Alot of good ideas here!...

I'm the guy you see in the median on the interstate off-ramp with the sign that reads "Will Work for Truck Parts".

 

The last $17k came from not replacing my art works and collectibles from the house fire settlement. Other than that, I am your tax dollar at work. I am an IT Specialist/System Administrator for the Bureau of Land Management office here in Moore.

Allstate and Uncle Sam has been berry berry gud to me.

I know, I don't look like the typical nerd.

 

why is it baca i see of you and think of that lost weekend to soldier field in the early 90's to see mr. garcia and the rest of the dead ??????????????????????????? dain fella's we gotz celebrities here !!! roger looks like rob zombie , and now we got jerry garcia back too the living !!!!!!!!!!!!!! wheres elvis at ???????????????

 

Just wanted to update my Post. One way i fund my project is through my income tax refund check. Without going into right or wrong for me it allows me to have money enough for the big purchases that I install through out the year.

With all the medical bills finding money during the year is just that, finding. I get paid weekly and there are 4 "extra" paychecks a year. Yes some goes to bills but guess where the rest goes???? My addiction of course....

jim

 

I work a twelve hour shift making Hefty Trash bags for all you other people to throw your stuff away in.Hefty's been very very good to me. My wife gave me free range the last ten years to get what ever I wanted to put on it.Could not have done it without her.

 

I'm kinda backwords from most of you guys. I'm 20 years old, work full time and live with my parents. Most of my pay check goes to the truck so hopefully I can get it on the road soon and afford to pay rent.

 

isn't a thing wrong with what your doing justin ..... other than the ladies don't seem to care for the living at home thing it seems . thats why i had so much wrapped up in the one car i could call a show car / driver .... da-- i wish i had the money in it back my 53 could be absolutely killer and have a full boogie flatty under the hood !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I've been generating money like some others, through selling/horse trading truck, engine, transmission parts. I have scored free and very cheap parts from Craig's List and re-sell for profit. It's a good way to learn too. I have kept an eye out for 302 parts and have learned a bit about block and head differences as a result. Meanwhile honed in on what I wanted for my own build.

I have scored a free roller short block on CL and turned around and sold it 2 days later. I keep my cash in an envelope and list where it came from.

I sell valuable things that I find I no longer need/want to buy things I do want. I call it "transforming" my material objects from one form to another. I had a knife collection that I decided was cool, but just sat in drawers. I sold some off, put in my envelope to save. I had 5 handguns - sold a couple (after all, you only have 2 hands), put in my envelope. I have $1400 in my envelope right now (though that's about to change - my truck is going to the shop this Fri).

 

I gave up part of my left leg. Then got a good lawyer !!!! I would do most anything to have it back.

 

Gives a whole new meaning to the expression...

I just go to work 7-5 mon - fri and mope around the shop in the evening until the wife gives up and I get a nice part ...

Not much been done on the old man lately

 

I bought a bunch of parts for my 53 with the life insurance money when my wife passed away, now if I would just take the time to install them, I would have a finished interior and A/C.
I would give it all back and then some to have her back though

 

A good thread and timely too. My truck is just bustin' to be painted and fired up, but alas, it's just sitting. I used to have a job, a little money and no time, now due to health reasons I have little time but no job and no money. I always put in for cash as presents for birthday, Father's Day, Christmas etc and fortunately I have lots of kids and grandkids so that helps some. I won't be making the Western Nats this year so that will free up a few $. Have even considered trying to sell the Weber carbs off of my street rod ($3K) but that's a tough decision, once you start canibalizing it's hard to stop. Social Security doesn't help much at all and my wife is carrying the bulk of the load. The upside to all of this is that I have lots of time to do detail stuff that I may not have done otherwise. I do a column for the truck club newsletter and have been thinking about a column entitled "The upside of being broke" If anyone has anything to suggest I just might be able to gather enough info for a column

 

Jerry,

Sorry to hear that. You should really get the parts installed. It would honor her. She would have wanted you to.

 

I am an electrician (retired now) and was fortunate to have been able to swap elctrical work for things like bodywork,paint,and part of the upholstery bill. Other than that I had to save up to buy things a piece at a time. That is why it took me seven years to get on the road.

 

I build transmissions and rearends for people, build a lot of transmissions to sell at swap meets, etc. I just lost my job yesterday so my building will slow down some but at least I have a lot of parts already bought to keep some progress going.