{"id":459266,"date":"2000-06-01T17:00:55","date_gmt":"2000-06-02T00:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=123271"},"modified":"2024-02-14T14:53:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T14:53:48","slug":"enough-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/enough-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Enough \u201cStuff\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How much \u201cstuff\u201d is enough? A seemingly simple question that historically has never been easy to answer. If you look back through the entire expanse of human history, this same question rears its homely countenance time and time again. Take the Romans for instance, they never seemed to have enough \u201cstuff.\u201d They were constantly grabbing more \u201cstuff\u201d everywhere they went. Some bronze here, an urn there, a couple of temples and 6000 square miles over there. It was never enough. Ultimately, their empire collapsed into ruin because they couldn\u2019t manage all their \u201cstuff.\u201d \u201cSo what\u2019s the point?\u201d you ask. \u201cDid I accidentally pick up a copy of Anthropology Today?\u201d No, this is still VRJ. The point is that a recent race event has forced me to reevaluate the \u201cstuff\u201d that I bring racing. And the underlying question that I\u2019ve had to ask myself is, \u201cHow much stuff do I really need to bring to the track?\u201d<\/p>\n

When I started vintage racing, my m.o. was pretty clear \u2013 \u201cReal racers bring everything that they can.\u201d Who knows what I might need or have to fix? Like an octane-addled Boy Scout, I wanted to be prepared. As far as tools went, I brought out the big guns. I brought my entire hernia-making, hemorrhoid-popping toolbox (top box and bottom box) filled with every screwdriver, wrench and socket ever conceived of by mankind. I mean, I brought everything from microsurgical scissors used for repairing severed cranial nerves, all the way up to crescent wrenches and sockets, large enough to remove the propeller off the H.M.S. Titanic. Christ, I even brought Whitworth wrenches, and I don\u2019t own a single Whitworth nut or bolt! I was leaving nothing to chance. But it didn\u2019t stop there\u2026 not by a long shot. I had several other crates and chests filled with my more \u201cesoteric tools.\u201d You know \u2013 funky mirrors on 12-foot telescoping handles, ridge reamers, ring pliers, gas-welding equipment, drills, grinders, plasma torch, plumber\u2019s wrenches, coping saws, a biscuit-joiner, wait a minute\u2026 how\u2019d that get in there? And that was just the tools! I still needed all the spare parts (more crates), awnings, chairs, tables, coolers, imitation grass carpeting. The list was seemingly endless. I simply couldn\u2019t bring all the \u201cstuff\u201d I needed \u2013 both figuratively and literally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n