now that's some first class fillossofizin right there.

[LS3torque]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

What Jimmy said!!




"Stuff" expands, to fill the space allotted to it.






There once was a guy that came on here -- had a yard full of junk cars -- lamented that he had so many projects he couldn't finish them all. From the looks of it to me - he couldn't afford to do one let alone "all"... My advice to him at the time was to figure out the ONE that he wanted most - sell all the others in an effort to fund the one. That way he'd have one running nice car rather than 10 piles of junk.

His response was, that wasn't going to happen because "he needed" all of them. So to Jimmy's point - the problem was himself.

You sir are 100% correct, the problem is ME. I cringe when my wife says "yer gonna hafta sell something to get that new widget" I HAVE TOO MANY COOL PROJECTS TO AFFORD AT ONE TIME! I'm too smart to rob a bank, Iv'e seen how them guys do after they are locked up, it aint pretty. So the new question of the day is "Once a guy has dumped a boatload of money into a project or ten how do you decide where to start cutting losses, there must be some rhyme or reason.

[Shmoov69]

Originally Posted by Ummgawa

GregWeld "Stuff" expands, to fill the space allotted to it.


A man's garage and a woman's pocketbook has one thing in common. Regardless of the size, it's full..

THAT is sooo true!! A woman's purse or better yet closet!! DOOH!!

[WSSix]

Originally Posted by LS3torque

You sir are 100% correct, the problem is ME. I cringe when my wife says "yer gonna hafta sell something to get that new widget" I HAVE TOO MANY COOL PROJECTS TO AFFORD AT ONE TIME! I'm too smart to rob a bank, Iv'e seen how them guys do after they are locked up, it aint pretty. So the new question of the day is "Once a guy has dumped a boatload of money into a project or ten how do you decide where to start cutting losses, there must be some rhyme or reason.

No rhyme or reason just personal choices, self control, and sometimes a good hard look in the mirror at reality. You just have to decide which car or truck you want to build and stick to it. Get rid of the other vehicles or parts that you can't use on the project you decide to build. Anything you got for "too good of a deal to pass up" is perfect for turning a profit on or finding out the hard way you really didn't get that great of a deal on. Life is a learning process. Accept that you've made mistakes or taken wrong paths and correct that if you feel it needs correcting.

I'd like to think we all have many different projects we want to build. I know I do. I would recommend you write your ideas down so that once one project is done, you can decide if you want to sell it and start this other one you wrote down or not. It's not easy to stick to one project but the reality is you have to or you'll not complete any of the projects.

Good luck!