What’s in your attic?

In reply to preach (fs) :

That's what I'm doing with mine. 

The attic of my garage is full of empty stereo component boxes (keep them in case you sell something). I tossed a lot of car parts (50 years worth) when I moved a few years ago but still have a lot in a ring around the walls of my double garage.

I have car magazines back through the 1950s (remember Sports Cars Illustrated and such?)  I tossed or gave away anything more recent than the early 1970s as I had no interest in that lacklustre period.

Cleaning out my mother in laws storage shed finally made me anti clutter. I was half way there before that but seeing stuff that looked a lot like my boxes of stuff brought it home.

For the Datsun I've whittled it down to one set of panels (doors, fenders hood) a spare motor (it's a race car) starter, alternator, water pump, gaskets and some brake parts.

For the F500 I've got 4 engines (snowmobile engines are small) in two tubs plus a spare set wheels. Note the Rotax 494 engines are no longer made and that's the only reason I have them.

As for books; if I don't reference them at least once every year away the go. The only exceptions being the autographed ones (I only have 4 of those). 

My wife thinks I have a whole parts SHO up in the garage attic. Almost....

Amongst the normal attic stuff, there lives one old GTI tire with a hole in the sidewall that the trash guys won't pick up, and I cannot seem to otherwise figure out how to legally get rid of.

We recently found a BBQ grille in our attic that we don't remember buying. So we put it at the curb, and it went away. 

In reply to einy (Forum Supporter) :

Take to Wally World or tire store and pay $2 to recycle.   Wally has pulled tires off rims and charged me to recycle.   

I have two attics--one above the house and one above the garage.  Both contain more crap than I would care to think about.  The most interesting thing that is yet to go into the attic is a working trebuchet that my son and a couple of his cohorts built as part of a high school project his senior (this) year.  Their trebuchet won the distance throwing contest.  I figure you never really know when you might need a siege engine, so I don't want to tear it apart, but neither do I want it taking up space in the garage.  It's currently in three manageable pieces--two pyramidal supports and an 8' throwing arm.

Datsun310Guy said:

In reply to einy (Forum Supporter) :

Take to Wally World or tire store and pay $2 to recycle.   Wally has pulled tires off rims and charged me to recycle.   

I will give that a try!

Tons of old dealer and automobile manufacture marketing materials. printing plates from early datsun newspaper ads, toyota cigarette cars, 2000Gt advertisements and wallclocks. 

In reply to TanukiAttack :

So far 9 plastic tubs of VHS Tapes , 20 yards of detritus. 25 boxes of books.  A suit of armor.  5 TV's 2 microwaves 4 computers.  My recycle center tells me ( after giving them $70 ). That I'm at my limit for the year and have to keep 1 TV and 4 computers. 

Mouse traps and insulation. If I get to the point I need to put stuff in the attic, I determine that I have too much stuff. 

If I need to buy a shed or storage unit, I have too much stuff. 

I honestly don't like how much stuff I've accumulated even since I bought my house 4 years ago.

In reply to frenchyd :

If you want to get real depressed, check out the classified ads in the old R&T mags.  

Our house has no attic at all, anywhere.  I am happy about that.

The garage and shop, however.....

z31maniac said:

Mouse traps and insulation. If I get to the point I need to put stuff in the attic, I determine that I have too much stuff. 

If I need to buy a shed or storage unit, I have too much stuff. 

I honestly don't like how much stuff I've accumulated even since I bought my house 4 years ago.

For 38 years I've tossed stuff up there that I felt have too much value to toss out. 
 I took two working microwaves and 4 small portable TV's to the recycle center.  Because that's all they would take. ( even after forking over $70.00 ) the 4 computers, and other stuff I need to wait for a year to go by. 

 Notice the perfect condition Coleman lantern? Set of horseshoes?  Tile saw? 6 bags of read once paperbacks. Tubs filled with good dishes? Christmas ornaments?  Boxes of Champagne Flutes/wine glasses?   Some of that stuff hasn't been used in 35+ years.  But while I had the dumpster it's going away. 

We live in an A-Frame, so thankfully we don't even have an attic.  It's SERIOUSLY helped with clutter minimalization.  

I find my self in the middle of a consolidation/moving car parts project.  The new location is 15x20, is more likely to fasciate selling/off loading stuff and the therapy of touching things for the first time in years beats having a gym membership.

I might have the largest collection of 13" rims in the southern California region.  These will likely be offloaded first.  Who needs a  collection of 4x100 rims that fit under the fenders of 68-75 BMW's?

Exactly, my point.  But they still make 14" go fast tires, those....

In reply to jr02518 :

Get on the VARA facebook page; the 2002 racers my want them.

frenchyd said:

In reply to TanukiAttack :

So far 9 plastic tubs of VHS Tapes , 20 yards of detritus. 25 boxes of books.  A suit of armor.  5 TV's 2 microwaves 4 computers.  My recycle center tells me ( after giving them $70 ). That I'm at my limit for the year and have to keep 1 TV and 4 computers. 

A Suit of Armor? Really? Are you getting rid of that?

I always wanted one and have space in my attic for it...

In reply to GM > MG :

Sorry it's not authentic just a imitation 1/2 suit and helmet to hang over the fireplace.