drbarney1

I spent it on my stereo which I designed and built myself using AM radio station transmitter tubes to drive low sensitivity speakers.

roogie

Love the bikes , but I see a black first gen Mustang convertible with GT style dual exhaust in that garage.

bigjulie

Sailboats.

DesmoDog

If you're talking about my earlier post, that was a '66 A code, triple black with a 4 speed. I sold it when I started downsizing in prep for retirement.



It actually needed a boatload of work and I had too many projects. I'd like to get another one someday but we'll see. Or maybe a fastback this time. But still first gen regardless. Or maybe even a Falcon. I also had a '60 VW Karmann Ghia cabriolet at the time, inherited it from my dad and had a bunch of Porsche parts I was going to put on it.



It only ended up with 356A brakes installed (with a dual circuit master cylinder) and the Porsche style wheels. The 356 engine never got built, the Type IV out of a 914 got rebuilt but never installed, and the Okrasa parts never got put on a 36hp engine. That one saw massive project creep over there years. A weekend brake job turned into a three year overhaul of a lot of things... but it's gone too.

jPrichard10 

Aside from remodeling our house? Probably tools.

And once again, I have a "classic and vintage" problem. I especially love refurbishing old Delta/Rockwell power tools.

cheffyjay

1963 Sunbeam Alpine:

Ed333

Totally worth spending money on. one of the few sports cars of the time which would reasonably fit someone 6'3" with a large frame. And don't forget the V8 version, the Sunbeam Tiger.

iab

Nice.

I do especially like those 50s, early 60s non-mainstream British roadsters - Sunbeam, AC, Allard, Austin, etc.

515Cycling

b dub 

^^^ Well, that will quiet people...

jimmuller 

Pretty cool stuff here. (How long has this thread been in existence? I haven't been on BF since Dec 2019, I think)

From today's ride, the first in 15 months:

RobertUI 

I personally spend a LOT of my hard earned money on guitars, basses, amps, effects pedals, keyboards & recording equipment. This is just a taste:



Fun noise makers

Oh, and I repair instruments as a side hustle...

Neck reset in progress, custom bass build also in progress.

canyoneagle

Car stuff. Actually going to sell this one soon.








Retro-modern camera (Fujifilm XPro2) with vintage glass. Numerous mint Zeiss/Contax lenses.








Audio gear - I like bang-buck gear.
currently Rega P6 turntable with Ania MC cartridge and Lounge Copla MC pre-amp. Rega Brio power amp, Zu Druid IV-13 speakers






Traditional archery

canyoneagle

nice!!!!!!! Love the ducktail and script. Like a Targa version RS tribute

merziac

@canyoneagle

you have more than one of those Volvo's?

merziac

@RobertUI

Love the hollowbody, who's your favorite to channel through that?

Kilroy1988 

I'm a serious automobile enthusiast but my wife and I planning to purchase a house and start a family within a year or two, and I'm also currently in graduate school... With related practical and budgetary compromises in mind, I spent the last three months researching and test driving numerous cars, finally settling happily with a fully-optioned 2012 Volvo S80 T6 AWD Inscription. It's actually a rather classy and powerful car that is subtle and scarcely seen on the roads here in California... Maintaining it will probably cost about as much as I spend on cycling every year, but I'm sure I'll enjoy for a while!

-Gregory

canyoneagle

Nope, but it is my 7th Volvo of various flavors through the years. I really like it, but I’ve learned that I would prefer to ride my bicycles and hike than do the classic car thing.
So, I’m selling the 1800 and will probably get a beater pickup or 4Runner.

Lovely car, though. It has been a pleasure to drive for the time I’ve had it.

merziac

Huh, ok if you say so.

canyoneagle

Nice choice!

Whatever you do, DON’T visit the Elevate website or other Volvo tuning sources.
There is a rabbit hole of performance upgrades for the whiteblocks, guaranteed to cost thousands.

But oh, those cars are quite capable.
I had a heavily modified C30 some years back (prior owner raced Lotuses and had his shop do the upgrades), and it was downright scary. Total hoot to drive.

Russ Roth

Wish I could buy it from you, love the p1800, happily I just bought a Mazda MX5 so no more cars for me for a while. I'm a bit of a heathen though, I'd want to put a 5cyl turbo with a 5sp in it, the engine in them just don't do the car justice. But a b5254 with a turbo spooling to 8psi with a limited slip would make it move.

canyoneagle

for sure. I’ve seen some pretty cool resto mods on these.
I’m quite happy with mine - it’s a 1970
1800E, the first year with fuel injection and 130hp, which is surprisingly fun. Mine’s up to date with suspension (Bilstein HD, anti sway bars, poly bushings, etc) so it handles great.
I’ve owned and driven far more powerful/capable cars, but have determined that I’m in the “it is more fun to drive a slow car fast than it is to drive a fast car slow” camp.

Two cars helped get me to that conclusion: my C30, and an extended test drive in a 2016 Porsche Cayman S. Both cars seemed to make triple digit speeds a very frequent and sudden reality.
I know myself enough to know I enjoy a spirited drive, and such cars would almost certainly land me in jail.

I “get” upgrading and modifying / tuning cars.
I will forevermore appreciate such works as a spectator.

One of the coolest 1800 resto-mods that I’ve seen utilized a performance tuned rotary engine, 5 sp and LSD (among other things)

Kilroy1988 

I've joined SwedeSpeed but to date I've managed to keep dreaming of it staying in stock form. Your C30 looked like it was a blast! Was it the manual or automatic? I love driving manual and was seriously considering a C30 or C70 for that purpose, but every one I could find always had very high mileage... That's a typical problem looking for manuals, though, since they are obviously meant for people who enjoy driving, and typically do so frequently!

The S80 has 46k miles on it right now, so hopefully I can drive it daily for several years before total rebuilding is required...

-Gregory

canyoneagle

my C30 had the 6sp manual.

As fun as it was, the FWD platform was a detriment, IMO. Some on the C30Crew forums have found an AWD swap (from some S40 models).

If I were to do it again, I think I’d opt for a S40 or V40 with the T5, AWD and manual.
Otherwise, the turbo redblock platform (classic 60’s-90’s 122, 240,740, etc) tends to be more robust and reliable than the T5 era.
Turbobricks forums are the go-to for those.

I had plans for this ‘79 wagon before selling it (I rebuilt the suspension with upgraded bits, and had plans for a turbo swap and 5sp). Damn I wish I’d kept it. Photo from its current owner

Russ Roth

I used sweedspeed from time to time but was always more on turbobricks. Took a 91 240, did a cam swap, turbo install, full exhaust, intake, and switched up computers and such. The result was a lot of fun for afew years but Rochester drivers suck and the car didn't make it. Rebuilt the engine in a v70xc and had plans to do a manual swap but the fuel pump in it went. Could rebuild a motor in the driveway but thanks to Central NY salt it would have required replacing most of the rear end just to get to the pump and wasn't willing to pay the money for the overpriced, oddball parts that were specific to only the XC. Looked into a new volvo and they just seemed to lack everything that made the older ones fun so I switched to Mazda.