distractions

it amuses me to think about some of the distractions i have created for myself. enjoyable distractions that i followed willingly but still things that missed the point. things directly or vaguely related to vw's that really serve no purpose when it comes to actually getting one of my shitboxes on the road.

the case i am thinking about tonight in my bremi points cabinet.

a while back i visited my friend A in sydney, he has 3 points cabinets in his shed that he uses as partially decoration but also to store his small interesting parts in. they are extreamly functional but look excellent at the same time. i kind of fell for them at the time and decided that i had to get one for myself. not much came of this for a while.

a few months ago i started playing with distributors and looked at e.bay to see if i could get consumables for them cheaper than retail prices. i grabbed a few points, condensers and rotors etc, then a few more, then i saw a points cabinet for auction... perfect, i thought, just what i need to store my spare dist bits. some $ and a little while later it arrived at my door. i hung it up that night and was rapt. the problem was that it took all of the new distributor parts i had and still looked empty. i then added a few select new electrical system bits, not a lot but enough to make it look slightly less empty.

this is where the distraction took over. it still looked too empty so i went looking for more T-1 dist consumables, not focusing on any particular type of distributor or era, just T-1. i justified it by saying, well if a vw friend needs it i'll be able to hook them up, but really it was just so the box looked better. it is not like anyone other than my family has seen it and they don't care. it is not like i'd even be willing to show my shed off at the moment, it's a mess, better than it was but still a mess. the thing is i know it is silly but even as i write this i have another pair of points coming and will buy more when i see them. i am trying to focus on the parts for 67 down cars and would love to pick up a heap of 60 down bits, but still. on this front i did stop myself bidding on some late parts i already had some of, at least that is a step foward.

i look at the picture above and see the empty spaces, it doesn't matter in the real world but still i want to fill it to satisfy some bizar part of my psyche/ego.