Just how weird a collection have you got?? More weird stuff

[grizz]

These two plates are the ones I wanted most desperately for years, and the condition as mentioned, is perfect. I love used plates.

They are right behind my Purple Heart plate on my list of favourite ever plates.






One went straight up, and the other one will have to wait as I am planning a bit of rearranging, getting all my rare and unusual plates together and sticking stuff like novelty plates and dealer plates together.

I think my next search will be for some Chevy dealer show plates.

Something like these in this pic.

Love the Parker one.

[Vindi_andy]

My wife collects pigs. Pot pigs, stuffed pigs, wooden pigs, concrete pigs Im just glad the convenants on our house prevent us from keeping livestock or Im sure she would want a live pig. Dont mention micro pigs she sometimes reads this forum.


DOH! too late did it myself.

[Bogo]

I have a rather extensive resistor and IC collections.

[winchman]

These two plates are the ones I wanted most desperately for years, and the condition as mentioned, is perfect. I love used plates.

They are right behind my Purple Heart plate on my list of favourite ever plates.








Love the Parker one.

Well I am sat here looking at every ones collections thinking well I have a polar bear shaped plate on the shed wall, and you have two!

[Flash]

I collect Coleman Lanterns.
Need doing it for a few years now. Amazingly a hobby that I have actually stuck with.

[grizz]

I collect Coleman Lanterns.
Need doing it for a few years now. Amazingly a hobby that I have actually stuck with.

Now that is an AWESOME collection !!!


In other news....

I am planning to do my garage in the style of an old petrol station forecourt when Nicola lets me add the carport I want to the front of it.

I have not been successful in finding and buying a vintage petrol pump to restore yet.

However, this morning I had a rather large delivery by overnight courier.....

Pepsi can is for perspective, as is my latest "bush find" roadworks sign..... one I had eyed for about 6 months where roadworks were done a year ago.

MOT test center sign is embossed and a relic of the 60's, new ones are just vinyl stickers.

This one is solid, thick aluminium.



This sign will be just perfect for my creation, along with various others I have collected over time.



A massive thank you to mate Tim for donating it to my ongoing madness.

[jmkjr72]

i collect disney items
i have pins figurines old tickets diffrent park items and cast memeber only items
if its disney or mickey i like it

[rebapuck]

Does anyone collect automobile lapel/hat pins?

[grizz]

Does anyone collect automobile lapel/hat pins?

Nicola collected hatpins for some time.

However, the pipes took over.

Victorian hatpins get to be quite costly.

In the end she sold the lot on Ebay in two large joblots and just kept a few choice pieces.

The joblots made good money and brought more than they cost, so happy ending.

[grizz]

Today was not a good day for me, so rather than rip a head off, or sit in a corner crying, I thought I would do some woodwork in the shed, but before I go there, I ended up in the garage, sorting out and grouping my "newest" number plates for my collection.



Then I took some of the plates that did not "fit" off the rafters



Followed by a significant change, including removal of all the metal signs.
They will be refitted later when I have revised the current layout of the garage interior.
This includes removing the up and over single door, and boarding up that side and fitting a large hardwood door, or a door and a half if I can find one.

After a few hours I was happy.

One side....



And looking from the other side.



I have some more room to fit some of my traded plates, and will look out for some special ones in the mean time to add.

[parivercat]

My first collection began when I was just a teenager, I collected old bottles. Kept them in the atic at my folks home.
When I was in my twenties they had a house fire so I lost that collection. About 18 years ago I began wood carving as a hobby.
I gave some away, sold a few and I still have half a dozen that I have kept. One is Marvin the Martian. My wife and I like to fish,
at one time we had five different kinds of boats in our yard. From a paddle boat to a pontoon boat. Then came the campers, only
three at one time but with that came our homebuilt teardrop I made, "Pumpkin". Our teardrop camper is orange so we started
collecting anything orange we could use in the teardrop. Orange just grew on us that we bought all kinds of things orange. Besides all
the camping stuff we also have all kinds of other things that are orange, car, truck, motorcycle, bicycles and so many different orange shirts
I never wear any other color. And our last collection we have been doing is bicycles. We love the outdoors and we love riding the bicycles
on the rails to trails.

[grizz]

Well, today I sent off some plates to the USA, and some were sent my way.

They fit perfectly into part of my focusing on specializing a bit in what I collect.

Disabled plates, Vet plates, and specialty relating to services like the National Guard will make it a bit more challenging.

Today's trade.



Looking forward to getting these and fitting them up in the rafters.

[BillZ]

I collect interesting things I find with my metal detector. Have been doing it for a few years now. I prefer to hunt inland rather than beaches. Places like old home sites and other places where people may have gathered in the past.

Also just started collecting old Coleman gear and cast iron cookware... Nothing like what Woodbutcher has.

[grizz]

I collect interesting things I find with my metal detector. Have been doing it for a few years now. I prefer to hunt inland rather than beaches. Places like old home sites and other places where people may have gathered in the past.

Also just started collecting old Coleman gear and cast iron cookware... Nothing like what Woodbutcher has.

WOW !!!!

JUST WOW !!!

What an amazingly interesting collection you have.

Thanks for sharing.

[grizz]

Well, after the last update, I can say that a whole load of changes have gone on in the various spaces Ashley has created.
I get the feeling he prefers to do stuff, rather than just talk about it. So posting updates are less important than actually getting out there and doing stuff.

HIS FULL BUILD THREAD HERE

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... 116&page=1

I had a job interview in Portsmouth yesterday, about 5 minutes and less than a mile from his place.

So I took the torches I had made for him for the "manspace" over.....



When I got there at 10.15, I found the man busy in the kitchen.



Making some Bacon Butties.... and coffee.

These were quickly dispatched, Thanks a lot mate, they were rather good, in fact, very good.



Of course we went and had a good look at the garage, its contents, and his games room.

I have to say, the photos do not do any of the stuff he has made, any justice. It is as good as you can imagine.






While out there, he produced this book and gave it to me..... just how much better can a day get?



Ashley has also been collecting some number plates for me while doing his day/night job, and gave these to me before I left for the interview.



Included was this mini cab taxi license plate.



And possibly the most important sign ever.....

It will be going down the end of the drive at the garage, so then I can leave a sign on the house front door to say I am at the "back-END" if people come knocking.




So a great day out, meeting a cool guy and getting to feed both my belly and my hobby/habit.


Today the postman knocked and delivered this old sign, liberated 30-plus years ago by a certain Andy, member on various forums.

So another great sign to add to my slowly growing collection of random signs.



Once I have re-arranged the garage and created some new spaces, all my signs will be going up again.