Hot Wheels(over 5,000 and this include many redline cars), Hot Rod toys, Bowling shirts, Gas Station Memoribilia, Gas Pumps, Edsel Items, Oregon/Washington Breweriana, Fiesta ware, Hot Rod/Kustom magazines and dust...
1950's and 60's baseball cards. have completed the 58 topps set and am working on the 55 bowman "TV" set...just got the MICKEY MANTLE card which is the cornerstone. also collect 25c car mags and old R&Cs from the 60's and 70's.
BMX. complete bikes and parts. late eighties/early nineties and the newer stuff with 14mm axles. I break the crap out of the original BMX stuff with 3/8 axles and the change to beefier parts lets us "adults" ride em. At 6'1'' and pushing 30 I suppose I look funny riding a "kids" bike with a 20'' wheel.
Mostly old SBC stuff, which I probably won't end up using anyway. My wife collects swords, so I need to stay out of the house as much as possible.
I collect Land Speed Record Cars. Most are die cast 1:43. I also have quite a bit of Carroll Shelby memoribilla (worked for him 10 years), along with some vintage pit passes of races I crewed at and asorted other collector items.
solid collection FINKTIM, any guess what its all worth? spent collecting? growing up i was a collector of 49 merc/ford models, seems owning one finally cured me of that. more recently i collect license plates with my initials CKD, or my boy JTD, which is nice because they are usually worthless to anyone else. so if you got one PM me.
I have them sitting around all over. Not a serious collector or I wouldn't have taken them off the base and thrown the boxes away. But I bought them to look at and enjoy. The pics show most of them. I like to think it adds a nice touch to the place.
I collect: Superman comics (Golden Age to late 90's) Atari 2600 systems and games War Between the States artifacts WWII artifacts Dice Western Electric telephones (crank or rotary) Knives Titanic artifacts Berlin wall artifacts and trinkets
I have some old clocks, and I collect any sort of stuff from 1870's to 1920's that looks interesting. I also have a nice collection of Jokers (from playing card decks) and a couple of Ghurkha knives. My kids collect sports trophies! Louie
i collect just about any automobilia all scales models, all scales die cast, oil cans service items, signage when i can find and afford it, posters, magazines, dealer brochers and other items. extra parts for the cars i own and some i dont own...yet old pop bottles, roadrunner&wile e.coyote stuff, h/o racing tracks cars kinda got away from them, and antique christmas ornaments ,decorations and have a small collection of autographs a few movie stars mostly drag racers from the 60's yes, i have a sickness i collect collections ...... atleast im not a drunk or doing drugs
I have a VERY understanding and loving wife that allows me to continue growing the collection that my dad started years ago with old promo models. As I got older, we worked on it together and when he passed away my mom handed it all over to me which I now add to with my son. It's mainly all mopar stuff, but if it's cool, I add it to the mix, especially anything car movie related.
wow I love this thread!!! i dont feel so bad anymore!! all my collections are small but when i see rat fink stuff i grab it, mainly cars when i have the cash i buy them..... i need to buy a piece of land so i can have a junk yard like my grandfather.. it must be in the blood
M1 Garand's As well as some other WWII USMC items and weapons (my grandfather fought in the pacific on Tulagi, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Sipan and Tinian).
Oldsmobile motors, got an even dozen in various states of togetherness, there's more buried out there but, here's most of them;
The Jalopy Journal
