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flashed · 10-13-2011, 11:05 PM

As the title says I have too much stuff ,car parts from my Chevelle ,my El Camino ,my 55 Bel Air ,81 Trans Am ,my current 72 Chevy truck project ,Die cast cars ,pedal cars ,and then the various junk. How do you guys decide if ,when and what to get rid of ?I lost track of how many sets of wheels I've got laying around for my truck and cars .Im out of room unless my 55 sells soon ,then I can build another building to house more stuff .Just wondering how you decide when to part with stuff and what you part with. Im terrible about keeping spare parts everywhere .I've already given some truck stuff away and some Chevelle parts as well.

**LockDoc** · 10-13-2011, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by flashed

As the title says I have too much stuff ,car parts from my Chevelle ,my El Camino ,my 55 Bel Air ,81 Trans Am ,my current 72 Chevy truck project ,Die cast cars ,pedal cars ,and then the various junk. How do you guys decide if ,when and what to get rid of ?I lost track of how many sets of wheels I've got laying around for my truck and cars .Im out of room unless my 55 sells soon ,then I can build another building to house more stuff .Just wondering how you decide when to part with stuff and what you part with. Im terrible about keeping spare parts everywhere .I've already given some truck stuff away and some Chevelle parts as well.

I told my wife to either give my parts away or scrap'um when I'm gone, but until then they aren't going anywhere...

.. I have a bunch too.

LockDoc

flashed · 10-13-2011, 11:17 PM

I think its a disease thats hard to cure ,as I think I need more stuff when in reality I need less stuff.Maybe I just need to but another truck and use my stuff even though my current one isnt finished yet .

into69z · 10-13-2011, 11:23 PM

......yeah, I'll be the next "star" on that hoarder show if I keep going

SS Tim · 10-14-2011, 12:00 AM

Store it if you can afford to. Buy a storage container if you have the room. Prices are down so selling would be my last resort short of scrapping. Document and mark your stuff as you fill it up. Keep your eyes open for wanted ads to move selected items at a good price. The occasional teaser eBay or CL ad can bring paying traffic as well.

HeavyD · 10-14-2011, 12:38 AM

For me it is an easy decision to keep all of it since no-one would buy it up here anyway. If you still enjoy having all the stuff just hang on to it.

**special-K** · 10-14-2011, 06:38 AM

I decided to start selling off some trucks,parts,and collectibles when my x-wife racked up huge debt,so we refinanced the house,then she left,never paid child support,recession hit making the bottom fall out of construction rendering my 25 year business useless,and realizing I only have so many years to catch back up (once the economy cooperates)...you asked

Before that,I never felt I had too much stuff. I figure it's my life and having enough to last the rest of it is only natural. They stopped making everything I'm into,so you have to get it when you find it. I haven't sold a single thing I didn't want anymore. Prices go up and your stuff just sitting becomes more valuable. I never looked at it as an investment. But,I will say selling off what I have has sure come in handy to supplement my income. I don't know how I would have survived without it.
On another note. My '67 GMC shortbed project is being built with all spare parts I had gathered for my various trucks. I ended up with all good OEM rustfree sheet metal from Grille to tailgate. I may be broke but I have a rustfree cab,SWB Fleetside '67 bedsides/wood floor supports/front panel/tailgate/fenders/doors/hood,and buddy buckets,tach/air dash,4spd tilt,M22,large journal 327,3.42 posi rear,SWB frame w/rebuilt steering/suspension/brakes & 4/6 drop,5-lug 8" steelies,a variety of dog dish caps,bumpers,grille,steering wheels,am/fm,and on because I had bought up all that stuff when times were better. Too much stuff?...Nah!

**mikey531** · 10-14-2011, 06:47 AM

You never have too much stuff.... except when you sell your house and have to move.. I had no idea my house and garages could hold that much !

flashed · 10-14-2011, 07:33 AM

I really like my stuff ,just cant seem to get to it when I need it if I can even find it.

SS Tim · 10-14-2011, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by mikey531

You never have too much stuff.... except when you sell your house and have to move.. I had no idea my house and garages could hold that much !

That why I like shipping containers. Been there, done that. Of course I still need to get some shelves in mine.

yob2kanobe · 10-14-2011, 08:08 AM

Too much stuff is like having too much money!

***Liz*** · 10-14-2011, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by flashed

I really like my stuff ,just cant seem to get to it when I need it if I can even find it.

Thats when you need to step back and regroup. As said if you can afford a shed, container etc then thats the way to go. Check into the pay by month storage sheds if you cant do one upfront. Even mini storage is an option here, most are reasonable.

Go through bag, tag and organize your stuff as you put it up. (easier said then done lol) think of it like a vendor.. if you know what you have it makes life easier.

After you get that done, then step back again and look.. decide if there is anything you dont want and go from there.

If you can not afford to do any of this, then clean up the best you can. Parts can be organized and neat even stored outside etc.. then you know what you have (for the most part lol) and have a clue where to go with it.

I honestly would not sell off much of anything unless there was a need.. for room, money or such.. my x use to hoard parts, and more ended up getting thrown out for being ruined then used. That was a huge issue and huge waste.. especially when you dont bother paying your house payment, but still go to pick n pull.

72freak · 10-14-2011, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by flashed

I really like my stuff ,just cant seem to get to it when I need it if I can even find it.

That was one of the reasons I thinned out. I knew I had an offset alternator bracket and just could not find it. I looked through everything. Finally had a board member local send me one. 2 weeks later I found the stash....all 4 of them! When it gets to that point...ITS TIME!

hjewell2 · 10-14-2011, 08:43 AM

I never throw away spare parts, now if I have for some reason fifty points style dizzy caps yes I throw away they are of no value. but nothing of value goes bye bye.

Street Smart · 10-14-2011, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by 72freak

That was one of the reasons I thinned out. I knew I had an offset alternator bracket and just could not find it. I looked through everything. Finally had a board member local send me one. 2 weeks later I found the stash....all 4 of them! When it gets to that point...ITS TIME!

I hate that. My older son races and is building cars too, he`s slowly taking over his mothers shed. I`m ok with that as long as they stay away from my garage.

vectorit · 10-14-2011, 09:21 AM

I use to be somewhat of a hoarder, but then life hit and I was forced to move a lot. That is one way to kill the habit for sure, because you don't want to move what doesn't mean anything to you.

As for today, where I have my own home and fairly large garage (SoCa standards anyways).
I am very organized, and keep only things related to what I have.
If I pick something up, and it is for a vehicle I don't own it gets gone in one way or another.

I don't do storage units anymore. Though that's where I had to keep my burb and all related garage stuffs, but I rationalized doing that as the burb having a car payment.
I personally would never store anything at a storage unit unless it was very valuable, and had a specific time to be out of there and the unit closed down. Otherwise you are just paying for stuff that will soon out way it's value, when you total up the monthly rental fees of the storage unit and the value of a box of used car/truck parts is it really worth it? In the long term - no.

flashed · 10-14-2011, 09:55 AM

My wife has plans for me to build a 4 bay garage as soon as I sell my 55 Bel Air to give me a better place to park our finished cars in and then I will have plenty of room as I currently have all 4 finished cars in my shop .But then I will buy more and again have more of too much stuff .Im afraid its a non curable disease but it keeps me busy looking for stuff.

prairewolf · 10-14-2011, 10:00 AM

I was on a roll collecting/buying stuff and I was getting spread thin and scatterbrained, .... a Southern member put it simple in a post once, saying something like ... " that's it, start 2 projects and only get them both half done''...

........ I got rid of a bunch of stuff, ... nothing rare or non replaceable. ......... life is better now. ....what I have I really like and actually use or will use soon enough, ...... I have misslelock on a 70 Judge in a garage that I may end up with someday, and that is about it....... everything that I got sick of tripping over, or worrying about, I could find and replace fairly quickly if I needed it again.

life is good,kent

**RenoKeene** · 10-14-2011, 12:08 PM

Here ya go....Marry a real good looking crazy woman and at least half of your stuff will be gone in no time

I came home from work on a wed. afternoon and ALL my stuff was gone, didn't even have a washcloth or towel to take a shower to go to work the next day. She must of had an army of crazys to help her. Went and bought a TV and a 12 pack and cut up some rags she missed. That was about 10 years ago...boy, I sure do miss that couch.

flashed · 10-14-2011, 12:13 PM

I have actually given a few things away lately that made me feel good and will do more later. My wife and I have gotten involved with a local boys home that cares for foster children that are in need of many things .They have one home for the older boys that have graduated high school and are going to college or tech school that have no experience with upkeeping their cars and the foster parents asked me to mentor them one on one to teach them to change their oil and filters and just general maintenance. After the first oil change at my shop I found that they had a place to work on their cars just no tools or supplies so I got my extra floor jack,jack stands ,oil pan and funnels and some basic tools and took them over.I have enjoyed giving them some stuff and spending time with them as much as they seem to enjoy it.

eightbanger · 10-14-2011, 01:11 PM

Eric so needs to post up here, he definately has TMS and he is TMS...

NONHOG · 10-14-2011, 05:41 PM

Boy can I relate! See my signature.

I have decided all the cool items that don't go on current projects are up for sale. If its not used as shop art or going on something in the near future.
Time to unload! Funny how easy it is to type that rather than act on it.

SS Tim · 10-14-2011, 06:18 PM

In thinking about it, I might have had TMS once!
Ended up taking 76 tires to the round-up and had to get a permit to haul them in.

**Dieselwrencher** · 10-14-2011, 06:44 PM

I have a lot of stuff but I'm not to the level of most of you guys so I'm going to keep at it.....................

**slomotion** · 10-14-2011, 07:47 PM

I haven't got way too much stuff, but every once in a while I get the urge to "clean house". The problem is, I can hold onto a part for years and never need it. One week after I get rid of something I need it.

10-13-2011, 11:05 PM	#1
flashed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canton ga Posts: 12,724	Too Much Stuff As the title says I have too much stuff ,car parts from my Chevelle ,my El Camino ,my 55 Bel Air ,81 Trans Am ,my current 72 Chevy truck project ,Die cast cars ,pedal cars ,and then the various junk. How do you guys decide if ,when and what to get rid of ?I lost track of how many sets of wheels I've got laying around for my truck and cars .Im out of room unless my 55 sells soon ,then I can build another building to house more stuff .Just wondering how you decide when to part with stuff and what you part with. Im terrible about keeping spare parts everywhere .I've already given some truck stuff away and some Chevelle parts as well.

10-13-2011, 11:17 PM	#3
flashed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canton ga Posts: 12,724	Re: Too Much Stuff I think its a disease thats hard to cure ,as I think I need more stuff when in reality I need less stuff.Maybe I just need to but another truck and use my stuff even though my current one isnt finished yet .

10-13-2011, 11:23 PM	#4
into69z "brand new second-hand" Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: White House, Tennessee Posts: 526	Re: Too Much Stuff ......yeah, I'll be the next "star" on that hoarder show if I keep going __________________ Steve 69 3/4t custom camper tilt,am/fm,speed warning,air gauge,buddy buckets,aux battery, big block,p/s,p/b,a/c 67 Camaro 96 Impala ss-sold 04 hybrid Honda-saving gas for the blue truck!:b69:

10-14-2011, 12:00 AM	#5
SS Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Edwards, CA Posts: 7,507	Re: Too Much Stuff Store it if you can afford to. Buy a storage container if you have the room. Prices are down so selling would be my last resort short of scrapping. Document and mark your stuff as you fill it up. Keep your eyes open for wanted ads to move selected items at a good price. The occasional teaser eBay or CL ad can bring paying traffic as well. __________________ Thanks, Tim * VIN/Model Decoders * Power Team Charts (engine/transmission/gear ratio) * Post Your Pickup SPID Blazer SPID Suburban/Panel SPID * RTFM ... Read The Factory Manuals... download 'em here Highlanders Do you have a 1972 Plaid Pickup? Plaid Blazer ** Plaid Suburban

10-14-2011, 12:38 AM	#6
HeavyD Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wakaw, Sask, Canada Posts: 3,180	Re: Too Much Stuff For me it is an easy decision to keep all of it since no-one would buy it up here anyway. If you still enjoy having all the stuff just hang on to it. __________________ "You can take the man out of PA, but you can't take PA out of the man"

10-14-2011, 06:38 AM	#7
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Too Much Stuff I decided to start selling off some trucks,parts,and collectibles when my x-wife racked up huge debt,so we refinanced the house,then she left,never paid child support,recession hit making the bottom fall out of construction rendering my 25 year business useless,and realizing I only have so many years to catch back up (once the economy cooperates)...you asked Before that,I never felt I had too much stuff. I figure it's my life and having enough to last the rest of it is only natural. They stopped making everything I'm into,so you have to get it when you find it. I haven't sold a single thing I didn't want anymore. Prices go up and your stuff just sitting becomes more valuable. I never looked at it as an investment. But,I will say selling off what I have has sure come in handy to supplement my income. I don't know how I would have survived without it. On another note. My '67 GMC shortbed project is being built with all spare parts I had gathered for my various trucks. I ended up with all good OEM rustfree sheet metal from Grille to tailgate. I may be broke but I have a rustfree cab,SWB Fleetside '67 bedsides/wood floor supports/front panel/tailgate/fenders/doors/hood,and buddy buckets,tach/air dash,4spd tilt,M22,large journal 327,3.42 posi rear,SWB frame w/rebuilt steering/suspension/brakes & 4/6 drop,5-lug 8" steelies,a variety of dog dish caps,bumpers,grille,steering wheels,am/fm,and on because I had bought up all that stuff when times were better. Too much stuff?...Nah! __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 10-14-2011 at 06:54 AM.

10-14-2011, 06:47 AM	#8
mikey531 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Exeter, NH Posts: 795	Re: Too Much Stuff You never have too much stuff.... except when you sell your house and have to move.. I had no idea my house and garages could hold that much !

10-14-2011, 07:33 AM	#9
flashed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canton ga Posts: 12,724	Re: Too Much Stuff I really like my stuff ,just cant seem to get to it when I need it if I can even find it.

10-14-2011, 08:08 AM	#11
yob2kanobe Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: SE Washington state Posts: 80	Re: Too Much Stuff Too much stuff is like having too much money!

10-14-2011, 08:43 AM	#14
hjewell2 Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: mich Posts: 656	Re: Too Much Stuff I never throw away spare parts, now if I have for some reason fifty points style dizzy caps yes I throw away they are of no value. but nothing of value goes bye bye.

10-14-2011, 09:21 AM	#16
vectorit What? Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 7,617	Re: Too Much Stuff I use to be somewhat of a hoarder, but then life hit and I was forced to move a lot. That is one way to kill the habit for sure, because you don't want to move what doesn't mean anything to you. As for today, where I have my own home and fairly large garage (SoCa standards anyways). I am very organized, and keep only things related to what I have. If I pick something up, and it is for a vehicle I don't own it gets gone in one way or another. I don't do storage units anymore. Though that's where I had to keep my burb and all related garage stuffs, but I rationalized doing that as the burb having a car payment. I personally would never store anything at a storage unit unless it was very valuable, and had a specific time to be out of there and the unit closed down. Otherwise you are just paying for stuff that will soon out way it's value, when you total up the monthly rental fees of the storage unit and the value of a box of used car/truck parts is it really worth it? In the long term - no. __________________ Chris 1968 K20 Suburban 1972 K10 LWB PU

10-14-2011, 09:55 AM	#17
flashed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canton ga Posts: 12,724	Re: Too Much Stuff My wife has plans for me to build a 4 bay garage as soon as I sell my 55 Bel Air to give me a better place to park our finished cars in and then I will have plenty of room as I currently have all 4 finished cars in my shop .But then I will buy more and again have more of too much stuff .Im afraid its a non curable disease but it keeps me busy looking for stuff.

10-14-2011, 10:00 AM	#18
prairewolf Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: south dakota Posts: 1,896	Re: Too Much Stuff I was on a roll collecting/buying stuff and I was getting spread thin and scatterbrained, .... a Southern member put it simple in a post once, saying something like ... " that's it, start 2 projects and only get them both half done''........... I got rid of a bunch of stuff, ... nothing rare or non replaceable. ......... life is better now. ....what I have I really like and actually use or will use soon enough, ...... I have misslelock on a 70 Judge in a garage that I may end up with someday, and that is about it....... everything that I got sick of tripping over, or worrying about, I could find and replace fairly quickly if I needed it again. life is good,kent __________________ eat,work,spend,sleep,repeat.

10-14-2011, 12:08 PM	#19
RenoKeene Florida Edition Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Fruitland Park, FL Posts: 4,034	Re: Too Much Stuff Here ya go....Marry a real good looking crazy woman and at least half of your stuff will be gone in no time I came home from work on a wed. afternoon and ALL my stuff was gone, didn't even have a washcloth or towel to take a shower to go to work the next day. She must of had an army of crazys to help her. Went and bought a TV and a 12 pack and cut up some rags she missed. That was about 10 years ago...boy, I sure do miss that couch. __________________ 70 GMC Short Stepside "Rose"-An American Beauty: Factory 402/TH400, AM/FM, AC, Tilt, Tach, Buckets, Posi, PS, PB, 3-5 Drop, Complete Resto-Rod 67 C-20 Slant Back Wrecker "Mad Max" 67 C-10 Ratrod "Step-N-Wolf" 71 Serro Scotty Sportsman camper "Scotty" 97 LT1 Z28 "The Hornet" Link to more pics of "Rose" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...p?albumid=1684 Check out my "Cheap Tricks" thread and add to it if you can, lots of good info there. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=489394

10-14-2011, 12:13 PM	#20
flashed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canton ga Posts: 12,724	Re: Too Much Stuff I have actually given a few things away lately that made me feel good and will do more later. My wife and I have gotten involved with a local boys home that cares for foster children that are in need of many things .They have one home for the older boys that have graduated high school and are going to college or tech school that have no experience with upkeeping their cars and the foster parents asked me to mentor them one on one to teach them to change their oil and filters and just general maintenance. After the first oil change at my shop I found that they had a place to work on their cars just no tools or supplies so I got my extra floor jack,jack stands ,oil pan and funnels and some basic tools and took them over.I have enjoyed giving them some stuff and spending time with them as much as they seem to enjoy it.



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10-14-2011, 01:11 PM	#21
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Too Much Stuff Eric so needs to post up here, he definately has TMS and he is TMS... __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

10-14-2011, 05:41 PM	#22
NONHOG Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Marana, Arizona Posts: 3,459	Re: Too Much Stuff Boy can I relate! See my signature. I have decided all the cool items that don't go on current projects are up for sale. If its not used as shop art or going on something in the near future. Time to unload! Funny how easy it is to type that rather than act on it. __________________ "I feel the need for speed!"... as soon as I am done with my nap.

10-14-2011, 06:18 PM	#23
SS Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Edwards, CA Posts: 7,507	Re: Too Much Stuff In thinking about it, I might have had TMS once! Ended up taking 76 tires to the round-up and had to get a permit to haul them in. Attached Images __________________ Thanks, Tim * VIN/Model Decoders * Power Team Charts (engine/transmission/gear ratio) * Post Your Pickup SPID Blazer SPID Suburban/Panel SPID * RTFM ... Read The Factory Manuals... download 'em here Highlanders Do you have a 1972 Plaid Pickup? Plaid Blazer ** Plaid Suburban

10-14-2011, 06:44 PM	#24
Dieselwrencher 6>8 Plugless........ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Prairie City, Ia Posts: 17,143	Re: Too Much Stuff I have a lot of stuff but I'm not to the level of most of you guys so I'm going to keep at it..................... __________________ Ryan 1972 Chevy Longhorn K30 Cheyenne Super, 359 Inline 6 cylinder, Auto Trans, Tilt, Diesel Tach/Vach, Buckets, Rare Rear 4-link and air ride option Build Thread 1972 GMC Sierra Grande Longhorn 4x4 1972 Chevy Cheyenne Super K20 Long Step side tilt, tach, tow hooks, AC, 350 4 speed 1972 C10 Suburban Custom Deluxe 1969 Chevy milk truck 1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR STG3 Cam Super T10 1940 Ford 354 Hemi 46RH Ford 9" on air ride huge project *Tired of spark plugs? Check this out.*

10-14-2011, 07:47 PM	#25
slomotion Old Duffer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maine Posts: 1,822	Re: Too Much Stuff I haven't got way too much stuff, but every once in a while I get the urge to "clean house". The problem is, I can hold onto a part for years and never need it. One week after I get rid of something I need it. __________________ '68 Short C20 Flatbed Dually w/ 292 4bbl, Langdon cast headers, and WC T5 trans. '81 G10 Shorty Van "Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement." Will Rogers "Under promise, then over achieve."

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