Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
Didn't see a thread for this, so I guess I'll make one... This year was a little off for me by way of a few things:
1) Shoulder surgery on 1/23 meant any "finds" would be lightweight in nature. No dragging a 4bbl intake through 50k sq. ft. of display space. (Unless I found something unobtainium on the cheap... then I would have called in favors!)
2) I am really trying to limit my car projects and concentrate on moving to a house that will allow me the real "shop" I need. Probably like many of you, I have so many ideas for projects and not nearly the time to do them. But part of that is needing to keep the actual garage clear just in case something goes down on a "daily driver".
So, hopeful I've set the bar low enough. I think these finds were still fun, and every single one coincidentally was $5!
You know how somebody is always selling non-car related stuff at meets? Well I just rewarded that behavior and bought an Isaac Hayes double album. As an aside, "Theme for Shaft" won the best-song Oscar in 1971. Not only performed, but composed by Hayes, with assists from Quincy Jones. It really combines the best of "soul" with a full orchestra. Then I bought reflective 400 stickers... I might put them somewhere on a piece of RMB stainless trim, just for kicks. The MCG was free and I told the guy hawking subscriptions that I used to subscribe, but let it lapse when Rob Wolf basically said C-bodies were donors (this was in the mid 90s). He said "buh, buh, Sport Fury GT!!!" and I said "yeah, I know... not enough."
Chrysler Tech Center 1991 Grand Opening plastic mugs. 3-4-$5 I was there in real life, fresh from H.S.! Now it's a 60 mile a day round trip.
Roadrunner latch-hook rug kit for my kid.
Well how could I not buy this? And a patch to sexy-up an old satin baseball jacket I like to wear in the spring.
1) Shoulder surgery on 1/23 meant any "finds" would be lightweight in nature. No dragging a 4bbl intake through 50k sq. ft. of display space. (Unless I found something unobtainium on the cheap... then I would have called in favors!)
2) I am really trying to limit my car projects and concentrate on moving to a house that will allow me the real "shop" I need. Probably like many of you, I have so many ideas for projects and not nearly the time to do them. But part of that is needing to keep the actual garage clear just in case something goes down on a "daily driver".
So, hopeful I've set the bar low enough. I think these finds were still fun, and every single one coincidentally was $5!
You know how somebody is always selling non-car related stuff at meets? Well I just rewarded that behavior and bought an Isaac Hayes double album. As an aside, "Theme for Shaft" won the best-song Oscar in 1971. Not only performed, but composed by Hayes, with assists from Quincy Jones. It really combines the best of "soul" with a full orchestra. Then I bought reflective 400 stickers... I might put them somewhere on a piece of RMB stainless trim, just for kicks. The MCG was free and I told the guy hawking subscriptions that I used to subscribe, but let it lapse when Rob Wolf basically said C-bodies were donors (this was in the mid 90s). He said "buh, buh, Sport Fury GT!!!" and I said "yeah, I know... not enough."
Chrysler Tech Center 1991 Grand Opening plastic mugs. 3-4-$5 I was there in real life, fresh from H.S.! Now it's a 60 mile a day round trip.
Roadrunner latch-hook rug kit for my kid.
Well how could I not buy this? And a patch to sexy-up an old satin baseball jacket I like to wear in the spring.
