what are your other collections?

[VMC 81]

Just wondering outside of soda related collecting what other items you collect?

 I collect items from the 5Os such as the all of furniture in my house as well as the patio furniture. I even have a collection of those springy ride ons that were at the parks. These are made of aluminum.

 Also have a air stream trailer in the back for the kids hang out and 3 cars from the 50s.

Two cool juke boxes too. Not much in the house is new other than the electronis,TV stereo and computer.
Even have a gas stove from the 50s to cook on.


 I also collect and restore vintage movie posters. I can take an old dirty poster and clean and repair to look like new.

I also do wood graining  like they had in the cars from the 30s to 50s.

what about you?

[VMC 81]

wood graining

[Eric]

I work at AT&T so naturally I collect Western Electric telephones... from the 20s-40s
Also have about 100+ vintage neckties left (was up to 500+)from the
1940s-50s collected during college... still pick them up from time to time.... LOVE them...
also a Superman fan from grade school...

VMC 81... that dash is killer... being an artist would love to learn that and car flames.

[Sodak Bob]

In South Dakota - pheasant and deer hunting .   Not much else to do here, so I have a room full of stuff...

[collecture]

I have about 10,000 matchbooks from the 50's through the 80's - coins - stamps.
I love the old vintage manuals and am getting a small collection built of them.
I have a bunch of vinyl LP's and prefer the sound over CD's.

I also collect and restore vintage movie posters. I can take an old dirty poster and clean and repair to look like new.

Do you do this for other people or just as a hobby?

[VMC 81]

"I can take an old dirty poster and clean and repair to look like new.
I also do wood graining  like they had in the cars from the 30s to 50s."


  I do the poster work and wood graining as a side line for extra $$ helps to pay for new aquistions

[tkaz]

I repair/flip riding mowers.  There are a lot of people around here that think just because it won't start, its worthless.  I can usually make a good $3-400 each, and the repairs are minimal.  I use the money to fund all of the other projects, whether is the soda machines or the Nova.

[90grad]

I collect some stuff from the WWII era.  I've got some ration books, stuff from the Maryland Militia (Home Guard that my grandad was in), patches, etc.  I also have a piece of Doolittle Raider #7 ("The Ruptured Duck").  A non-profit aircfart recovery group (TIGHAR) found The Duck in 1990 and cut some metal from it.  They sold 50 small pieces and gave a piece to Mrs. Ellen Lawson (Ted Lawson's widow.  Ted was the pilot of the plane.). 

I also am starting to collect gray hair.

[GreginNM]

I collect many things, as I've posted before...beer cans, early beer advertising, 1920's radios, victorian/mission furniture, kids (as it would seem     ), and have old cars and a 1960 Avion trailer.

VMC 81...your house sounds alot like mine was, although mine was 1880s with a bit of modern electronics!  1950s is cool...we have a 1955 Chambers stove we can't wait to hook up and use!

[VMC 81]

here is the stove we currently use.