John2002
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Thats the way it goes, there is always gonne be someone that says" Oh I couldda" or "Why did you do it that way" or "you shouldda called me" Live-learn-and hope someone can fix what I just broke....Its not the money so much with me, I know what I can do and what I afford...its just the fact that I know something will break when I do that and do it anyways.....I know we have all been in that "Why didn't I just leave it alone" situations(s) It was fine but ...thats what gets us all the time...IT COULD BE BETTER!!!! I'm about 90% into removing the interior in 2 days....I want to lay down some heat and noise deadener over the winter as just the next project on the car...It was fine the last 4 years , not having any issues with heat or noise with the top down .... none at all... but I wanted to do it...yep, MAKE IT BETTER....OMG...If you would have walked up to my car you'd think it was found at an impound lot after being stripped....I watched a 7 minute video on LateModelResto about removing the center console...so now I able to take the whole interior out because of that video????? I know its going to come out nice but not the "NICE" I have seen in my brain nice....I haven't broken anything yet, still waiting on my buddy to find out if he has the radio puller tool...because I don't need another one time never use again tool....In mind I know yeah, that looks easy and in my tool boxes I got the tool for the job....but the car is , was and probably will always be something I want to work on no matter how much I hiss and cuss about doing it....
I'm 53 years old, 6 foot 3 inches and 280 lbs and just barely make in under the car with the jacks stand at their heights setting. Fitting in the car with the top down is the only way I can get into it with out hitting my head. Leaning over the engine bay for hours at a time makes my back hurt and waxing it twice a year get me to the chiropractor soon after that but putting gas in it makes me shake my head over and over again...BUT I still do it.......
We all think its gonna help, make it better, and cost less because I saved money doing it myself....WRONG OH KEEBLER!!!! Wrong OH!!!!! WE do it because WE WANT TO!!! Its just about the best feeling when someone walks up to you at a car show and says what we all say..."did you do that" And the smile back says it all....Cause we all know what it took.....no one understands what it takes if they bought it done...the term I here so often on car auctions....BUY ONE DONE... ah YEAH....if you can afford it. I want to drive mine like I built it and know everything I did to it took a fair amount of time for me to complete...I'm not a Know-it-all by any meansbut when you drop of some hulk of a wreck at a car builder and and say "BUILD ME MY DREAM CAR"... then pick it up a few years later...thats not what I want... Just a fun in the sun car, something to fiddle with and get that "THUMBS UP" as we pass by...
Oh, my new distributor got here on Wednesday and I alredy want to put that in....it never ends!!!!
Good luck with your build and the all the time you and your dad will have with it....
My dad want me to get rid of mine...I said only for a 66 Lincoln Continental convertable....."What do you want that for" is always his reply....
I'm 53 years old, 6 foot 3 inches and 280 lbs and just barely make in under the car with the jacks stand at their heights setting. Fitting in the car with the top down is the only way I can get into it with out hitting my head. Leaning over the engine bay for hours at a time makes my back hurt and waxing it twice a year get me to the chiropractor soon after that but putting gas in it makes me shake my head over and over again...BUT I still do it.......
We all think its gonna help, make it better, and cost less because I saved money doing it myself....WRONG OH KEEBLER!!!! Wrong OH!!!!! WE do it because WE WANT TO!!! Its just about the best feeling when someone walks up to you at a car show and says what we all say..."did you do that" And the smile back says it all....Cause we all know what it took.....no one understands what it takes if they bought it done...the term I here so often on car auctions....BUY ONE DONE... ah YEAH....if you can afford it. I want to drive mine like I built it and know everything I did to it took a fair amount of time for me to complete...I'm not a Know-it-all by any meansbut when you drop of some hulk of a wreck at a car builder and and say "BUILD ME MY DREAM CAR"... then pick it up a few years later...thats not what I want... Just a fun in the sun car, something to fiddle with and get that "THUMBS UP" as we pass by...
Oh, my new distributor got here on Wednesday and I alredy want to put that in....it never ends!!!!
Good luck with your build and the all the time you and your dad will have with it....
My dad want me to get rid of mine...I said only for a 66 Lincoln Continental convertable....."What do you want that for" is always his reply....
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