Thread: who has not done this

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i found this in my fathers old pics, and a few others also in different phases of builds. who can say they have not done this, maybe not as far as putting on the fire suit. but just sat in your project and imagined how it would feel, sound, and accelerate when its done. running through the gears, cranking the steering wheel. i will admit ive put on my fire suit, helmet, arm restraints, sat in all my projects, and finished cars as well, ive even sat in there drinking my morning coffee, ive got a picture somewhere and will post it, so lets see them. pictures of daydreaming in your projects, or finished cars in the garage. only a man would be caught in this state of mind!

Well, never bothered with the firesuit but otherwise guilty as charged!!!!

Yep, do it all the time. But it would be hard to drink a beer with that mask on.


You always feel a little dumb when the little Lady comes out and catches you sitting there and says "what are you doing?". and then walks away shaking her head.

Don

Guilty, done it many times

Hopefuly there will be a more comfortable seat when finished, but thats where I sit when I move it in and out of the shop.

Done it as a kid....pretending to drive...acrually rolled the neighbours 55 Chevy sedan out on the road when we took it out of gear.

And, also as an adult............................You gotta check the fit, ya know..........

Sat on many a bucket over the years.

poncho62
That reminded me of about 30+ years ago. I was standing in my folk living room looking out the window. I seen my ma's car going down the hill and across the street. It ran into the house across the street I ran out to see what the h--l happened and found my son and nephew sitting in the front seat just looking at each other. I had to replace the smashed down spout and two boys were seen rubbing there butts.

So nice to know I'm not alone.....

...hundreds of times.....

Some of my best naps have been sitting behind the wheel of a non-running project car.

Don

A great inspirational tool & a chance to unwind after some wrenching.

Bob

lots of times, was doing it to the vega and nova before i left spokane. can just imagine the vega with a 283 and a 4 speed, and my car <the way id love to finish it if i had the time and $$> a blown 283 with a 4 speed. you really get "the look" when you get caught making engine sounds and grabbing air gears and i agree its a nice way to wind down after working on the car all day.

Fell asleep in the 47 while working on it. And... geez, cant believe I am admitting this... sat in it and made "vroom" and "screech" noises.

I got to drive my 28 Hup (at that time it was my fathers) before it was delivered to my house. The plan was to have the car stored at my house since my father bought a new house with less garage space, until he built a new garage, but since then he has given the car to me. The house had a large field just off and down from the back yard, so I got to drive the car down the hill to get it to a place where the rollback could load it. That was the first time she had rolled in more than 20yrs.