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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Monmouth county, NJ USA
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What do you collect??
What do you guys collect.?
I'm not talking about collecting things for investment or monetary value. I'm talking bout silly stuff like matchbooks covers, statutes of frogs, brand specific things, crap like the above that gather dust on your shelves. My main things are, old GI Joes, firetrucks, lighthouses and seaplanes.
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Vinny Red '86 944, 05 Ford Super Duty Dually '02 Ram 3500 Diesel 4x4 Dually, '07Jeep Wrangler '62 Mercury Meteor '90 Harley 1200 XL "Live your Life in such a way that the Westboro Baptist Church will want to picket your funeral." |
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06-06-2006, 07:20 AM
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I have a vintage Tonka collection, including a 1959 fire truck set. Some vintage bikes. A bunch of VW's
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"You go to the track with the Porsche you have, not the Porsche you wish you had." '03 E46 M3 '57 356A Various VWs |
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06-06-2006, 07:24 AM
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In the shop at Pelican
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Tamiya and Fujimi model kits.
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06-06-2006, 07:27 AM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: DMV
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Used Japanese school girl panties....
 http://www.somethingsowrong.com/2004/05/myth-of-japanese-schoolgirl-panties.asp http://www.photomann.com/japan/machines/ |
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06-06-2006, 07:34 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Worcester, MA
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It may seem obvious but I collect...Porsches. Got three already and I'd have more if I had more places to park them.
Aside from that...I've collected coins since I was a kid. Rarity is not a big factor in my selection of coins - rather I see them as historical artifacts. So historical relevence is important to me. If the coin bears the likeness of a key historical figure or represents an important era or event, then it gets me excited.
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06-06-2006, 07:34 AM
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Cars & Coffee Killer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
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Tickets.
I've saved every ticket from every movie, plane ride, train ride, amusement park, play, musical, etc. I've ever been to.
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Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle... 5 liters of VVT fury now -Chris "There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security." |
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06-06-2006, 07:35 AM
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Location: NWNJ
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bells "....they're my friends you know..."
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06-06-2006, 07:36 AM
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I get tired of crap, so every so often I throw it out. I have a lot of music gear, but less each time I move. I seem to have settled on a functional number of cars, motorcycles, instruments, guns, etc. If I buy something new I usually sell something. So I suppose I don't "collect."
I used to trash pick when I was a kid though. Every thursday and friday were trash day on the way to school (I had a really long walk, and the pickup day split was halfway through the walk). I'd bring all sorts of ***** to class on those days...old lawnmowers, empy wine bottles, etc. Ahh, those were the days... |
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06-06-2006, 07:38 AM
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Parrothead member
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Monmouth county, NJ USA
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I have a ton of VW stuff too, used to big into VW's
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Vinny Red '86 944, 05 Ford Super Duty Dually '02 Ram 3500 Diesel 4x4 Dually, '07Jeep Wrangler '62 Mercury Meteor '90 Harley 1200 XL "Live your Life in such a way that the Westboro Baptist Church will want to picket your funeral." Last edited by VINMAN; 06-06-2006 at 07:47 AM.. |
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06-06-2006, 07:45 AM
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"You go to the track with the Porsche you have, not the Porsche you wish you had." '03 E46 M3 '57 356A Various VWs |
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06-06-2006, 07:51 AM
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Slackerous Maximus
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Columbus, OH
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Vinyl records-mostly early detroit techno and house. Around 2000.
Lionel trains. and yes.... Porsches. I only have 2, but I intend to grow the collection. I need to buy a storage building first. I would like to have one from every family. 928,911,944, etc.......
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2022 Royal Enfield Interceptor. 2012 Harley Davidson Road King 2014 Triumph Bonneville T100. 2014 Cayman S, PDK. Mercedes E350 family truckster. |
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06-06-2006, 08:00 AM
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Bills - just not by choice.
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991.1 RS - Lava Orange 991.1 GT3 - Sapphire Blue - gone 997.2 GT3 - Guards Red - gone 996 GT3 4 Liter - Basalt Black - gone |
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06-06-2006, 08:12 AM
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Side by side shotguns, early California landscapes (plein aire), TV/movie cowboy stuff (Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry,etc.
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06-06-2006, 08:17 AM
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ashtrays (and shoes)
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06-06-2006, 08:37 AM
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Re: What do you collect??
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06-06-2006, 08:52 AM
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Anything 911, all of my concert/event paraphannilia I get from the job, small coke bottles,angels for the wife.
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Bill MID9 #4 if i cant play with it ,,i dont want to own it |
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06-06-2006, 09:05 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Hot as Hell, AZ
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Mostly implements of death & destruction.
I'm also inadvertently collecting motorcycles. Gonna have to do something about that...either get the non-runners running or get rid of them. 
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06-06-2006, 09:40 AM
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Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
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Things Japanese, abacii, automotive stuff, used to collect comics, coins and rocks. My parents still have all of my old comics in Ziplock Freezer bags. Almost forgot, Hard Rock Cafe T-shirts.
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Steve '08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960 - never named a car before, but this is Charlotte. '88 targa SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
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06-06-2006, 09:53 AM
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Empty beer bottles (that used to be full)
Dust Grey hairs Cynicism Birthdays (although I don't want any more) Debt (seems like it anyway) Porsches in varying states of operability Bicycles, kind of inadvertently (how the heck did I end up with five?) T-shirts (I have some great 'uns) Beer coasters from various bars/taverns Venerial diseases (not really) Newspaper clippings and real estate magazines of more places we'll never be able to afford at this rate. . . Pens (also inadvertent - ever notice how one day you have 10 and seems like the next day you have 20,000?) Old receipts and bills and "file-ables" in various states of organization - mostly in piles and boxes all over the place. Old computer software (digital junk) Cat toys (I spoil them rotten) Other crap I'll probably think of. . .
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A car, a 911, a motorbike and a few surfboards Black Cars Matter |
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06-06-2006, 09:55 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: San Pedro,CA
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Watchs and guitars...
Can't afford guitars anymore (prices have skyrocketed - good for my collection but not good for a buyer) so swicthed to inexpensive watches.       
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Gary Fisher 29er 2019 Kia Stinger 2.0t gone 1995 Miata Sold 1984 944 Sold I am not lost for I know where I am, however where I am is lost. - Winnie the poo. |
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06-06-2006, 09:59 AM
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1979 Porsche 911SC 3.0
1986 Porsche 944 2.5 l 8v I-4
1983 Porsche 911sc Cabriolet 3.0
1976 Porsche 911S Targa 2.7
