Contest for oldest "bought the parts, but didn't install the parts"

[sjpitts]

My wife would tell you that I have issues. Several of them in fact. One of the biggest is that I plan to do something but don't actually get around to do it. I usually get started--- but then don't finish.

Some evidence--I was recently cleaning up my garage and found several parts that I have purchased for my 80 but never got around to installing on said 80.

Example 1: New cigarette lighter I purchased from @cruiserdan in 2010.
Example 2: LED lights I purchased from @george_tlc in 2010
Example 3: Resistors for the temp sensor mod I purchased from @medtro in 2007

I am sure there are more.

Can anyone beat that?

If so, we should start a support group.

Jared

 

[Pighead]

But sometimes I buy parts I'm not really hoping to use...

 

[cruiserdan]

I've got at least one from the 90's. I'll dig it out.

 

[Augustiron]

Not LC related but I have boxes of new OEM CB450 parts, pistons, gaskets, etc, that I've had for 30 years from back when I was building a lot of them.
Not doing that anymore.
Any DOHC nuts want some parts cheap?

I have a pair of new NOS acrylic K0 tank badges with a dealer receipt from a long closed Honda dealer from the early 90s.
They were worth a mint for a while, but now better quality cheap knockoffs have lowered their value

 

[cruisermatt]

We had an FJ40 project we did here last year that the guy's dad took apart in 1979-1980 to paint it and never put it back together, there were several Toyota parts bags with mid-1980's dates on them.

 

[Rifleman]

When i bought my 94 Land Cruiser in January 2015 i heard all the talk about head gaskets going bad on the 1FZ-FE engine. So i bought a factory Toyota Valve grind kit P/N 04112-66030 to replace the head gasket when it failed. Well it's now going on 11 years since i bought that kit, and to date, it's still sitting in my shop unused because my original head gasket is still working fine.

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[cruiserdan]

Picked 2/5/1998

 

[Marvelicious]

I finally gave up and sold my R151F trans and 23 spline R1A transfer case earlier this year. Pretty sure I bought them around 2005. I sold the truck they were slated to go in back in like 2010. Had big plans for a first gen 4runner swapped to a 3.4 V6 and dual transfer cases, but I finally let it go.

 

[LXDOC]

Mk 4 Supra Series 1 headlights I bought from C-Dan in mid 2000s. Still in the attic.

 

[LXDOC]

I bet he remembers that order.

 

[60 toy ota]

I'm only within the last 4 years but do I get points for having boxes and shelves of parts to cars I don't and have never owned?

 

[lumbee1]

When i bought my 94 Land Cruiser in January 2015 i heard all the talk about head gaskets going bad on the 1FZ-FE engine. So i bought a factory Toyota Valve grind kit P/N 04112-66030 to replace the head gasket when it failed. Well it's now going on 11 years since i bought that kit, and to date, it' still sitting in my shop unused because my original head gasket is still working fine.

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There is a gen 2 head gasket that's newer than the one you have and it fixes the common failure points at the back of the block.

 

[LongDuck]

My problem is buying parts thinking "I should keep a spare of that", and when it arrives I go to put it where I'll find it in the future when I need it and,... there's ALREADY ONE OR TWO THERE!

And I have multiple vehicles I do this with.

 

[Batameez]

My dad bought a replacement antenna mast for his 4Runner in 2004. Still under my bed, and the 4Runner (now stored away) still has a broken antenna.

 

[cruiserdan]

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Picked 2/5/1998

By the way...

That thing was (and still is to this day) incredibly stupid money. I still can't believe that I actually bought one. The box hasn't been cut open to this day.

It's hard to imagine that a 5 gallon (OK, 20 liter) gas can can cost this much.....

77110-60011 Genuine Toyota Tank Assy, Auxiliary Fuel

ToyotaPartsDeal.com offers the great deal for genuine Toyota parts 77110-60011 (7711060011) Tank Assy, Auxiliary Fuel for $328.85. All parts are backed by the Toyota's warranty.

www.toyotapartsdeal.com

 

[65swb45]

I bought a OE replacement thermostatic choke for the QJet on my K5 that took 22 years until I got around to installing it.

 

[timmyisinthewell]

I bought these rocker panels sometime in the early eighties from a local Toyota dealer, for my '72 FJ40 that I bought in '78. I probably get to the install tomorrow. No, really!

 

[Blilrat]

I have oil and air filters from 12/16/1996.

 

[06reg4x4]

Mk 4 Supra Series 1 headlights I bought from C-Dan in mid 2000s. Still in the attic.

Aren’t those worth dumb money now?

 

[96bruizer]

Thank you everyone for posting this. I was feeling guilty, maybe also a bit like an addict for hoarding boxes of parts from 4-5 years ago. But now I see I'm not so unusual and I can continue on buying parts and thinking about installing them...someday.