My wife has been after me for years to stop bringing in junk (or good stuff that turns into junk). Now that we're seniors we're getting rid of stuff. Recently last year got rid of a car engine from my garage, a car frame from the yard, a half-body of a car, and a bunch of scrap metal. Sold off a 1970 car rusting away but running. I have a 1968 car body in the garage that I'm chopping up. Am looking at selling or discarding other vehicle parts including 4 doors, 2 hoods, 4 trunk lids, roll bars, suspension parts and axles, seats, multiple mag wheels, boxes of car components, and two extra engines.
Not only do I have cars that don't run, they are parted out and disassembled! At least your cars are in one piece. Yes, I was a car nut. I have to get rid of these, as my wife doesn't know the values. A carburetor pair is worth $2000, an oil pan about $800, camshaft about $200, etc., - special racing components. But in her eyes, it's all junk.
My intentions were always to build these cars some day. Sigh, haven't built one for almost 20 years (a 1966 sports car that still runs like new).
My buddy (age 73) has a 55 Chevy he’s been “going to fix up” for the last 40 yrs.
I always tell him, better hurry up or we’ll be dead.
Six months ago he almost died of a major heart attack.
Now we’re wrenching on that 55.
My clings to Longaberger baskets and Cricket accessories.
Why our nation's junkyards could not handle the excess if we were to follow our wives 'advice' and get rid of OUR junk.
A long time ago a Freeper lamented how his wife dared to complained when he rebuilt an automatic transmission in the bath tub. I think it was you.