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When you find five Carter carbs, complete suspension for b-body, 3 boxes of brake pads for a body disk brakes, 5 sets of points condenser, 3 distributors. And I just cleaned one corner of the garage.
I have a half apart 383 and a stuck 440 and a running 400 and a running 413 sitting along the back wall of our shop and you can not even see they are there
...buy a 9600 square foot warehouse complex, carve off a 1760 square foot 4 stall "garage" for yourself plus two 12x20 storage units for parts, fill that and then.....
(...and still don't have enough to keep your truck out of the weather)
My problem is I'm a collector. Everything from cans to cars.
A few:
Interesting limited run Coke cans
Plastic car model kits
1/18 die cast
1/64 die cast
1/24 die cast
Happy meal toys
Real muscle cars.
Prints from Tom Fritz
Nazi swords and daggers
Some action figures
Spy/Action novels
Guns
Watches
Schwinn Krate Sting Rays
DVDs Blu Rays
Engines
Women (Nope, those days are past)
Corvette memorabilia
I justify it because I don't spend money on travel like a lot of folks my age
I recently found a Richard Ehrenberg electronic conversion for a low deck. Totally forgot I had it, was surprised when I opened the box "wonder whats in here..."
My problem is I have a 25# garage with 35#s stuffed in it.
I told my brother I would loan him a kids four wheeler, I looked for two days, found on pallet rack behind a snowmobile. In my defense, it is a small ATV
Guys, stop beating yourselves up.
There is a therapeutic effect when collecting and tinkering with mechanical things. Some men like us just need to have these things to feel complete.
Some women have multiple pairs of shoes or knick-knacks on the shelves, we collect car parts.
If you don't have to move a transmission to take a bath, you're doing okay.