what do you collect of parts ...and how many?

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

My Shrink says,
Some HOARDER can appease his conscience by sendin' Ole' Bill a '29 gas & radiator cap. P.M. for mailing address. Ole' Bill W.

[Marco Tahtaras]

I only collect random small stuff as that's all I can afford and have room for!

[dennisonk1957]

Used to be Coca Cola machines and anything coke...gave it all away...now I collect memories with my five year old son and eight year old daughter....

[Gary Karr]

I'm with Marco. I collect small items, jewelry items as I call them such as original hub caps, valve stems and covers, coils, anything rubber (orig hoses, door check straps, etc), gas and radiator caps, original (NOS) wiring, original fasteners, pot metal window cranks and inside door handles, powerhouse generators and related parts, tail lamp glass, terminal boxes and covers, plus some VE-28 items as extras for my Coupe project.

[gweilbaker]

Would repro parts that don't work or fit count?

[TnA]

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what a bunch of hoarders,lol. in my last life I collected nothing but ol ladies. as for this life, mostly model a stuff and flathead 8s, willing to trade most of my era correct ol ladies collection for high compression banger head. uh ...I mean for the model a

[John LaVoy]

When I moved I found that I had 5 transmissions, I guess if I put like things together I would get a better handle on what I have and what I might need!

[springerpete]

I try to keep the parts I will need to keep my A on the road from minor breakdowns. So, I have spare:

generator, starter, water pump, wheel, tubes, carb, bulbs, fan belt. Also in my collections are the usual nuts & bolts, cotter pins, oil, grease, etc.

For many years I have had model T's and my collection of those parts borders on the rediculous.

[2manycars]

Periodicly I sell off all the stuff that accumulates in the barn, but always shortly thereafter I find I need something I just sold. A man has as much stuff as he has room for, plus 10%.

[Steve Wastler]

I like others, i now am a sucker for and collect nos or mint original smalls, there for a while it was top bow assemblies, had shelves full of them. Just last week, bought a set of 4 very early shock adjusting needle slotted packing nuts... Why? had never seen a set for sale. will I ever need them? probably not....

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Originally Posted by Rowdy

Era Mallory Distributors, horns, engines and Powerhouse generators. I need to sell a couple of hors and buy a downdraft intake to go with the 97LZ carburetor, but that will be awhile before I do. Rod

WOW Pimpin' ... but is that legal??


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[Maclab58]

Let's see....... I have about 8 zeniths, 6 starters, 3 powerhouse gen(I run alternators on both my A's) lots of gaskets, 3 radiator shells, half a dozen water pumps and distributors, 20 rotors and caps. 50 assorted door handles 8 trans cases, 3 transmissions and crap loads of other stuff. It's a sickness.

[Keith True]

I pick up any thing A that I can find.The scrap boys around town bring anything over they they think might be A.Engines with transmissions used to be about $15,and it saved them from making a 25 mile round trip the the yard.With frag up over $200.per ton they are worth over $50.I even take rotted body parts,somebody can always use a 3 inch section of a fender.Most body parts I keep,except Fordor parts.I sold a fellow some slant doors last summer,I wasn't going to use them and he had a use for them.I had some odd parts over the years that I have sold,or really placed with people that had a use for them.If they wanted them to just look at I would just keep them,I can shelve them myself.Steve Ciccalone got a brass/bronze distributer,an early light switch dial that was marked on/off,and some early odd door handles from me.All that either went on his cars or went to others with early cars that he dealt with.Right now I'm low on wheels and wiper motors.Those are things I had so many of that I traded,sold,or gave away.I have a couple of 5 gallon buckets of B carbs,I didn't set out to collect them,I wanted one or two to use on my own cars but I wound up buying them on the cheap at the Amherst flea market over the years.I have generators stacked up like little piles of cordwood,those came from people going to alternators.

[John Duden]

i collecti pop out switches(1 banana, 1 NOS banana, 4 other ones) ..horns....lugnuts,....and other radam parts.....WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH ME!!? I am 15 and shoud LOVE video games and computers but i can barley understand them.????
John

[Jason in TX]

Got a box full of carbs and water pumps. (I'm tired of rebuilding water pumps! Always keep 'em handy! )

I also like interesting Model A accessories, speed goodies, and oddities.

For instance... How about this unusual prototype Holley Model A carb that never went into production.....



I also can't pass up a good decklid at a swap meet.

[ronn]

MikeK-I am sorry to say this.... but you have a real problem!

Did you ever collect stamps as a child....?

[Chris in WNC]

I got rid of everything large or heavy when we moved up from FL.
after almost 2 years, it's starting to accumulate again.......
somehow I'm a sucker for commercial headlight buckets- bought a pair at 2 consecutive national meets even though I have no trucks. have lots of brake parts,distributors & water pumps, a few horns &c &c &c.....

"you never need most of the darned stuff until shortly after you get rid of it"

[John Duden]

Originally Posted by Don Turley

John, you turned 16 just a few days ago, and there is nothing wrong with your addiction to rust and old parts.

WHoops!

[Y-Blockhead]

Originally Posted by MikeK

I collect headlight glass. 100+ pieces and counting. I could show you things the J.S. don't address, like the fine nearly invisible changes in Twolite rows three & four of the lens elements. As time progressed tiny changes affecting projected pattern occurred.

Here are FOUR different row-three center element changes:
Vertical convex, Vertical flat, Back-tilted flat, Horizontal concave with front tilt.
. . .and two beam spread variations of row four central groups.

This is just one slide from my 45 minute powerpoint presentation and hands-on-glass display


There are many other little known variations.
I also know way too much about the history of the McKee glass company!

Yeah, I collect other stuff, too.
About 2000 sq.ft. full to the ceiling in three buildings.

DUDE, You have issues!!! I love it!!

[peters180a/170b]

Thank you all , I am not alone.... I feel much better.....At one point i had a lot of n.o.s. Ford point sets. [35 or so] .Gave some of them away one time.Got tired looking at all the parts so i started with something small. My idea is if i kept all these points ,sooner or later someone will come out with a set better. 2 parts i will not part with is Backup Deluxe Phaeton luggage rack and rear apron. I seen a club member with a 180a got hit in the ass and got the luggage rack , rear fender[ which i have 3 pairs extra l.o.l.] and the rear apron smashed . It has become a nightmare looking at that car in the body shop...