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Title: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: Jim Ratto on February 16, 2008, 01:11:01 am Most of my stuff is out in the garage collecting dust and cat fur.
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: Carlos De Alba on February 16, 2008, 01:13:22 am Garage !!
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep Post by: Fritter on February 16, 2008, 01:13:37 am Garage, basement, and shelves in my office.....
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep Post by: louisb on February 16, 2008, 01:46:45 am Garage mostly now. But I have been known to have an entire disassembled engine stashed in the closet before. ;D
--louis Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: deano on February 16, 2008, 01:57:49 am Not a VW story, but you get the idea... There was this guy in high school who owned a Mustang 2+2, with A 289 4-Speed. Well, he wanted to build the engine to the hilt, as well as add wheels and tires, Hurst shifter, gears, gauges, Lakewood bellhousing, traction bars and on and on. Well, he had this brain storm, that his Mustang would be stolen, stripped, and then dumped near his house... He would make a claim on his insurance, and get enough money to buy all the goodies he wanted. Okay, so the car disappeared and three days later, it re-appeared bare. The insurance company paid, and away he went to Blair's Speed Shop and went crazy. Within weeks, he rebuilt this 'Tang into a killer street car.
The back story was he stole his own car... no, oh, really?, and stashed all the old original parts under the house in the crawl space. Years later, a 'Friend" ratted him to the police. They came out, looked under the house, and guess what? There was a Mustang in pieces under there. Imagine that. They hauled him away, and impounded the 12-second Mustang... Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: javabug on February 16, 2008, 19:25:25 pm Nice story, Deano.
My "nice" stuff is up in the attic in the house for now. All the parts for the 2110, a few of my better bits for the oval, etc. Stuff in the garage has a chance to get ruined somehow. Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: Zach Gomulka on February 16, 2008, 20:11:35 pm I'm not telling!!!! ;D ;)
Most of my junk is stored in boxes under my dads pool table :) Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep Post by: alfie the monster on February 16, 2008, 20:49:34 pm Not a VW story, but you get the idea... There was this guy in high school who owned a Mustang 2+2, with A 289 4-Speed. Well, he wanted to build the engine to the hilt, as well as add wheels and tires, Hurst shifter, gears, gauges, Lakewood bellhousing, traction bars and on and on. Well, he had this brain storm, that his Mustang would be stolen, stripped, and then dumped near his house... He would make a claim on his insurance, and get enough money to buy all the goodies he wanted. Okay, so the car disappeared and three days later, it re-appeared bare. The insurance company paid, and away he went to Blair's Speed Shop and went crazy. Within weeks, he rebuilt this 'Tang into a killer street car. The back story was he stole his own car... no, oh, really?, and stashed all the old original parts under the house in the crawl space. Years later, a 'Friend" ratted him to the police. They came out, looked under the house, and guess what? There was a Mustang in pieces under there. Imagine that. They hauled him away, and impounded the 12-second Mustang... Why on earth would you keep the parts ??? Not that I'm that way inclined at all, but they would've long gone if that was me ;D Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: 1957lowlight on February 16, 2008, 21:07:31 pm Well, I stored everything in my home office, but then I came home of a weekend Volksworldshow and my wife en mother in law transfered everything to the basement. You shouldn't store this in the office was the comment. This was a downer afther a great weekend of Vdub fun!!!
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep Post by: deano on February 16, 2008, 21:19:23 pm "Why on earth would you keep the parts ??? Not that I'm that way inclined at all, but they would've long gone if that was me"
You must remember that this Mustang was only two years old at the time. So, the parts were basically new and worth big money somewhere down the line, when the heat was off(?). Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: . on February 16, 2008, 22:09:18 pm I'm not telling!!!! ;D ;) Just hope he doesn't start losing and betting your parts trying to at least break even !Most of my junk is stored in boxes under my dads pool table :) :o :D Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep Post by: Lids on February 16, 2008, 22:47:56 pm I have all the parts for a 2387 sat in my front room.
All my rare stuff is sat in the second bedroom. I have loads of panels in the shed. The garage has loads more crap, wheels and even a NOS treuhaft decklid! Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: Shubee2 (DSK) on February 16, 2008, 23:07:41 pm When I Was Way Younger and Lived at Home My Sister Had Moved out So I Took Over Her Room ;D It Became My EMPI Room LOL I had a Stack of 5 Spokes ,8 Spokes And Brm's In one Corner Had Three Built Motors against another Wall Two Display Cases full of Empi Stuff Dave Galassi Has Seen It And Could Not Believe it LOL My Dad Had Past Away a few years before my sister left and My Mom Did Not Care So It Was Cool Having My Friends Over Showing them what new things I Got from Week to Week When I Worked at Van Nuys Auto Haus I Had A Guy Selling my Sets Of Porsche Alloys I was Buying and selling them weekly I would Buy a set take them to the Polisher go pick them up and drop off another set I got to where I could Mask the wheels and paint them in about two hours ;D ;D
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: nicolas on February 17, 2008, 11:43:52 am i am trying to keep them on the car...
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep Post by: alex d on February 17, 2008, 15:38:14 pm I kept parts for many years under my bed ;D
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep Post by: kafercup on February 25, 2008, 19:32:34 pm Most of my stuff is out in the garage collecting dust and cat fur. Hahaha, I remember the hole in the wall storage.... ;D Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep Post by: Lids on February 25, 2008, 19:50:07 pm I kept parts for many years under my bed ;D I had no space under my bed due to the bodies!Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep Post by: stealth67vw on February 26, 2008, 04:43:50 am I've got my crap strewn across 3 states. I've got some junk 36 dells, gas tanks, crates full of early headlights, early ghia vert glass and boxes and boxes of head studs, pushrods, rockers, etc. and 20 used 87mm P&Cs at my Mom's in California, I've got a black 67 bug sitting on 4 wheel discs, a Collins built gear box and Fuchs, full to the roof with parts and a 42 DCNF'd 1776 at my Dad's in Alabama and 2 bugs (63, 65) and an IRS pan around the corner at a friends house, and 3 bugs (63, 64 and my 67) here at my house. I've got a 8 x 10 foot storage shed and a 500 sq. ft. shop full of crap too. I probably have other stuff at friends houses that I have forgotten about too. My computer/ roll top desk has 6 drawers and 4 of them are full of VW parts. My machinist tool box at work has a drawer full of VW parts. I have a racer spacer in my jacket pocket and some tin screws in my front pant pocket.
I keep shit everywhere. ;D Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: ugly duckling on February 26, 2008, 05:41:36 am i gusse if you are a kid just starting out and are just so excited that the company of having your race parts under your bed would be pleaserible by EYE fu?? them and finger fu?? them well more power to ya. gota touch them sexy race parts dont ya know we have all done it. ;D UD.
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: 181 on November 25, 2009, 20:44:38 pm I stored the parts everywhere. I rebuilt my disc front beam in my front room during winter when was cold in a carage, all nice pieces were in my bedroom and living room and I ended up building the engine in a kitchen! I had my NOS 48 DRLAS in my work on the desk as a decoration and all parts I ordered went to my workplace too. Colleagues were impressed at least :-DD
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: Mike Maize on November 25, 2009, 23:02:40 pm I have junk all over the place! Just ask my friends, I work on their stuff so I can store my stuff ::)
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: Nico86 on November 25, 2009, 23:27:34 pm Garage, bedroom, kitchen, toilets... ;D Everywhere I manage to find free space !
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep Post by: Rocket Ron on November 25, 2009, 23:32:12 pm where my wife cant see them ::)
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep Post by: vwcab on November 25, 2009, 23:35:34 pm where evre my wife cant see them ::) x2 ;DTitle: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: Mike Maize on November 26, 2009, 01:09:01 am My wife saw my orange car at a show and when my son got in it she said, " is that ours?"....LOL
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: Sam K on November 26, 2009, 02:15:17 am Anymore I keep most everything in the garage except my EMPI stuff. Way back when I was living at home and first built my car though, my suff lived in my bedroom. At one point I had all the parts for my engine, a close ratio trasmission, SAW axles, my alloys (with tires) and a drop spindle disc bake kit as well as a complete interior in the bedroom. My stepmother was not pleased.
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep Post by: stealth67vw on November 26, 2009, 03:23:06 am where my wife cant see them ::) That is how the "stealth67vw" name came to be. I was rebuilding my 1776 but little did my now ex-wife know, it had morphed into a 2332cc flanged cranked, 48 x 38 Comp Elim. nitrous motor. ;D Sheep would doctor my receipts from Buggy House to reflect much cheaper parts.Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep Post by: gyles on November 26, 2009, 08:03:11 am where my wife cant see them ::) Hah ha aha aha aha a. Too true Ron. Shame I am only just learing that one (after 8 years marriage, but I am a slow learner :-[), but am finding it also goes for much more than just parts ;) ;D Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: Jon on November 26, 2009, 10:13:05 am I don't know...
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: DKK Ted on November 27, 2009, 00:16:38 am In the garage...with ADT alarm....and Smith and Weson by my side. 8) 8) ;)
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: empicolector on November 27, 2009, 08:47:22 am my reals brm are under my bed
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: plasticblack on November 27, 2009, 19:53:33 pm Currently stashed in 3 seperate locations in 3 seperate countries..
The cost of reuniting the stashes is goind to be pretty high, but I plan to consolidate the lot back in the UK next year some time.. ;) Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep Post by: Black Sheep on November 27, 2009, 19:56:16 pm Part's ? what parts .
The broken stuff goes in the trash and the rest goes on ebay to pay for more go faster bits - 8) ;) Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: WCB Hitler's Hot Rod on November 28, 2009, 08:23:28 am High in the mountains near a huge lake..
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: kafercup on November 29, 2009, 01:08:44 am Most of my stuff is out in the garage collecting dust and cat fur. I know who you're talking about.......!! :) Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: kafercup on November 29, 2009, 01:10:51 am Most of my stuff is out in the garage collecting dust and cat fur. I know who you're talking about.......!! :) As to the question posted, I keep mine inside my poor non-running car in the garage. Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: MYTOY on November 29, 2009, 17:46:17 pm IN SIGHT!
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: danny gabbard on November 29, 2009, 18:44:00 pm Everywhere but on my car.
Title: Re: my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them Post by: speedwell on November 29, 2009, 18:51:09 pm Everywhere but on my car. like me ;D |