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[toyotajeep]

I have recently acquired a new project it wasn’t the one I wanted but for 500.00 dollars it has new tires water pump and working heat and ac and my commute from the house to the shop is 1.6 miles each way it is good enough I haven’t owned a truck or suv since 2016 when I sold my 88 4 runner due to it just sitting and rotting crazy park found it pop up for sale in Jacksonville at the start of the year and almost bought it back until I got close up photos of its current condition they beat the shit out of it wrinkled every panel blew the motor.

I’d like to start by swapping the bed for a stick but for now it’s great for the runs to haul stuff from depot and lowes

The owner was replacing some trucks in the work fleet the irony I’ve been driving it to and from work since July 2018 for free I just put the first 50 dollars in gas out of my own pocket last week 😂 in it.

That is nice. Basically driving for free. Best kind.

 

[45acp]

I just did a 48' x 18' carport from versa tube for my RV Its 13' to the eve, decent construction , went up fast , would recommend

No, mine is all going to be home- made... to match the other home- made shit ive built.

I hear you. A little clean up and some inside storage would go a long way. There is a guy down the road that must have a half a football field at least under cover. He just kept adding on. Weird thing is he works outside under an awning and has very little enclosed storage with walls. He likes it that way.

That was my old shop, the 30x110. It started out as a 30x20 highbay the 1970's owner parked his milk truck in. Then FIL added on 40ft and made it a 30x60. Then added on a 30x10 metal storage/ lawnmower shed off one side. THEN, added a 30x40 barn off the other side. The barn was well insulated with a pair of 12x12 roll ups... i could have easily done away with the 3 horse stalls, knocked out the end wall of the center shop, and had a legit fully open 30x100.

It was ugly as shit and i miss it with all my heart

 

[MoparMoe]

What is the overall height?

I have city code to contend with. We wanted to do a 40x40 but it needs to be under 17ft at peak.

If we want to go taller It needs to look like a horse barn.
Stupid city.

Last summer a metal carport at 40x40 was running about $16k.

Under 16' to the ridge, delivered with the correct metal roofing to shed snow for 7200.00 , engineered for my region (70lb snow load and 90 mph wind)

I put it up with a buddy (Mr. Burns) in 3 days

 

[toyotajeep]

So....I cleaned about 90% of my shop up. It is at least organized. Got a grip on what needs to go and have some stuff advertised. Feeling much better. Working on the project car a couple of hours a day. Making progress there.

Actually turned down a good deal on a project car the other day.....

It isn't what I have done, it is what I do from here on out.

 

[billybob_81067]

I feel like I should take pictures of my junk. But I'm not going to.

 

[denis]

My boss friend is up to 27 cars now only one is being torn down currently the other 26 run drive and drives regularly

I think I'm about in the ballpark, only with the ratio being inverted
I should sell some stuff, but the amount of crap I'm storing makes taking pictures of the "good stuff" quite an endeavor itself.

 

[arse_sidewards]

Just got rid of the forklift I was selling. Some guy wanted to pay full price for the engine so I took the mast and axle for myself and gave away the rest.

Lilyota you notice any odd moles yet?

 

[Thefishguy77]

Good advice. Been thinking about that. We had a serious fire that was stopped about 5 miles south. I live where fire is a serious possibility. The answer is easy, the good diesel with the red Bronco on a trailer. The rest is not as important, or not here right now.

Thats how I left my house for the evacuation. 4runner on the back of the chevy. Boat on the back of the Yukon all out shit stuffed in both where we cant find it when we need it.

 

[Thefishguy77]

After watching too much Pickers and that type show it has shown me that most "collectors" are sick to the point they cannot stop.
That being said, I have come to the realization as of late that neither of my children will want any of my stuff. Knowing that I have been gradually moving it along whether it be selling, swapping of gifting it. It's a hell of a burden to leave for your loved ones, especially when they have no interest or desire or knowledge of what you even have.
Like many have said, keep a few and sell the rest to fund the ones you really want to fix up and enjoy them.
We've all heard and seen the rust bucket hot rod whatever that "I'm going to fix up someday" Someday never comes and by the time most people realize that the car/truck or whatever is so far gone they can't even get scrap prices for it. Shameful really.

Fuck that. Box that shit up in massively heavy boxes for your kids to sort out after you’re gone. Give them 1 last business idea. Have them start a store “All my dads junk” antique and used collectibles. No reasonable offer refused. My kids are going to hate me. Why did he have 3 toyota heads and all in 1 fucking box stacked on the top.

 

[aron82]

ToyotaJeep glad you have a plan in place and are working through it.
I am in the process of selling down my motorcycle "collection". Had 7 bikes am now at 4 need to sell one more. If I don't ride more then I may sell off the last 3. All the bikes have always ran and were reliable.

I am down to one clasic car. 71 Buick centurion convertible. It is a great big block cruiser, rides great, runs and drives well, still needs some work in a few places. Would sell this car if I were to get another sunday drive cruiser type car.

I have a 40'x60' shop, and 3 car garage. Everything is able to be stored inside.
Would like to add a lift to work on vehicles more efficiently.

To those of you thinking your kids are going to go through all your crap and enjoy it, got some bad news for you. They are going to call an auction company that specializes in these things. They will roll in with large dumpsters, toss everything they don't rate as sellable, and auction off the rest for pennies on the dollar to other hoarders. They take a fee and cut your estate a check. Seen it multiple times. If your kids didn't care about your "collection" while you were alive they won't give a rip about it after you pass, except how much they can get for it.
A lot of gun collections get sold for a quite a bit less than market value because a buyer is willing to buy the whole lot and it's a lot less hassle than selling them off individually. Of course the dealer or buyer is going to get stuck with both the good and the bad of the collection and has to make money on to stay in business, but that's how it goes.

 

[KenV]

Great thread. It had me thinking about our vehicle stash, which only seems bigger because we plan to move and have to drive/trailer 9 vehicles/4 bikes, as they're all different (muscle car, 'pony car', mullet era factory hot rods, military K5, SUV, crew cab four wheeler) and some have sentimental value to my family (began typing why each one was special and even I yawned, so I'll spare the gang). Many will start and drive, but one needs a short block, one an oil pump, one a full resto, and several of them tires. I have nearly all the parts but will probably buy a new home before I get the chance to work on anything. I may have to hire someone with a big rig to haul the ones we don't have ready when the time comes. The motorbikes can go in the utility trailer behind one of the trucks, so there's the easiest part of the move.

Remember, life isn't a straight line - you may suddenly have the time/cash to dive back into the project. If the stuff isn't in the way, I wouldn't let it burn a hole in my sleep pattern.

 

[toyotajeep]

Great thread. It had me thinking about our vehicle stash, which only seems bigger because we plan to move and have to drive/trailer 9 vehicles/4 bikes, as they're all different (muscle car, 'pony car', mullet era factory hot rods, military K5, SUV, crew cab four wheeler) and some have sentimental value to my family (began typing why each one was special and even I yawned, so I'll spare the gang). Many will start and drive, but one needs a short block, one an oil pump, one a full resto, and several of them tires. I have nearly all the parts but will probably buy a new home before I get the chance to work on anything. I may have to hire someone with a big rig to haul the ones we don't have ready when the time comes. The motorbikes can go in the utility trailer behind one of the trucks, so there's the easiest part of the move.

Remember, life isn't a straight line - you may suddenly have the time/cash to dive back into the project. If the stuff isn't in the way, I wouldn't let it burn a hole in my sleep pattern.

Best one liner there. “I wouldn’t let it burn a hole in my sleep pattern”.

 

[toyotajeep]

I was able to sell one really nice project car. It went to an 80 year old and it was the same as his first car. It was a little hard to get rid of because even on the west coast it is somewhat hard to find a 55 2-door post with perfect patina. So that is down.

Think I am going to sell off another project car and keep a few pieces. The plan is to buy one decent car or at least one that does not require a ton of fab right now.

That puts me down to 1 remaining project car that is long term. There are a couple of 4x4's for later.

Working on the bike to get rid of it.

So by the end of spring here which is just starting I should be down two cars and a bike.

Feels better....until I face the Toyota graveyard....

 

[Jblack6527]

I finally came to the realization last year that I had some shit laying around for 10+ years, and if it has laid here that long, I wasn't going to do anything with it.
So I sold pretty much everything that wasn't directly planned for my old C10. It felt pretty nice. Now I can walk in my shop and see all four walls, and I don't have all these ghosts of ideas for what to do with all that junk.

 

[toyotajeep]

I finally came to the realization last year that I had some shit laying around for 10+ years, and if it has laid here that long, I wasn't going to do anything with it.
So I sold pretty much everything that wasn't directly planned for my old C10. It felt pretty nice. Now I can walk in my shop and see all four walls, and I don't have all these ghosts of ideas for what to do with all that junk.

Yes, the ghosts of ideas on that 55 were epic. Loved the car, time is more of an issue. Made me happy to see the older gent get excited. He has more cars that I do and he's in poor health. Hope he gets somewhere.

I am gearing up to build another Early Bronco before next winter. After this one I need an even bigger one....

 

[toyotajeep]

Still trying, ready to start chucking.

As the economy falters, and people who work with their hands shrinks some I can see that I am going to be throwing stuff out. I mean if I paid $300 for a Toyota truck in 2007 and sold off everything but the doors, does it really matter if I get top dollar out of the doors?

I am thinking not. I am thinking about the "any dollars" model, or trades or something.

Time to make the more challenging decisions now.

 

[Levigarrett76]

Selling anything now is a shitshow, especially sub 5 grand

I tried giving away a almost new trampoline and playground when I had to move quicker than I thought. Wound up paying a junk guy to cut up and haul off.

 

[arse_sidewards]

Now that I'm an old and rich cranky I hate dealing with the rest of the population.

Fixed.

Also I sold the airbags out of the Ranger cab for the $100 was asking for the cab. Super easy transaction. Scrapper's coming for the rest tomorrow.

 

[toyotajeep]

Thing is, a lot of my stuff is things like a 351 Ford Windsor car oil pan nice condition $20 bill. May have to just close my eyes and start chucking.

 

[arse_sidewards]

Thing is, a lot of my stuff is things like a 351 Ford Windsor car oil pan nice condition $20 bill. May have to just close my eyes and start chucking.

get a scale and sell things for just enough per pound that the scrappers won't bother.

 

[Here4memes]

Glad I finally saw this thread. I can TOTALLY relate... As for a game plan, I started to worry 2 years ago when I turned 50. But realized there's no possible way I could have the time to fix up all my vehicles and sell to make a profit. So my new plan is to bank on being healthy enough when I retire to play with my shit full time, fix them up to sell and such. But tinkering is what makes me happy and where I will be. But the story sure has changed...

Kids now days don't want something to have to fix. Especially if it sucks down gasoline. And anyone interested in paying something for something wants it restored ready to go. I see someone every day posting they have 50-70k in their pocket looking for something restored. And technology and reproduction is slowly making everything parts wise become obsolete.

Take for instance the 6x rebuilt ford 390's on stands I scored at an estate auction 30 years ago. Slowly over 30 years now I doubt I could break even. And to relate more, the rear sump oil pans on all those motors are extremely rare. The price zoomed up to over a grand at one point just for those pans. But I never wanted to sell just the pans because what does that do to the rebuilt motor that's left? So now I've waited and those pans are reproduced and worth every bit of maybe $250-300 each if I'm lucky now if someone even wanted one used. And the more time I give it, who the hell even wants a dinosaur unknown internal rebuilt 390 any more? Give it more time and it becomes: "Please tell me old man... What the hell is a 390?"

Slowly but surely I see everything I thought was going to make me a rich man someday slowly become fools gold and scrap metal. Therefore I'm just going to leave it for the next person to worry with and be happy the rest of my life to play with my obsolete junk unless I get sick and need the money. Then I will just make that call to the auctioneer and describe everything the best of my knowledge to take my final payout so I can live on because life sucks that way...

The older you get, the less time in a day. The less shit you can do, rust and self destruction happens and the more shit that we older collectors have and do becomes obsolete. So I've realized at this point I might as well just hang onto it and enjoy the ride.

 

[gunracer1]

buy more land to store more junk, that's what made my retirement. the old 100k dollar charger made me feel better about my junk.

 

[[memphis]]

Funny this was bumped as I was reading it earlier in the week. The last few posts are spot on… three years ago parting out TJs was full of money. Market has shifted and I have a bunch of parts I tossed because I couldn’t move them

 

[[memphis]]

To follow up on the hoarding problem… it’s genetic. I have a container for my project bursting at the seams and I can’t really work inside it. My uncles place… google found another container… satellite doesn’t show it yet. That’s 3 20ft seacans full of…. Junk. Same problem with my dad, it’s just all in his house. I’ll update this thread after tomorrow

 

[Blacksheep10]

Pretty blessed with the land I have available and the ability to stack more vehicles and 40x9.5 containers. County now says 3 per property so max of 9 within 3 miles

 

[Clastic]

Piss on it.

Grew up poor, collected, lost most of it in the divorce.

Don't give no damns or shits. Collecting, Hoarding, whatever. There's blood sweat and tears in acquiring all of it. It'll be my heir problem. Pick what they want, let the auction house handle the rest.

 

[Bebop]

Positive thoughts about your own crud shuffling and what you came up with?

Enlightening words would help me and maybe some other collectors.

Post a vague topic on IBB and hope for the best

Target market to sell a set of weird axles

Sooo, requiring help form the knowledgeable folks that lurk on here, I have a set of 9" axles I got in trade at some point. I was going to use them for a project but likely that I won't have the time to do so. They are 60" ish WMS, driver drop and 5x5.5" bolt patterm. Front one is a full...

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I did get yet another LS in trade for some work last week. I'm at number 6 in the shop now, all in pieces, so I'm not out of hoarding junk yet, but engines are smaller than axles. Much count for something, right?

 

[toyotajeep]

get a scale and sell things for just enough per pound that the scrappers won't bother.

No scrappers here. In the wilderness!

 

[toyotajeep]

buy more land to store more junk, that's what made my retirement. the old 100k dollar charger made me feel better about my junk.

There you go. More room. I have a very small shop that I actually use so I don't have too horrible much in there.

There is lots of dirt though to fill up!

 

[toyotajeep]

To follow up on the hoarding problem… it’s genetic. I have a container for my project bursting at the seams and I can’t really work inside it. My uncles place… google found another container… satellite doesn’t show it yet. That’s 3 20ft seacans full of…. Junk. Same problem with my dad, it’s just all in his house. I’ll update this thread after tomorrow

Sounds like containers may be the answer. Lots of storage.