Thread: New build thread; 48 Plymouth
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05-30-2013 10:26 AM #571
Falcon I hear you on the cost issues, I sort of approach the truck like vacations, working on it when there is money for it! Since I'm not in a hurry, I don't mind the wait, but would like the garage space back from all the disassembled parts lying around!" "No matter where you go, there you are!" Steve.
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05-30-2013 03:08 PM #572
I would love to have another garage to store finished cars in. It is to easy to mess up a finished car by working on a project .....been there and done that more than onceCharlie
Lovin' what I do and doing what I love
Some guys can fix broken NO ONE can fix STUPID
W8AMR
http://fishertrains94.webs.com/
Christian in training
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05-31-2013 05:39 AM #573
I guess if I stopped building other cars and concentrated on finishing one at a time........nah, forget I said that.
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05-31-2013 07:31 AM #574
"It is not much good thinking of a thing unless you think it out." - H.G. Wells
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06-01-2013 10:22 AM #575
I wish I had the time and $ to finish and store just 1 project. This past year+ has been putting out 1 fire after another coupled with family obligations. Looks like the 34 will be waiting till after our move to Idaho, hopefully before the end of the year.
Jack.www.clubhotrod.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44081
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06-01-2013 03:33 PM #576
I hear you guys when you say about (a) money, the lack of the unspoken for funds to spend on toys, (b) garage space, why does a T Bucket take up more space when all I have done is turn it around so that I can work on the drivers side. Either the garage has got smaller or I really need to go on a diet real quick. (c) family commitments, as you may recall, I am the care giver for my Mum who has Dementia and heck, that is a 24/7 full on job at most of the time and it shocks me at times just how mentally worn out I get, so time out in the garage working on the Bucket seems to have declined which frustrates me at times, but family first eh.
I like the idea of the white paint job because it seems everybody goes for the " In " colors so this will be refreshing.
I maybe a little crazy but it stops me going insane.
Isaiah 48: 17,18.
Mark.
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06-03-2013 05:41 AM #577
My wife picked the white paint for the same reasons you said. I do like it; with white/red interior I think it will look pretty sharp. I usually build my cars on the cheap using a lot of boneyard parts but we wanted this one to be really nice so we'd rather wait until we can afford to buy the stuff she wants on it. I'll keep building my cheap heaps for myself in the meantime.
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06-03-2013 05:43 AM #578
White with Red interior is a great combo. From back in the 60s. mama got a good eye.Charlie
Lovin' what I do and doing what I love
Some guys can fix broken NO ONE can fix STUPID
W8AMR
http://fishertrains94.webs.com/
Christian in training
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06-03-2013 08:36 AM #579
Falcon,
The coupe is looking good. I have plans to get paint on my 48 shortly. Will be going white with mine as well but more along the lines of the Chrysler 300 vanilla white. Going with bone colored pleated inserts with saddle tan trim for the interior.
Wanted the off white rather than pure white especially for the interior due to the upkeep.
Keep going looking forward to seeing your progress.
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06-03-2013 08:50 AM #580
Did someone say a red and white interior??? Heck, can't go wrong with that IMO!!!!!Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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06-03-2013 11:20 PM #581
Falcon,,it's looking nice..I know what it's like to have to stretch a build out,too.. When ya got the time,,there is no money,,and vice versa..Thankfully,,I have been making a bit of progress on Lynda's Customline again..Looking forward to seeing that nice ol'Mopar finished..Micah 6:8
If we aren't supposed to have midnight snacks,,,WHY is there a light in the refrigerator???
Robin.
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06-04-2013 07:39 AM #582
I'm not sure about the rest of you (I like to think we all feel the same), but there seems to be one reason or another that we can't/don't get to work/finish/drive our projects-
For me personally (and you might think I'm crazy), but I work in a different State than I live-first off, this takes a Wife that is amazingly strong and able to be happy by/with herself (and a passel of Grandkids doesn't hurt!-heck, she has her own Hobbies-we get a House full of Grandkids in two weeks for "Grandma Kamp").
Secondly, they simply pay me too much to NOT to be here, so, my problem isn't a money thing, it's a time thing (I simply don't have enough of it)-I am getting closer to Retirement so this won't go on for too much longer though-
While this sounds great (it isn't always perfect for certain), it can be frustrating to know that your project is just sitting there and the hold up is YOU (and it seems like Friday will NEVER get here to go Home and work on the "other" Mistress (as my significant other would say) .
So, I can completely understand the Money thing (and empathize with it), but the reverse is also agonizing-it's great to be a Gearhead though, isn't it?Last edited by 35WINDOW; 06-04-2013 at 07:44 AM.
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
-George Carlin
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06-06-2013 11:20 AM #583
Yes it is! I guess we all have those projects where we get a little case of ADD. It WILL get finished! But somehow I also just ended up with a 49 Plymouth business coupe.............
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06-06-2013 11:27 AM #584
I like that term "ended up with"-I use it on the Wifey all the time (and sometimes it works, sometimes not -on the not side, it almost always costs me (usually some sort of trip with the Grandkids or that latest Scrapbooking gadget)-Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
-George Carlin
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06-06-2013 11:47 AM #585
Oh yeah; no doubt she's making a payback list as we speak.
Ok gang. It's been awhile. With everything that was going on taking care of my mom's affairs and making a few needed mods to the Healey, it was June before anything really got rolling on this...
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