‘Hoarder Dave’

I have been trying to clear some of my stuff for the past few weeks. A lot of my stuff has been hibernating in boxes for more than a decade collecting dust a long with it. A problem with having a hobby and a liking for cars is that one tends to collect things in hoping it would benefit a certain project that will most likely never be done. Sounds familiar? To be honest, I have been doing this “clearing up” thing several times since I could remember. The funny thing about it is, as much junk I allocate for the trash bin, I still end up with a lot of stuff. Case in point, since high school I have been building scale models, R/C cars and airplanes. I acquired about 100-plus plastic kits and about 7 R/C planes. When I got my first car, a VW beetle, I told myself that going to the flying field would be easier now that I have my own ride. But to maintain my car, I had to sell of some my R/C planes. Proud as I could, I parted with five of them, complete with radio gear and engines. A big step forward “YES?”… not in a million years!

As soon as I was immersing myself into the world of VWs, my hoarding habit started to go to the next level. Books, service manuals, parts and memorabilia started to populate my room and parts of the house. Horrors to my parents. I remember my dad telling me not to buy mag wheels. Leave the rims as is. Little did he know I acquired two sets of EMPI sprint stars. Why two sets? I honestly don’t remember why. Crazy times…