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My wife only allows two, which I concede reasonably keeps me out of financial and storage risk. I have usually split them between a modern stack barrel and a sleek English side by side, but somehow I always end up dumping the stack barrel and buying another side by side... I think I had two gun safes, mostly full when I met my wife. Both completely full+, now. Not sure I grasp “allows” from my vantage point. But, whatever works. O/Us are hard to beat, by the way. Best, Ted
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My mother in law buys my shooting sportsman subscription every year and my wife encourages my shotgun habit,which I blame on her mother. I think one of my first 2 wives tried the allowed thingy. You only live once! You can always sell the ones your not crazy about anymore (I’m talking about the guns now).
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I am actually not much of a collector by habit - I buy, interest wanes, then sell. No regrets about any past liquidations. They took me from an LC Smith, through a couple of boxlocks, a Parker, up to owning my current two "best" off-brand SLE's. A number of intervening stack barrels as well, along with hobby cars and motorcycles. I guess I have owned more than a safe-full, but I don't yearn for any of the ones that moved down the road.
The thing I am really lusting after at the moment is vintage Datsuns, or muscles cars, not really sure...just depends on the day I guess. Probably helps that the garage is closer than a sporting clays course as well.
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I am actually not much of a collector by habit - I buy, interest wanes, then sell. No regrets about any past liquidations. They took me from an LC Smith, through a couple of boxlocks, a Parker, up to owning my current two "best" off-brand SLE's. A number of intervening stack barrels as well, along with hobby cars and motorcycles. I guess I have owned more than a safe-full, but I don't yearn for any of the ones that moved down the road.
The thing I am really lusting after at the moment is vintage Datsuns, or muscles cars, not really sure...just depends on the day I guess. Probably helps that the garage is closer than a sporting clays course as well. I had three 240Z back in the day. A ‘71, a ‘72 and a ‘73. An almost perfect car.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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Canvasback, that is exactly what I have been looking at, early Z's. Unfortunately, they are unit-body cars that are incredibly prone to rusting. Other than that, hard to beat in aesthetics and relative handling characteristics. Much like an English SLE:)
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Canvasback, that is exactly what I have been looking at, early Z's. Unfortunately, they are unit-body cars that are incredibly prone to rusting. Other than that, hard to beat in aesthetics and relative handling characteristics. Much like an English SLE:) LOL, all three of mine eventually just broke apart from rust. I owned them in the period 1976 through 1983 and for most of the time didn't have the cash to properly repair them from the ravages of rust. It's a bit shocking when you consider that they sold over 50,000 units a year of 240Z in North America and by the mid 1990's you hardly ever saw one. All gone to rust. I've owned and driven a bunch of interesting cars, but those early Z cars were in a class by themselves at the time. In a way it reminds me of what Sir William Lyons was attempting to do with the Jaguar E-type in 1963. His stated goal was to outperform Ferrari in every way......looks and performance.....with a car costing 1/3 of the price. And he succeeded. Datsun/Nissan created a car that looked and performed like cars costing multiples of it's list price. But something had to give. My son recently (last month) received a 1976 Triumph TR6 for his 18th birthday and high school graduation. That particular choice of car wasn't my idea. But as soon as I dug into it, I was reminded of what a pleasure it was to tinker with the 240Z and why I have a major distrust of any car maker who made a deal with the Prince of Darkness. As an aside, the 4 cars I've owned that stand head and shoulders about the rest for enjoyment of one sort or another were: 1971 Datsun 240Z 2.4 litre straight six 1967 Camaro RS/SS 350 Convertible 1972 de Tomaso Pantera 351 Cleveland 1963 Volvo 544 2 sedan with B18 engine
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The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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Prince of Darkness. e Lucasifer.
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My son recently (last month) received a 1976 Triumph TR6 for his 18th birthday and high school graduation. That particular choice of car wasn't my idea. But as soon as I dug into it, I was reminded of what a pleasure it was to tinker with the 240Z and why I have a major distrust of any car maker who made a deal with the Prince of Darkness. As an aside, the 4 cars I've owned that stand head and shoulders about the rest for enjoyment of one sort or another were: 1971 Datsun 240Z 2.4 litre straight six 1967 Camaro RS/SS 350 Convertible 1972 de Tomaso Pantera 351 Cleveland 1963 Volvo 544 2 sedan with B18 engine These are all excellent vehicles and in-line with what I am currently considering. It is just finding the best deal on the least disastrous example. Whether that will be a 240/260/280Z, an AMX, a first gen firebird/camaro, or a falcon sprint is anyone's guess. I am particularly jealous of the Pantera and wish your son the best of luck with the TR6!
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My first love, in a car, was my '56 Chevy two-door 210 sedan, bought when I was 17. Repainted, re-upholstered, carpeted, new headliner and custom hubcaps, with longer rear spring shackles, and glasspacks, it was quite a clean (loud) street machine. Guys loved it. My heart throb hated it, so I dated her often in my Dad's 98 Olds. Next came a new '69 Camaro SS 350/300, Aztec Gold with black hockey puck side stripes and trunk lid spoiler. Girl friend liked it much better. Married her in Nov. '71. In the "family way" by the spring of '73, she'd have to drive 50 miles to her gynecologist during the hot summer months of that year for check-ups and the "Cameo" had no a/c, so wifey lost any love for it, too. First son born that October. Cameo was traded off for a (lowered compression) '73 Chevelle Laguna S3 eventually, but hey, it had a/c and it was quiet!
I could care less what happened to that '73 Chevelle, but I miss the '56 Chevy and the '69 Camaro SS every day of my life. Wife and I have made it in marriage for 51 years. Looking back, I made the right decisions ......... but I DO miss those two cars.
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