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Jetfxr69 Samba Member
Joined: December 28, 2018 Posts: 1293 Location: White mtns nh
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 7:25 am Post subject: Wife asked me to clean up |
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So the other day, my wife asked me to clean up all the old parts that were scattered all over the basement and if I would do something with these old busses laying about in the yard.
She thought it was starting to look like a junkyard.
of course, dear.
And look at all the new space we have now.
Well shit! Aint gonna let perfectly good dry storage space go to waste.
For those of you playing along. The width of the fender flares requires at least 1 door to be removed. It would have been easier to pull both, but I can report that it will indeed go with just 1. _________________ You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa
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alaskadan Samba Member
Joined: January 09, 2013 Posts: 1857 Location: anchor pt. alaska
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 7:37 am Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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Ha ! That'll teach her. A row of those cinema seats in the van might be interesting. When I was a kid dad put two rows of airliner seats in our 70 something dodge van that we got from boeing surplus. |
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Jetfxr69 Samba Member
Joined: December 28, 2018 Posts: 1293 Location: White mtns nh
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:02 am Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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alaskadan wrote: |
Ha ! That'll teach her. A row of those cinema seats in the van might be interesting. When I was a kid dad put two rows of airliner seats in our 70 something dodge van that we got from boeing surplus. |
I didnt even think of that. When my company sent their old 737-300 models to the desert, I tried to score a row of cabin seats. They were a hot commodity and I missed out. _________________ You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16863 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:07 am Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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i sneak things into barns. takes here a good month or so before she realizes somethings there.
however, in her defense sometimes you need to know when to say "when"
I have a 70 parts bus that really is a total roach. it's behind my shed and it too has turned into a shed....that wasn't it's purpose. it was suppose to go to the crusher about a year ago...i got busy and it fell way down on the priority list.
Our basement looked much like yours. I began sorting/organizing and got 85% of it neatly sorted....then got busy. I've come to realize that 1) I can't save it all and 2) I have no desire to save it all.
Gone are the days of me wanting to have 52 of each part for each car I own. When I get un-busy It's going to be time for a major sort and sell off. The older I get the more I realize 'less is more'
good job with the clean up! _________________
gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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cmonSTART Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 1915 Location: NH
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:27 am Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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So does she ever venture into the basement? For laundry or a freezer or something?
Just wondering when she will figure it out and how many more you can now store.......
Nice work! _________________ '78 Bus 2.0FI
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Jetfxr69 Samba Member
Joined: December 28, 2018 Posts: 1293 Location: White mtns nh
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:35 am Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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cmonSTART wrote: |
So does she ever venture into the basement? For laundry or a freezer or something?
Just wondering when she will figure it out and how many more you can now store.......
Nice work! |
Thats the fun part. I slide it in after she went to work, and now im flying away for work for a few days. I expect i will get a text by wed saying WTF?!
Or she will look out the back window and realize its gone from where she helped me roll it yesterday. _________________ You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa
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76 tintop Crusher
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Jetfxr69 Samba Member
Joined: December 28, 2018 Posts: 1293 Location: White mtns nh
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:38 am Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
When I get un-busy It's going to be time for a major sort and sell off. |
Im not there yet. When your time comes for that, I will have truck and trailer ready. Short haul for some treasures. _________________ You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16863 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:46 am Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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Jetfxr69 wrote: |
Im not there yet. When your time comes for that, I will have truck and trailer ready. Short haul for some treasures. |
if you're serious, I will reach out to you first. the 70 is going to go away for sure as well as some other stuff. not even sure it would be worth your time but i'll give you first shot _________________
gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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cmonSTART Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 1915 Location: NH
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 10:19 am Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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Jetfxr69 wrote: |
cmonSTART wrote: |
So does she ever venture into the basement? For laundry or a freezer or something?
Just wondering when she will figure it out and how many more you can now store.......
Nice work! |
Thats the fun part. I slide it in after she went to work, and now im flying away for work for a few days. I expect i will get a text by wed saying WTF?!
Or she will look out the back window and realize its gone from where she helped me roll it yesterday. |
I just cracked up laughing at this which caught Sarah's interest in what I was reading. She doesn't see the humor, oddly. _________________ '78 Bus 2.0FI
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jtauxe Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2004 Posts: 5780 Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 10:34 am Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
When I get un-busy It's going to be time for a major sort and sell off. |
I am hoping to get un-busy within the next year. I am retiring at the end of this month, and one of the many many things on my list is to sell off most of the spare VW parts. I'll be keeping only things that are good spares for what I am currently driving.
And I will try REAL HARD not to make another offer on the sweet sweet '74 original owner Westy that has been sitting under a nearby carport for the last 20+ years... _________________ John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
http://vw.tauxe.net
1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD
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my59 Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2003 Posts: 3791 Location: connecting the dots
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 11:44 am Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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Nice to have a drive in basement!!
When we bought this place, the barn was empty, and provided plenty of room for the bug and the bus. At max capacity, there were 2 mg midgets, three motorcycles and 7 bikes...the midgets got replaced with a project jeep. Now the boys and most of their projects are gone, but a claw foot tub my wife wants in a renovated upstairs bathroom has been moved in.
She's said no more cars till I get rid of one. I say no second floor bath renovation till we have a 2nd bath on the first floor.... _________________ my59: Well son, my grandfather died before I got to drive it, so does that answer your question?
our79: sunroof bus w/camper interior and 2.0 FI
Other:'12 Jetta, '77 Benz 300D, and a 74 MG Midget. |
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calvinater Samba Member
Joined: September 06, 2014 Posts: 3328 Location: 802 The Pointless Forrest
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 12:17 pm Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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Whos gonna schlep that cast iron tub upstairs? _________________ "Albatross"! |
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16863 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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jtauxe wrote: |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
When I get un-busy It's going to be time for a major sort and sell off. |
I'll be keeping only things that are good spares for what I am currently driving.
And I will try REAL HARD not to make another offer on the sweet sweet '74 original owner Westy that has been sitting under a nearby carport for the last 20+ years... |
that's the point i'm at. my mother croaked a few years back, in-laws moved etc and i'm just at a point where enough is enough.
i don't need a tote full of sliding door handles, or 75 clusters or....
when my in laws moved we ended up taking on a LOT. i'm now the proud owner of about 250 tons of equipment, boats and the list goes on. i've had enough of being a slave to this shit. time to move it on down the line....
then i bought a vanagon
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=743839&highlight=saving+the+84
so...i also have to work on saying NO _________________
gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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ImAddicted Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2012 Posts: 1195 Location: Unorganized Territory, Maine
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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Sometimes you don't own stuff, stuff owns you. I get it, Don. When my dad passed, my mom downsized from a 5000sf New Englander to a studio apartment. All that stuff ended up in 3 storage units. After a short period of time, you stop thinking "but I might use that some day" and start thinking "I'm sick of looking at this stuff." _________________ 1979 Transporter (sold)
KC1MUR
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Original condition, which means something different on this forum than anywhere else! |
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my59 Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2003 Posts: 3791 Location: connecting the dots
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 3:02 pm Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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calvinater wrote: |
Whos gonna schlep that cast iron tub upstairs? |
I'll hire someone. All the friend group that provides project help to each other have informed me they will have other commitments when it's tub moving day.
The current idea is to send it out to be reglazed...and I think I will have the delivery spot be upstairs! _________________ my59: Well son, my grandfather died before I got to drive it, so does that answer your question?
our79: sunroof bus w/camper interior and 2.0 FI
Other:'12 Jetta, '77 Benz 300D, and a 74 MG Midget. |
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Manfred58sc Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2009 Posts: 3382
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 4:37 pm Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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You replaced a few totes with an entire vehicle and called it a win. I like your thinking. _________________ Fat chick owner/operator |
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HoboBus Samba Member
Joined: December 29, 2016 Posts: 347 Location: Massachusetts
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 5:11 pm Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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This is the winning picture. This all by itself just says "She's not gonna like it."
Nice set up for sure. _________________ Salt air it ain't thin, it'll stick right to your skin,
it'll make you feel fine. Makes you feel fine.
And I wanna be there. -- Jimmy Buffett
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vwwestyman Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2004 Posts: 5688 Location: Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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I love the bus in the basement! And even better that you'll be gone for a few days!
As far as the stuff conversation, I'm starting to get there. Though I haven't done much of anything to really do anything about it, yet.
I don't have a huge stash, but I've got some stuff I don't need anymore from/for cars I don't have. My problem is I do feel like it's worth some money and there is probably someone out there that could use some of it. So it feels like a shame to just toss it. BUT looking at it all, and thinking about all the work it will take to get rid of it feels like a lot.
Hmmm... I have three weeks left at my FT job. I'm quitting to build my private therapy practice. I do have two entirely full days worth of clients right now, but it seems that I'll probably have a bit more free time in the few weeks it'll take to build that up. Perhaps that is when I should spend some time listing some of the stuff... _________________ Dave Cook
President, Wild Westerner Club
1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
1973 Wild Westerner
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skills@eurocarsplus Samba Peckerhead
Joined: January 01, 2007 Posts: 16863 Location: sticksville, ct.
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 9:12 pm Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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^^^ congrats going off on your own Dave. trust me you'll have hard times....like wanting to jump into that cast iron tub and slit your wrist hard times but you'll get thru it.
ImAddicted wrote: |
my mom downsized from a 5000sf New Englander to a studio apartment. |
good for her. i hope she's enjoying life. no need to be handcuffed to something that doesn't bring you joy. _________________
gprudenciop wrote: |
my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
Jake Raby wrote: |
Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
Brian wrote: |
Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22645 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 3:25 am Post subject: Re: Wife asked me to clean up |
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Congrats to JT on retirement and Dave on his new venture.
I retired from W2 work in 2003 when the company yanked my deferred comp plan, apparently thinking I would work just as hard just to pay 50% of my pay In taxes. They took 5 more years to fire me, too, while I started my own thing.
It was the second smartest thing I did in life, behind marrying a high paid, roofing, sex addict Mrs Abscate.
I cant right now Honey, I have to go look at a Bus
.oh, okay, lets be quick _________________ .ssS! |
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