Change of Plans....

[65 500]

As to going back to VT, well.....let's just say it's not the blue collar farming state I grew up in. Many native Vermonters have left and been replaced with Bernie-types from the cities. Taxes are nuts, traditional values are considered bad now, and it's become the heroine capital or crossroads or whatever of the US. Look it up online. Still a beautiful state, just not a place I'd care to be anymore. No real work there to speak of, business and industry have been chased off unless you make ice cream or teddy bears. Not to mention being overruled by the War Dept (wife) who is a Tampa girl. Too cold! Instead we're going to live in the belly of the beast. Doesn't make sense from the 'family values' aspect, but does financially.

Those types ruin everything they touch, it seems like the more abnormal something is the better they like it and the more they defend it. That's why you end up with no real business, outrageous taxes, and drugs all over the place, just look at almost every major north american city, and who they are run by. It really is a shame, VT used to be really nice.
Good luck with your move, and I totally agree with the assessment that moving sucks.

 

[azblackhemi]

One huge mistake I made during my move was to get rid of all my "cans" of misc unsorted nuts, bolts, screws, etc. I have since discovered you can't easily buy a 3/8" bolt, you need to buy a little bubble pack of 5 or 6 at an outrageous price.

Very true and then they're soft cheap Chinese junk that snaps when you tighten them.

 

[Jim 68cuda]

The cars are the reason for my upcoming move this summer. Two cars in the garage, five in the driveway, two more coming home soon (one from the body shop and one from storage), and a couple daily drivers parked on the street. Just came in from breaking the news to my neighbors next door and across the street. The neighbors have been great and have been supportive of my hobby. They are a big reason why I didn't make this move along time ago.

 

[The Horvaths]

The cars are the reason for my upcoming move this summer. Two cars in the garage, five in the driveway, two more coming home soon (one from the body shop and one from storage), and a couple daily drivers parked on the street. Just came in from breaking the news to my neighbors next door and across the street. The neighbors have been great and have been supportive of my hobby. They are a big reason why I didn't make this move along time ago.

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Good neighbors are hard to find... Ours called the police on us for having a trailer in the driveway for two whole days.

 

[cantflip]

Good neighbors are hard to find... Ours called the police on us for having a trailer in the driveway for two whole days.

I have a really great neighborhood overall. There is one who likes to call the code enforcement... last year when I bought the 98 p/u I made the seller drive it to my property so I could enjoy the tag office at my leisure. It sat in my backyard without a tag for two days. Day one, dropped off. Day two (monday) code enforcement visit. Day three, tag on it and my old 93 roadmaster that I was going to be junking that week, but had parked in the back. I put them in the drive way and left them for a year, current tags... never moved.
I later had a conversation with her and her husband about I don't know which of these idiots called before talking to me... but I am getting a vanity plate that reads "Shmonu" (shame on you) and leave it here forever. I junked the buick and moved the truck when the Imperials were shipped, just before the tags ran out. I don't think I will get too many calls now.

 

[saylor]

Good neighbors are hard to find... Ours called the police on us for having a trailer in the driveway for two whole days.

lol @ dallas and HoAs. I love it. I just wish my HoA would ban parking on the street.

 

[78Brougham]

I'm glad i live where I do, everyone owns a gun and minds there own business! I was born in a city moved to the country and would never go back.

 

[live4theking]

I don't understand why anyone wants to live in the city. Living there to make more money isn't worth the nosey neighbor headaches. My beat up wrecked jeep sits of the edge of my backyard so I can use it in the woods. I don't hear a single complaint about it. Actually the neighbor marveled a week or two ago when i was driving it, she didn't think it ran any more.

Country living is the best.

 

[Big_John]

I have great neighbors.... except for one. They called the code enforcement because they thought I was running a used car lot in my driveway. At the time, we had three teenage boys at home, all with cars, my wife's car, my company car, my truck and my car trailer.

The code enforcement guy was great, actually apologized when he left. He showed up 6 months later, said the neighbor bitched again. He wanted to shut them up, so he verified every vehicle being registered to someone living there and left, saying he wouldn't bother me again. He was very cool about it, but could not tell me who it was except that it was not my adjacent neighbors. I said something about my lawyer and the freedom of information act etc. and then he told me that he would talk to them and tell them he would no longer accept any complaints from them about the subject. He also said something about telling them "it would be best not to screw with this guy anymore", but that would be off the record.

I figured out it was probably the new neighbors that built a big$$ house just down the street.


Back to the topic.... Sometimes you have to sell and cut your losses. I've gotten over my head a time or two and had to part with cars. Given your situation, I think it might be best to sell now and put the money aside for a future car, maybe a driver and not a project. The dust has to settle on the move and then maybe you'll know what you want.

 

[Boomer]

That's where I'm at right now John, but thanks to Gary/Wollfen I now have a solid backup plan. Selling really simplifies things a lot now and yes, I'd replace the shark later with a similar sibling. It's just a beautiful car, nice lines all around.

As to moving being a pain - I read somewhere that, next to a death in the family, it can be one of the most traumatic experiences of your life. Definitely true if you're parting with stuff you hate to lose. Not the case for me, thankfully. Not that invested - yet. Jim 68cuda is in the N VA area and has been giving me a lot of good info to absorb. But it can still be a hectic, stressful time if it gets away from you.

Neighbors can be great until they move. That was the case for me in VT. Had good neighbors for a few years, then a wacko from Punta Gorda moved in next door after the 90-something neighbor died, and a family from Hartford moved in down below me who set fires in the field and shot arrows into my house, fun stuff like that. Zero respect for other peoples' property, and not terribly bright, either.

Before we moved here in 2008 I liquidated a lot of my car stuff - tools, ramps, etc - thinking I wouldn't need them again or for a long time, could replace them later, etc. Then I found myself with a couple projects that made me wish I'd thought differently. Did keep all my hardware, though. The Chinese stuff is junk. Even if it's tempered a bit, it still seems to be a sloppy fit compared to older US-made hardware. I don't mind paying more for good stuff. Finding it is the hard part.

Moving more stuff to storage this weekend. Also left approx 1000 lbs of electronics behind last time, test equipment and other stuff. Moving is a good time to re-examine what you have and purge, purge, purge. It's definitely easier and cheaper to replace some items later rather than move them. Or to discover just how attached to something you really are(n't).

 

[Dads300]

I have been fortunate with the neighbors I have. I have a lot of cars and parts and have never had a complaint. I even had a neighbor tell me they couldn't believe how much stuff I fit in my garage and you'd never know with the doors down .

As for the car, since you aren't emotionally attached it's probably best to let it go. It looks to be missing a lot of parts and it's not like good c bodies are expensive or hard to find. Take it for the experience it was and move on.
Travis..

 

[Duncan]

My German Grandmother told me a saying they have back in the old country - Twice moved, once burned. Or words to that effect.

Basically, the cost, financially, emotionally, things lost, of moving twice is like having your house burn down once.

 

[Boomer]

Your grandmother is right - it's just stressful overall. Haven't lost a lot yet as far as 'stuff', a few broken odds 'n ends from the last move. The good thing is, it made me rethink a lot of stuff I had and resulted in shedding of quite a bit 8 years ago. Need to lose more, though - still too much.

I have been fortunate with the neighbors I have. I have a lot of cars and parts and have never had a complaint. I even had a neighbor tell me they couldn't believe how much stuff I fit in my garage and you'd never know with the doors down .

As for the car, since you aren't emotionally attached it's probably best to let it go. It looks to be missing a lot of parts and it's not like good c bodies are expensive or hard to find. Take it for the experience it was and move on.
Travis..

That's the issue here, Travis - 3 garages, 2 are full of my crap, one is kept open for the good wife. She's pretty tolerant, so it's the least I can do. Was moving more of it to storage this weekend from the house. Need to get another storage unit this week, first one is full.

The car is actually only missing one piece of side trim (if you don't count the aftermarket Edelbrock). The windshield wipers and bottom surround chrome are in the back seat, took them off to repair the hood hinge and left them off in anticipation of getting the windshield replaced.