How many keep their receipts ??? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

RON WOODGEARD · 03-14-2004, 04:11 AM

Since I'm going to get rid of the truck, I pulled out my receipt box..

I started keeping receipts on it in 92,( I got the truck in I think 1988 ) And I have only put a little over 10,000 miles on it since 92.....It really makes you realize just how much money you really have spent on these things.. The wife told me a few months back when I was looking at a new Lightning, That if I didn't have the 70, I could afford one..

Glad she hasn't seen this box of receipts... Where has it really all gone????!!!

Ron

FirstGen · 03-14-2004, 04:34 AM

I run a ruff tally in my head usually. I don't think I could handle to know every dime I put in any or the rods...

Anything that is major or that has a warrenty obviously I keep those though!

72 CustomCamper · 03-14-2004, 04:59 AM

I kept the receipts when I started working on a Chevelle I had. When I sold the car I pulled them out. I realized I sold the car for a 3rd of what I had in it. After thet I decided I wouldn't keep them on the truck project...

Chuck

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 03-14-2004, 05:06 AM

Funny, I have a receipt for a case of oil c. 1974 (Valvoline. 24 1 Qt cans = $7.98) and a 1978 townsend racing works invoice for 4Bbl Holley, $82.07; Clifford headers $93.50; Offy intake $65.26, -- But don't you know it when I needed my engine build-up statement from my machinist, to see why the flywheel doesn't fit the original crank anymore... The sucker's gone missing. It'll turn up in another tune-up book in another 15 years when it thinks it's safe.

67cst · 03-14-2004, 05:54 AM

For the 67 build up ive kept every last reciept, but for the 71 i could care less

walker · 03-14-2004, 12:17 PM

I throw them all out. I don't want to know how much I've spent, it would just depress me.

Bill72BB · 03-14-2004, 12:43 PM

I keep most of the reciepts ,I also have a spread sheet that I keep a tally of everything I buy and do to the truck ,sometimes when I look at the Total spent I get the chills.

**FRENCHBLUE72** · 03-14-2004, 12:48 PM

I never keep the reciept's as I have owned the truck since for 10 year's and am smart enoughf to know that I have too much into it and it still goes no where....

*Gee_Emm* · 03-14-2004, 12:56 PM

I am doing a spreadsheet too, I record everything, including what I paid for the truck, all the parts, I buy and sell from it, even recorded the $1.35 in change that I found in the seats :p

It makes me realize that I am spending all this money on building a truck I will keep because there is no way I can get all of my money back if I sell it when it is done.

**Stocker** · 03-14-2004, 01:04 PM

Like FirstGen, I keep receipts for major (& some minor) and warranty items, and I have a notebook with service history etc. But I've owned the truck for 27 years, and if I kept everything it would fill a very large box!

lukecp · 03-14-2004, 03:20 PM

I've got some reciepts, like those for the engine and tranny rebuilds, but the rest have dissappeared. I don't think i would want to see them, would be rather depressing to see how much total money i have in my truck, lol

**Palf70Step** · 03-14-2004, 06:48 PM

Yeah. I keep all mine and have a database I keep track of everything I buy or do to the 70 and now the 82. Guess it comes from doing Project Management stuff and being married to an accountant

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Bowtie67 · 03-14-2004, 07:34 PM

I keep the important receipts, generally loose the not so important ones. Also I try to keep everything on a spreadsheet. I have a freind who owns a speedshop so receipts are not to big of a deal esecially for warentee if I had purchased the items from him. One way I try to look at my vehicles I build is to compare them to new vehicles of what they cost and how much my payments would have been over the time of having the truck except interest free. So if I buy a new truck for 35K over a 6 year period I could put 6K in a year to justify it. This way I don't scare myself. Plus my 67 will go up in value versus the new which will go way down before it comes backup..

Stingray42 · 03-14-2004, 08:48 PM

I keep em in a box, one for each truck....

jamis · 03-14-2004, 09:27 PM

I chew the reciepts and swollow them as I leave the store......no sense in letting the wife find them

watch those napa reciepts, they leave a bitter after taste

Joey-D · 03-15-2004, 03:03 AM

I kept them on the first truck I built, on down to the gear oil and realized I had over $16,000 grand in it. Now I can even sell it for $5500. So on the second, I am throwing them all away.

Chevyboy1962 · 03-15-2004, 03:46 AM

I've kept all my reciepts for my truck since day one, except the gas station reciepts.

Last year when I sw how much so far I have put into the truck, I decided to just throw them intot he folder, and never look in it again.
David

my new 72 · 03-15-2004, 03:57 AM

Receipts are a god send if anything ever happens and the insurance company is trying to play hard ball with ya. Documentation is a GOOOD thing.

**70cst** · 03-15-2004, 08:49 AM

Yeh...I keep my reciepts...hidden from the wife...HeHeHe...Not really. I keep records so I can remember what I've done (I have a lot of pre-mature senior moments) and it also lets me keep a record of suppliers for the misc. parts. Also at this pont my investment is still less than a new 2004 truck...at least for now!!

shortymac83 · 03-15-2004, 10:27 AM

I keep all my reciepts until the part is on, tested, and proven to be not defective. Then it's in the garbage. I usually don't get reciepts though because my dad owns the local auto parts store and he just either gives it to me (if it's cheap) or sells it to me (like a battery or something) but doesn't give me the reciept.

03-14-2004, 04:11 AM	#1
RON WOODGEARD Resident Young Old Dude ! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Nevada Posts: 1,948	How many keep their receipts ??? Since I'm going to get rid of the truck, I pulled out my receipt box.. I started keeping receipts on it in 92,( I got the truck in I think 1988 ) And I have only put a little over 10,000 miles on it since 92.....It really makes you realize just how much money you really have spent on these things.. The wife told me a few months back when I was looking at a new Lightning, That if I didn't have the 70, I could afford one.. Glad she hasn't seen this box of receipts... Where has it really all gone????!!! Ron

03-14-2004, 04:34 AM	#2
FirstGen Just Don't Stop! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dallas Posts: 1,239	I run a ruff tally in my head usually. I don't think I could handle to know every dime I put in any or the rods... Anything that is major or that has a warrenty obviously I keep those though! __________________ 1968 C10 build in process TT LSA/6L90e/9"

03-14-2004, 04:59 AM	#3
72 CustomCamper huh ??? Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fredericksburg,Va. Posts: 3,369	I kept the receipts when I started working on a Chevelle I had. When I sold the car I pulled them out. I realized I sold the car for a 3rd of what I had in it. After thet I decided I wouldn't keep them on the truck project... Chuck __________________ 90 Blazer Silverado 350w/ 700R4 and 32" Kelly's "I am a bomb technician. If you see me running try to keep up!"

03-14-2004, 05:06 AM	#4
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,307	Funny, I have a receipt for a case of oil c. 1974 (Valvoline. 24 1 Qt cans = $7.98) and a 1978 townsend racing works invoice for 4Bbl Holley, $82.07; Clifford headers $93.50; Offy intake $65.26, -- But don't you know it when I needed my engine build-up statement from my machinist, to see why the flywheel doesn't fit the original crank anymore... The sucker's gone missing. It'll turn up in another tune-up book in another 15 years when it thinks it's safe. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not. Last edited by '68OrangeSunshine; 03-15-2004 at 06:25 AM.

03-14-2004, 05:54 AM	#5
67cst i love summertime Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kelowna BC Posts: 4,303	For the 67 build up ive kept every last reciept, but for the 71 i could care less __________________ 1967 shortbox stepside Chevy, 365 hp 327, th400. GLOVE BOX LIGHTS FORSALE, click link for info http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=273724

03-14-2004, 12:17 PM	#6
walker Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: north of Phx AZ about 30 miles Posts: 698	I throw them all out. I don't want to know how much I've spent, it would just depress me. __________________ Andy,Phx AZ '67 C-10 (Ahhh, done at last. Well there is that disk front end I want to put in and...) "23 C-Cab-sold '48 Ford 8N tractor(still working) '67 Scout(Now on the road) '70 MG B.-sold

03-14-2004, 12:43 PM	#7
Bill72BB Thats the Hillbilly way Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Torrance,Ca Posts: 5,980	I keep most of the reciepts ,I also have a spread sheet that I keep a tally of everything I buy and do to the truck ,sometimes when I look at the Total spent I get the chills. __________________ BILL Torrance Calif 90504 Member DUF Club Member Old Farts Club 72 3/4ton Custom Camper BB402/400 trans Dynomax Cerama-coat headers , Hei distributor ,Edelbrock 1411 air,ps,pb,leafsprings ,98 chevy 60/40 seat,S10 shoulder belts tilt,3.54 Dana 60 rear. 16" Eagle wheels with LT265/75 16 tires,Gaylord Lid,H4 headlights with 100W relay conversion. " If I knew I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself " Marriage changes passion...suddenly you're in bed with a relative. A GUY'S PRAYER.... Lord, I pray for a nympho with huge boobs who owns a liquor store and likes to fish and hunt and has a Harley .Amen ,

03-14-2004, 12:48 PM	#8
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,608	I never keep the reciept's as I have owned the truck since for 10 year's and am smart enoughf to know that I have too much into it and it still goes no where.... __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

03-14-2004, 12:56 PM	#9
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,002	I am doing a spreadsheet too, I record everything, including what I paid for the truck, all the parts, I buy and sell from it, even recorded the $1.35 in change that I found in the seats :p It makes me realize that I am spending all this money on building a truck I will keep because there is no way I can get all of my money back if I sell it when it is done.

03-14-2004, 01:04 PM	#10
Stocker 20' Daredevil (Ret) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Jefferson State Posts: 13,657	Like FirstGen, I keep receipts for major (& some minor) and warranty items, and I have a notebook with service history etc. But I've owned the truck for 27 years, and if I kept everything it would fill a very large box! __________________ - Mike - 1972 K20 LWB 350/350/205 RIP El Jay

03-14-2004, 03:20 PM	#11
lukecp Formerly yellow72custom Join Date: May 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 7,531	I've got some reciepts, like those for the engine and tranny rebuilds, but the rest have dissappeared. I don't think i would want to see them, would be rather depressing to see how much total money i have in my truck, lol __________________ '72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg

03-14-2004, 06:48 PM	#12
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 46,947	Yeah. I keep all mine and have a database I keep track of everything I buy or do to the 70 and now the 82. Guess it comes from doing Project Management stuff and being married to an accountant. __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

03-14-2004, 07:34 PM	#13
Bowtie67 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,266	I keep the important receipts, generally loose the not so important ones. Also I try to keep everything on a spreadsheet. I have a freind who owns a speedshop so receipts are not to big of a deal esecially for warentee if I had purchased the items from him. One way I try to look at my vehicles I build is to compare them to new vehicles of what they cost and how much my payments would have been over the time of having the truck except interest free. So if I buy a new truck for 35K over a 6 year period I could put 6K in a year to justify it. This way I don't scare myself. Plus my 67 will go up in value versus the new which will go way down before it comes backup..

03-14-2004, 08:48 PM	#14
Stingray42 Woot. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stouffville, Ontario Posts: 2,291	I keep em in a box, one for each truck.... __________________ Clarkson 96 Chevy RCLB 4.3 2WD

03-14-2004, 09:27 PM	#15
jamis F.A.S.T. president Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 1,883	I chew the reciepts and swollow them as I leave the store......no sense in letting the wife find them watch those napa reciepts, they leave a bitter after taste



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03-15-2004, 03:03 AM	#16
Joey-D City's Articulation Ramp Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: St. Louis Missouri Posts: 452	I kept them on the first truck I built, on down to the gear oil and realized I had over $16,000 grand in it. Now I can even sell it for $5500. So on the second, I am throwing them all away. __________________ 85 K90 SWB Rockwells 46x19.5 on double beadlocks 20" lift 305/sm465/NP208 Toy 00 Silverado 2wd SWB 4.8 auto 3/4 drop slamair bags esclade rims Daily Driver 06 Harley Sporster 883 low 19?? Zamboni, Really I own a Zamboni! "If your gonna be stupid, then you better be tough."

03-15-2004, 03:46 AM	#17
Chevyboy1962 C10 now is a GMC Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Modesto, Ca Posts: 740	I've kept all my reciepts for my truck since day one, except the gas station reciepts. Last year when I sw how much so far I have put into the truck, I decided to just throw them intot he folder, and never look in it again. David __________________ 1962 C10 swb fleetside, big window, custom cab 350/TH350 combo...Hot Rod 1963 C10 lwb fleetside, small window 230/4 speed...Blvd Cruiser *1931 Ford 5 window coupe (soon to be Hot Rod)... Father & Son project

03-15-2004, 03:57 AM	#18
my new 72 faster, faster, faster Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston ,Texas ,USA Posts: 1,354	Receipts are a god send if anything ever happens and the insurance company is trying to play hard ball with ya. Documentation is a GOOOD thing. __________________ I'm going to Law School, wanna debate? It's good practice.

03-15-2004, 08:49 AM	#19
70cst Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: New Madison, Ohio Posts: 21,371	Yeh...I keep my reciepts...hidden from the wife...HeHeHe...Not really. I keep records so I can remember what I've done (I have a lot of pre-mature senior moments) and it also lets me keep a record of suppliers for the misc. parts. Also at this pont my investment is still less than a new 2004 truck...at least for now!!

03-15-2004, 10:27 AM	#20
shortymac83 hmm... Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Culver, Indiana Posts: 1,631	I keep all my reciepts until the part is on, tested, and proven to be not defective. Then it's in the garbage. I usually don't get reciepts though because my dad owns the local auto parts store and he just either gives it to me (if it's cheap) or sells it to me (like a battery or something) but doesn't give me the reciept. __________________ 1983 Oldsmobile Delta 88 1967 Chevy C-10 stripper www.fcrperformance.com - wanna go...faster? talk to FCR.

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