I’m A.D.D. and jump from thing to thing mastering none but with an attention span of a flea have no choice, collecting stuff along the way a by product. You are into WW2 history this is one of the things I’ve kept although I’m not a military collector. Something from my grandfather he had a moving truck ran a small (very small) freight business in San Francisco in the early to mid 1900’s made enough to live on modestly. He was good friends with Butterfields auction house and leased a space in their warehouse on Sutter St, I Recall going there as a little kid and every week we’d visit my grandparents returning home with a car load of stuff that was no value
Your other hobbies?
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I loved and dreamed as a kid of owning that exact Mustang.Prior to giving up my hobbies to become a full-time nerf herderI used to enjoy playing ice hockey and tinkering in the garage. Now, the car sits neglected under a cover and I'm dreaming of the day I sell it all and see the world by sailboat.
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Subs are one of my interests, have toured a couple and have several books on the subject. Like you, I like WW 2 military fiction, and I have too many books. Kindle is a God-send, I'm able to concentrate on books I really want for my library, and leave everything else electronic which is easier to read anyway. I've built a selection on piano history and technology that is 2nd to none, including a first edition on piano history that is about 130 years old now.
Brianj5600
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I played ice hockey until i tore my acl. I played a season after rehabbing the knee, but real estate prices went high enough that they tore the complex down for office buildings. There have been rumors of 2 sheets being built with in about 10 minutes from home and would probably bring me out of retirement.
Old cars and horsepower are a good combination and I need to get my 67 Mustang coupe back together. I built the motor, blow thru carb, trans, headers, hot and cold side, rear end, cage, etc. It's been high 9s and should go low 9s with EFI and E85.
Camping and fly fishing is really my happy place and I plan to move west in the next couple years.
Old cars and horsepower are a good combination and I need to get my 67 Mustang coupe back together. I built the motor, blow thru carb, trans, headers, hot and cold side, rear end, cage, etc. It's been high 9s and should go low 9s with EFI and E85.
Camping and fly fishing is really my happy place and I plan to move west in the next couple years.
I bought one in '86 in Seattle ('65 289-powered fastback). Did a tune-up on it, left Seattle on a Friday night, and pulled into Greenfield Center, New York on Monday night/Tuesday morning. Woke my uncle up, and presented it to him as a birthday present. It was always his favorite car, and I just became his favorite nephew...I loved and dreamed as a kid of owning that exact Mustang.
That's a sweet build! I swapped over to EFI as well, though for admittedly less exciting reasons ... it sits for months at a time and will still fire up at first crank with the EFI. It's fairly mild with only 345 HP, but after driving the Jeep or Prius ...
Just a few...High Power Rocketry, The jeep of course, Bonsai when puttering around the yard and building and flying model airplanes.
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Have owned over 300 cars, and on my 4th wife. The second one isn't technically a hobby, though I've been accused of it potentially being so. Just thank God it isn't the other way around. I mean, seriously...who could go through life having had only four cars?
We have alot in common. Dont know if thats a good or bad thing. Lol.
Too many vehicles to count and on wife #4 also.
Catalyst~
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Mountain biking, kayaking, hiking, exploring...anything outdoors!
derekmac
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Traxxas, Axial, Vaterra, all good makes to start out with. My Gladiator is an Axial SCX10 III, and my MJ is a Vaterra Ascender (came stock with a Ford body).
This isn't a cheap hobby though, lol. I have probably just over $1,500 (Canadian, stuff is much cheaper in the US) into the Gladiator.
I'm into so many things, but tops is definitely my wife. I just got her this time capsule of a Berlinetta that some of you may have seen in my thread:
I'm into classic cars, and as soon as I'm in a house with a proper garage I'll be back at restoring them. I had a four car tandem garage in Indiana (one car in the DC area, ugh) and restored this '69 Firebird:
I did have enough room to bring my TJ back to life in it though. I paid $1,200 for it and capped the frame, replaced the top, wheels, tires, fenders, the entire brake system, etc. I know this is not about the TJ thread, but I wanted to show my small damn garage, and this pic is a good view of it. Really proud of how the TJ came out regardless:
I'm also into vintage computing and have several classic Commodore computer setups that use LCD screens:
I also have a really nice Home Theater which is a rabbit hole once you start dabbling:
I'm into classic cars, and as soon as I'm in a house with a proper garage I'll be back at restoring them. I had a four car tandem garage in Indiana (one car in the DC area, ugh) and restored this '69 Firebird:
I did have enough room to bring my TJ back to life in it though. I paid $1,200 for it and capped the frame, replaced the top, wheels, tires, fenders, the entire brake system, etc. I know this is not about the TJ thread, but I wanted to show my small damn garage, and this pic is a good view of it. Really proud of how the TJ came out regardless:
I'm also into vintage computing and have several classic Commodore computer setups that use LCD screens:
I also have a really nice Home Theater which is a rabbit hole once you start dabbling:
An unlikely common bond, but hey, at least someone out there understands...We have alot in common. Dont know if thats a good or bad thing. Lol.
Too many vehicles to count and on wife #4 also.
Kiwi TJ
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Yes, it is. Its a resto mod. I put a 355 chevy into it. I finally found a NOS grille for it, thats going to be one of my winter projects.
Kiwi TJ
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Nice work....If it was a convertible Id be having visions of Rainman haha.... "Im and excellent driver"
Like I mentioned short attention span...
Some other things I’ve tried, scuba diving, golf, mountain biking i rode 6 days a week for 10 years or so, did the sea otter classic a couple times and a few other races started with a Gary fisher and finally wound up with a Merlin XLM a neighbor of Gary Klein built in his shop in downtown San Jose I still have and ride when the weathers nice.
ocean fishing for a few years, sold my boat when I bought the Jeep since I couldn’t tow it any more, it was becoming a yard ornament and I could still get my money back.
had a few nice cars I’m sorry I sold but it was a bad time in my life unfortunately this was in 1977 and they weren’t worth that much back then all total I only got around $14k a 1960 Austin Healy 3000, 1957 Jaguar XK140, 1929 Triumph super 7 and a 1936 Cord phaeton The triumph and Cord needed restoration I couldn’t afford and lacked the skill to do it myself. Only paid $600 for the Healy, $1500 for the jag, the Cord cost the most $2500 and the Triumph was a trade for some work. In the early 70’s you could buy a nice running car for $50, had a good running 1959 Chevy that I paid $35 for sold it to a friend he thought he’d paid to much. A friend of my dad gave me his Healy for parts after totaling it, after my Dad passed I dumped everything threw the Healy engine in a dumpster along with a complete 390cu“ Chrysler Hemi.
this was the exact model as mine, the car I drove in high school only difference mine was painted grey.
As a little kid I loved comic books and from the late 50’s to probably mid 60’s i probably had most everything that came out a stack from floor to the ceiling and a moving box full of baseball cards the new ones were Drysdale rookie cards and the like most really old time baseball players I had no idea who they were my grandfather gave me, came home from a week in the Sierras with my other grandparents to find my mom cleaned out my bedroom throwing all in the trash, haven’t gotten over it still.
After marrying my wife I’ve met a lot of other artists in China and traveled to their studios, many work in jade carving 2 came to stay with us a few years back. I was planning on having them sign the wall in my studio but it wasn’t ready so I threw a couple pieces for them to decorate.
I don’t have the studio anymore so I’m happy it turned out this way.
and some carvings by them and a few others.
this was carved for me because I was still riding then.
And I’ve tried Acrylics a little, going to try a few more someday out in the desert.
Haskell Creek near Gold lake California Sierra Nevada Mountains.
And snow skiing a season pass to heavenly pre season was only a little over a $100.
Some other things I’ve tried, scuba diving, golf, mountain biking i rode 6 days a week for 10 years or so, did the sea otter classic a couple times and a few other races started with a Gary fisher and finally wound up with a Merlin XLM a neighbor of Gary Klein built in his shop in downtown San Jose I still have and ride when the weathers nice.
ocean fishing for a few years, sold my boat when I bought the Jeep since I couldn’t tow it any more, it was becoming a yard ornament and I could still get my money back.
had a few nice cars I’m sorry I sold but it was a bad time in my life unfortunately this was in 1977 and they weren’t worth that much back then all total I only got around $14k a 1960 Austin Healy 3000, 1957 Jaguar XK140, 1929 Triumph super 7 and a 1936 Cord phaeton The triumph and Cord needed restoration I couldn’t afford and lacked the skill to do it myself. Only paid $600 for the Healy, $1500 for the jag, the Cord cost the most $2500 and the Triumph was a trade for some work. In the early 70’s you could buy a nice running car for $50, had a good running 1959 Chevy that I paid $35 for sold it to a friend he thought he’d paid to much. A friend of my dad gave me his Healy for parts after totaling it, after my Dad passed I dumped everything threw the Healy engine in a dumpster along with a complete 390cu“ Chrysler Hemi.
this was the exact model as mine, the car I drove in high school only difference mine was painted grey.
As a little kid I loved comic books and from the late 50’s to probably mid 60’s i probably had most everything that came out a stack from floor to the ceiling and a moving box full of baseball cards the new ones were Drysdale rookie cards and the like most really old time baseball players I had no idea who they were my grandfather gave me, came home from a week in the Sierras with my other grandparents to find my mom cleaned out my bedroom throwing all in the trash, haven’t gotten over it still.
After marrying my wife I’ve met a lot of other artists in China and traveled to their studios, many work in jade carving 2 came to stay with us a few years back. I was planning on having them sign the wall in my studio but it wasn’t ready so I threw a couple pieces for them to decorate.
I don’t have the studio anymore so I’m happy it turned out this way.
and some carvings by them and a few others.
this was carved for me because I was still riding then.
And I’ve tried Acrylics a little, going to try a few more someday out in the desert.
Haskell Creek near Gold lake California Sierra Nevada Mountains.
And snow skiing a season pass to heavenly pre season was only a little over a $100.
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My hobbies:
- Playing board games
- Playing poker (before the pandemic) and collecting poker chips
- 3D printing (I have a small side business making poker chip related stuff)
- Scouting - I was very active as a kid and my son is in Boy Scouts now. I've agreed to become our troop's next Scoutmaster in a few months.
- Camping and visiting national parks
- Geocaching is fun and a good way to trick my kids into taking a hike
- Playing board games
- Playing poker (before the pandemic) and collecting poker chips
- 3D printing (I have a small side business making poker chip related stuff)
- Scouting - I was very active as a kid and my son is in Boy Scouts now. I've agreed to become our troop's next Scoutmaster in a few months.
- Camping and visiting national parks
- Geocaching is fun and a good way to trick my kids into taking a hike
