well... i collect vinyl. all sorts of genres from punk to funk, i just came up on about 200 45s that are nothing but 80s dance music, which is good for me since i DJ. i played some of them on saturday, and the girlies went crazy
i collect anything to do with hot rods. i build model cars too, but dont collect em. theyre a by product of buildin em. lol.
Electric Fans!! They have to be on the small side and of the inexpensive variety sold back in the 30's/40's. Nick named Drug Store fans since that is where they were sold. Have about 30 or so all restored and sitting on shelves. I know, what a nut job I am!!
HO Trains, AFX slot cars, Models, Drag Racing stuff, Salt Water fish. Seems like if its expensive I've collected it.
Started a social group if anyone is interested. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/group.php?groupid=522
Ding ding ding!!! That's by far the coolest collection! I thought for a while I was going to start collecting engines but then I realized how big they were and after hitting my shins 100 times I got rid of most of them. Still own a Cad, Hemi, 265 Chevy and the flatty in my Merc though. Hated to get rid of the Rocket and Nailhead.
1940,s straight 8 chryslers have 1941 passenger car and 1947 marine. Also 1929 Dodge parts for the new project. Rob
I collect any size model cars that pertain to 1940 Ford coupes or pickups, 1940 licenses plates from all 50 states, PPG paint posters, miniature gas pumps, black powder cannons, cast iron Dutch ovens and cookware, cast iron miniature stoves, old product cook books, coke thermometers, kerosene railroad lanterns or Dietz lanterns, mechanical antique kitchen gadgets, meat grinders, chainsaw carved wood bears, coke memorabilia, Griswold pups, pug dogs and figurines, Boy Scout handbooks, magic books (350+), guns, silver dollars and just about anything old. Two is a pair and three is a collection.
No, you sir have an awesome solution to not having "those wheels I saw at that one show, WHAT WERE THEY!?!" Syndrome, it has hit us all at one point or another even if not about wheels, maybe distributers or manifolds. P.S. I also wanted to add that my neighbor collects carbs. He has those big plastic bins full (absolutally full, not just close to) of rebuilt stromberg 97's, 94's, 81's, and 48's. He also has some other carbs but he has some rare manifolds that sit on his mantle, oh yeah. His piest de resistance is the 3 SETS of Ardun heads he uses as book ends. WTF!?!
i collect route 66 memorabilia, vw microbusses,guitars, liscence plates, mexican blankets, old flashlights, old desk fans, coleman lanters and camping stoves. and more recently, vintage campers. i sold the only one i had, and now , i've got 4 .they multiplied like gremlins when you get em wet.
Dirt and dust. It's cheap, it's free and............just jidding. The question should be what don't I collect? I think I need to have a clearance sale.
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