Im finally willing to admit that I have a problem

[wayner]

Richard almost dragged this out of me with thread he started recently

Im finally willing to admit that I have a problem


.
.
.
.
.
.
I keep buying stuff.

[Baz]

NICE!!!!!!!

[pwd72s]

'58? Just remember, the more stuff you have, the more you have to take care of. All part of the cycle of life.

All that said, the ass pounder 'Vettes are indeed cool.

[JackDidley]

It is OK as long as it is cool stuff. C1s are cool for sure.

[chapo]

My favorite year Vette for style

[wayner]

1961. Its a transition year

[speeder]

Not a ‘62? I love it, anyway.

[wayner]

One day it will look like this:

[Bill Douglas]

Sir, if the wife gets a bit snarly about this, and other purchases, just explain to her you are a very wise investor.

[wayner]

Uhm, the wife got a bit snarly about me even living there for some reason, she divorced me, I bought a corvette, and Id better be wise investor because after the divorce my economic future depends on it

SO now that is out of the way, I only buy things that are about to pop in the market. Things where the heavy lifting has been done and I can extract value relatively quickly.

This one is 90% there as far as paint, so, very quickly I can raise its value, even if it didn't get assembled but sold. So you sir are correct

(And, once you have an appreciating asset, why not drive it a bit or keep it for a while)

[pavulon]

Your car made me think of Suzanne Somers in American Grafitti...she was angelic in her Thunderbird.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

How's the 928 doing?

[wayner]

I haven’t been in town much so the shop is locked up tight

I have a retired craftsman friend who I farm out work to who is currently finishing the metalwork on the 914

The vette is next in line

The 928 is my personal project but when I’m home I’ve been dedicating my time to getting my house livable now that my renter is out

Still picking up the peices but moving forward each day

[wayner]

Originally Posted by pavulon

Your car made me think of Suzanne Somers in American Grafitti...she was angelic in her Thunderbird.

It made me think of Bruce Springsteen, but not in the same way
(And I’ve had it with beautiful blonds in cars :-)

I think this one is a 1960 with the original style tail

[Tervuren]

I am really struggling with this same problem.

I work from home.

I have three driving cars.

I still browse for another.

I'd like to get Corvette #2.

I'd like to get Jaguar #2.

[Tobra]

I am not sure I understand the premise of the thread.

With her gone, don't you have more time and room for cars?

[jwasbury]

Originally Posted by Tervuren

I am really struggling with this same problem.

I work from home.

I have three driving cars.

I still browse for another.

I'd like to get Corvette #2.

I'd like to get Jaguar #2.

Its a disease. 2 licensed drivers in my household. I have 4 street legal cars, 2 street legal motorcycles, 2.5 race cars, 1 off road motorcycle, 9 bicycles, 2 tractors, push mower, snowblower, weed wacker, chainsaw, & leaf blower. Something is always broken. On the plus side, I always have something to do.

[Zeke]

I had a '61. Last year of the 283 only. You could buy a Vette in '62 with a 283 but I don't think many did opting for the new 327. I went 0.030 over and milled the heads and with a medium cam the thing was reasonably fast. I tried different fuel induction including a stock 'doghouse' FI unit but a Holley 450 CFM was the best performer.

Rear end was 3.70:1 so it was a cruiser more than a strip car. The '61 had SS trim on top of the fenders and around the scallop whereas they were deleted for the '62. Other than those bits the 2 years were identical.

One other interesting bit is that the front end ass'y was a unit bolted to the frame and the same unit could be found on a '51 Chevy PU truck as well as the passenger coupes of the era. This was the case with all C1's.

[wayner]

Good advice on the 283 that I have

Thanks

(As far as the thread premise, I’m starting to understand the show hoarders. I think this is how it begins with some life event, and usually a corvette of some sort :-)

[Captain Ahab Jr]

I have a similar problem, I don't have enough car storage space

I'm fixing this with the obvious solution of not down sizing the number of cars I own but by buying another car and up-sizing my storage space