Let’s see your memorabilia?!

[PrairieDrifter]

Very cool! While I very much like “normal” shops and buildings, I also really like “alternative” options for building use.

It probably would have fell into some state of disrepair like some of the other buildings in town. So I think it's a good thing. Happenstances and small town stuff, and it was repurposed and is a pretty cool setup.

I guess people do that stuff all the time these days and used to do it back in those days as well. It just became normal to me, especially during the years people would have thought it was weird we didn't build a new rectangle shop instead.

 

[TotalyHucked]

That's so cool and also foreign to me lol. I've lived in roughly the same area my whole life and it's been the fastest growing area in Ga for 30+ years. So nothing around here gets abandoned/repurposed long. It usually gets torn down or renovated into something completely different. I love driving through or visiting small areas like yours Mason, I long for the simpler/slower small town life.

 

[PrairieDrifter]

That's so cool and also foreign to me lol. I've lived in roughly the same area my whole life and it's been the fastest growing area in Ga for 30+ years. So nothing around here gets abandoned/repurposed long. It usually gets torn down or renovated into something completely different. I love driving through or visiting small areas like yours Mason, I long for the simpler/slower small town life.

I've lived in the city for awhile when I went to college, plenty enough for me. I like being 30 miles from the nearest Walmart. It's better that way.

Drive through any farm based, out of the city small town, you'll see and feel an almost identical experience. It's definitely better for the soul, has its cons, especially in the frozen north, can get hairy if you're stupid, which is also part of why it's so great here, the cold keeps the stupid levels down lol.

Farmers are a different breed, kind of like car guys, we can look at a rusty piece of junk with no glass or drivetrain, ratty interior, that's what everyone sees. But the car guy and the farmers see what it could be. Both also like to just make things happen, because they have to or want to.

 

[TotalyHucked]

I've lived in the city for awhile when I went to college, plenty enough for me. I like being 30 miles from the nearest Walmart. It's better that way.

Drive through any farm based, out of the city small town, you'll see and feel an almost identical experience. It's definitely better for the soul, has its cons, especially in the frozen north, can get hairy if you're stupid, which is also part of why it's so great here, the cold keeps the stupid levels down lol.

Farmers are a different breed, kind of like car guys, we can look at a rusty piece of junk with no glass or drivetrain, ratty interior, that's what everyone sees. But the car guy and the farmers see what it could be. Both also like to just make things happen, because they have to or want to.

I've had plenty of the small town experience, that's why I strive for it even more. My grandparents lived in Ellijay, Ga in the mountains and until about a decade ago, it was like time stopped in the 70s. My parents now live in a VERY small town, McCormick, SC and it's the same way. Once industry left, it's been dying for the better part of 40yrs. A retirement community sprung up in the 90s and that's kept what's left of the town alive. But it's 45min from anything meaningful. Me and the GF wanna move up toward AMD, there's about a 45min radius that you can get way out in the country and it'll be 20+yrs before the development reaches it

 

[DoubleDingo]

That's so cool and also foreign to me lol. I've lived in roughly the same area my whole life and it's been the fastest growing area in Ga for 30+ years. So nothing around here gets abandoned/repurposed long. It usually gets torn down or renovated into something completely different. I love driving through or visiting small areas like yours Mason, I long for the simpler/slower small town life.

Growing up in a small town, and now living in the city for 25 years, I long for small town living again myself

 

[DoubleDingo]

........Farmers are a different breed, kind of like car guys, we can look at a rusty piece of junk with no glass or drivetrain, ratty interior, that's what everyone sees. But the car guy and the farmers see what it could be. Both also like to just make things happen, because they have to or want to.....

Old miners too. Pop had a friend that their family owned a mine. His friend and friend's dad needed a saw to cut timbers. They had an old Buick, so they used it to make a saw. BUT, THERE'S MORE!!! The saw worked great, and they were cutting a big chunk of wood. Well, one would think that is just normal cutting. Yes and no. The Buick engine ran fine, it was the automatic transmission attached to it that caused a scary moment. The engine bogged because of the extra friction on the blade, and what happens when that scenario plays out on the open road, yep, downshift and high revs. It kicked into passing gear and revved up like it was passing a car on the road. Scared the heck out of them. After that they left it in L...lol...

 

[PrairieDrifter]

Old miners too. Pop had a friend that their family owned a mine. His friend and friend's dad needed a saw to cut timbers. They had an old Buick, so they used it to make a saw. BUT, THERE'S MORE!!! The saw worked great, and they were cutting a big chunk of wood. Well, one would think that is just normal cutting. Yes and no. The Buick engine ran fine, it was the automatic transmission attached to it that caused a scary moment. The engine bogged because of the extra friction on the blade, and what happens when that scenario plays out on the open road, yep, downshift and high revs. It kicked into passing gear and revved up like it was passing a car on the road. Scared the heck out of them. After that they left it in L...lol...

I would **** my pants too lolol. Had plenty sketchy moments on the farm as well.

 

[PrairieDrifter]

Some of y'all are gonna hate me lol, but either way some cool stuff. I stumbled upon an actual small town honey hole.

I put a wanted ad up on my local buy and sell site, had an itch for another cabinet lol, one guy got ahold of me like the next day, fair prices and had like 4 he sent pics of. I was on the way lol.

Real small town ****. One of those old town buildings, like a 40x20, has stuff in the windows, you always wonder if it's for sale but never stop or ask, this time it is! I haven't seen his stuff on the website so I guess it's kind of a if you know you know situation or know the guy. He's not advertising necessarily.

He's technically a "business" I'm guessing to sell his hoard and not get harassed by the government. But you would never know driving by. Pretty sure he can only take cash, written receipts. Small town, tucked back off main st.

American pickers dream for car people and car memorabilia people.
Cans, signs, cabinets, small parts, chrome, steering wheels, mag slots, vintage boat motors, tools, old old carbs, sales displays, gas pumps, almost anything. Hell there were even a couple cars inside and out back, some were storing more goodies inside the cars! Big old wiper blade displays, everything cool.

Not a huge huge building, but not small, and it's a one path walkway down the whole thing, awesome stuff EVERYWHERE. I'm gonna have to spend some time searching the shelves and piles next time, I had no idea what I was walking into lol. Said he had no problem with that.

Says he's sold a good bit, said he collected for the last 20 years or so. Not selling everything and don't have to get out, or anything like that, just trying to clear some room to work in there is what he said. That being said he talked about having regulars drop by whenever pretty much, just give him a heads up, looks like I'm screwed! I'm gonna be the next regular lolol. His prices are too fair and stuff too good. Plus not very many people know about it so it's not going anywhere fast. Has price tags on stuff but has wiggle room.

He said stop by any time! So I'll be dropping by this thread off and on for a while Not trying to brag, but I definitely feel very grateful being let into a place like that and being able to deal with a sane decent person. It takes me back to the good old days, makes it feel like there's some kind of good left in the world. The old small town feel was hitting me real heavy in that place, stuff stacked everywhere, different levels all the way to the roof, could have shed a tear. Small town America is the best.

Didn't want to ask to take pics my first time there, but I might ask if I could snag a couple big shot pics of the general area next time. Maybe a few of some bigger more expensive items I probably won't acquire or can afford lol.

$140 for two cabinets and a can. These cabinets weren't even the ones he sent me pics of lolol, showed me what he had when I got there and these are the two I had to have lol. Has at least ten more.

Been looking for a drop down shelf, pretty sure it's a delco cabinet and all the other stickers were added. Sweet hammertone paint, solid mounted shelf.

Then the other cabinet I pretty much chose because of the dorky plastic handles lol. He has at least 5 more like this with classy as hell wood pattern lol, but this was the only one with handles.

I could go all day, this post is already a mile long lol. Anybody ever ran orange peeler mufflers??

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[PrairieDrifter]

Here's the can. $4 for reference.

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