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There comes a time when one starts to think about change; about thinning out more than the hair line. That time has come for us and we are seriously going to begin to scale down our possessions and our inventory. What we have is becoming a time consumer and we can ill afford the loss of any. The inventory is on our other pages and this page will hold real estate, vehicles and other capital assets. We will still be in "the Gun Business" & the "Show Business" but we may want to sell our Gun Shop, at least the building. And if that occurs we have to clear it out with sales or
movement. Plus we have Adirondack
Acreage For Sale.
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 38 North Main St., Mechanicville, New York 12118
The middle building is named the Feinburg Block and prior to our purchase it was used for a Standard Furniture Store in Mechanicville, NY. On the right is the City Municipal Building or "City Hall" and "Court House" that also is home to the Police Station housed in the rear. The building on the left is part of a string of adjoining businesses beginning with the Schenectady "Daily Gazette" Newspaper office. The Municipal Fire Station is across the street as well as several other retail and professional businesses. A rear
roadway and parking lot is in the back as well as a large free dockage area for boats on trips along the Hudson River which flows to New York City about 130 miles to the south. The photo is from
sixteen years ago when we bought the place. Since then the tree has grown, the roof has been stripped and recovered, the steam heating system repaired and maintained and the 4 story Otis passenger elevator put to use daily. Unfortunately the salmon colored glass face has been removed due to sustaining some damage from the Tornado of 1998. A new awning was installed but the frame was also damaged and we did not return it to use. Each of the
four floors is 30 x 100 feet, 3000 square feet each, and also connected by cast iron open stairwells. Oak flooring on all floors and tile in the basement, which also has a ramp rear entrance. The elevator has wide access doors and services four floors and a small loading dock. A fifth floor
runs about one third the way back from front to rear and can be used for storage as well as access to the roof. Water, gas and sewer lines are connected and a 1000 gallon oil fuel tank is in the rear. We are currently using the building for our Gun and Antique Shop as well as basement flea market and upper floors for storage and sorting. Taxes
are reasonable and all expenses to operate our business and building are around $850.00 a month. It is a very nice, not glorious, building and does need some work but it is sturdy, large, useable and highly affordable in a nice location. We have no mortgage and the price we are asking for the building is $550,000.00 which is only a few thousand more than several empty lots for sale within several blocks. We may be inclined to also sell the store as a going business with inventory. A mortgage balance may be arranged with the proper client.
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 Rear of our Building
Photo shows the solid brick construction and block outer structure for the steel frame of the elevator shaft. From the rear roadway the shaft rises about six full stories making our building one of the tallest in the area and one of the few with an elevator. Even the several adjoining buildings have none and I thought it might be a good investment to buy City Hall and break thru the walls so that building could also conform with laws for handicap accessibility. New York State will soon be pouring money into Tourism and usage of the Hudson River and
Champlain Canal system as it has done and is still doing for the Mohawk River Canal. It is only a matter of time when all river front or river accessible property will be in very high demand. And it flows about 200 feet behind us
with Free Boat Docking.
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 Chevy S10 Blazer
This is our Chevy S10 Blazer of 1994 vintage with 4 wheel drive and auto transmission. It is dark green and silver in color with roof rack and called a Tahoe. Rear privacy glass is useful in the gun business. It has all the upgrade features such as air, cruise, pwr. locks & windows, AM-FM radio with cassette deck, rear wiper & defroster and a zippy V6 engine that burns no oil and gets about 16 MPG. The tires are all alike but getting a little worn. All new exhaust in 2003 and serviced regularly. Brakes have about 5000 miles use. The body is
showing signs of rust and we just lost the right front wheel well molding in this years snow. It has 90,000 good miles on it and has served us well. Still a lot of good service left. We think it is well worth the $2300.00 we are asking. SOLD
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Ford F600  Truck
This Ford F600 gasoline powered heavy duty truck with its' 16 foot box and hydraulic rear tailgate lift has really served me well. I bought it with very low mileage and have only put on about 200 miles a year by using it to bring about ninety 8 foot tables and chairs to our Shows. It is a 1983 and has all good tires and a fine automatic transmission. The box has a vertical sliding rear door and two side doors. There are double 16" wheels in rear and single in front. Most of the hydraulic brake lines have recently been replaced. It is currently
inspected and on the road. This truck has enabled me to set up and deliver tables to shows in the boonies where none were available. When I needed power and load carry capacity to some Lakeside Village in the Adirondack Mountains this old girl was my meal ticket. She has been with me a long time and we treated each other well, I'll be sorry to see her go. But slinging 55 pound tables on and off her backside is not in my future job description. Even though I can still make use of my tables I would consider selling them with the truck as part of a delivery business. I would like $3500.00
for 'ol Bessie. You can see her at work at our next Saratoga Springs Arm Fair in
August 2008.
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 Chevy Conversion Van with G20 chassis 1992
Here is my Chevy Van pictured as new with about 12 miles on it in front of my shop. Since then we have logged about 185,000 more and in it have visited most states east of the Mississippi. If you care for a vehicle it will give you pleasure. We have had much pleasure in it and because of it but it is time to move on. We planned on trading every four or five years but we could not find another vehicle that had the comfortable leg room and gun carry concealed room as this does. And we still can't. But we are thinning our inventory and really don't need as
much space for travel anymore. It is not as nice on the outside as it used to be but the ride is still a pleasure. And the 33 gallon fuel tank lets you pass those gas stations by. We get about 16 MPG on average. The hood paint has deteriorated and some rust spots have eaten thru but it still runs very well. The interior has the TV & VCR and the fold down bed has come in handy on a fishing trip or two, as well as when no motels were to  be
found. The Mark III Conversion isn't as elegant as some but to us very practical and comfortable with the velvety blue interior. All the standard amenities are included with also a bit of wear created on the way. Some one not wishing to pay the $30 to 40 thousand for a new one might want to consider a pretty nice ride for only $1000.00 and some body spruce-up.
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| Adirondack Acreage For Sale ~
Approximately 25 Acres near Stony Creek, NY ... Borders Forever Wild Adirondack Park Land.
Has nice beaver pond in front of property, 23' travel trailer included, nice hunting area.
From the mountain you can see the
vastness of the Adirondack Park.
It is remote yet accessible. Trees are near ready to harvest or leave for wildlife cover.
We have seen moose tracks, black bears
have raised cubs there, coyote's howl,
white tail deer are large, squirrels
scurry and birds flutter over beaver and
muskrat. There are salamanders and
newts around the waterways and tree
frogs in the forest of mostly white
birch, maple and aspen. Another
small mountain lake sits behind the
property though all downhill. Our
not so close neighbor has a roadway to
the lake.
It is a sloping mountain top with trail from logging road about 7/10ths
of a mile off town Tucker Road, no electric.
We have been to our land about three of
four times in the last several years,
seems to be no time so why do we keep
it? Vehicle access is no problem
and the other neighbor has built a small
log cabin next to our land, same can be
done in several nice spots on ours. After
our tree harvest we are considering about $48,000. for all,
more without harvesting.
There is the Bit & Bridle Dude Ranch
near the access known as Glassbrook Road
off Tucker Road, which is off Harrisburg
Road out of Stony Creek village.
Our land is on the border of the
Adirondack State Park which is in a
"Forever Wild" area. You can walk
and hunt several million acres from the
end of our co-owner owned private road.
If I was younger .... ?
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