[cmccuist]

I worked for Bechtel in San Francisco in the '80's. I had a buddy who restored, raced, collected '58 to '67 Corvettes. He had about 10 projects going all the time. He was always going through the GM catalog writing down part numbers at work. In those days, GM still carried parts for older Corvettes - trim pieces, brackets, electrical parts, knobs etc.

He started getting "out of stock" replies to his requests and decided he better get ahead of the game. So he started ordering thousands of dollars worth of Corvette parts. His house was filled with parts. All the dressers in the bedrooms were filled with genuine, hard to find (now), GM parts for 60's era Corvettes.

Not to mention that some of his cars were worth a lot of money as well - '63, '67 big block etc.

I guess if you pick the right hobby, it can be profitable as well as a fun time!