my friend kept his parts in a hole in his bedroom wall... where do you keep them

[Jim Ratto]

Most of my stuff is out in the garage collecting dust and cat fur.

[Carlos De Alba]

Garage !!

[Fritter]

Garage, basement, and shelves in my office.....

[louisb]

Garage mostly now. But I have been known to have an entire disassembled engine stashed in the closet before. 

--louis

[deano]

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...

[javabug]

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.

[Zach Gomulka]

I'm not telling!!!!   





Most of my junk is stored in boxes under my dads pool table

[alfie the monster]

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 

[1957lowlight]

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!!!

[deano]

"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(?).

[.]

I'm not telling!!!!   





Most of my junk is stored in boxes under my dads pool table

Just hope he doesn't start losing and betting your parts trying to at least break even !
 

[Lids]

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!

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

When I Was Way Younger and Lived at Home My Sister Had Moved out So I Took Over Her Room 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

[nicolas]

i am trying to keep them on the car...

[alex d]

I kept parts for many years under my bed 

[kafercup]

Most of my stuff is out in the garage collecting dust and cat fur.

Hahaha, I remember the hole in the wall storage....

[Lids]

I kept parts for many years under my bed 

I had no space under my bed due to the bodies!

[stealth67vw]

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.

[ugly duckling]

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.   UD.

[181]

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

[Mike Maize]

I have junk all over the place! Just ask my friends, I work on their stuff so I can store my stuff

[Nico86]

Garage, bedroom, kitchen, toilets... Everywhere I manage to find free space !

[Rocket Ron]

where my wife cant see them 

[vwcab]

where evre my wife cant see them 

x2 

[Mike Maize]

My wife saw my orange car at a show and when my son got in it she said, " is that ours?"....LOL

[Sam K]

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.

[stealth67vw]

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. Sheep would doctor my receipts from Buggy House to reflect much cheaper parts.

[gyles]

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

[Jon]

I don't know...

[DKK Ted]

In the garage...with ADT alarm....and Smith and Weson by my side.