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Spiffav8 07-28-2012 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt.A (Post 427311)
So Curtis, when is the car coming home? Before or after Dave is racing?

Dave will probably be on the track for few before mine comes home. I expect snags and delays, that just seems to be the norm. In a lot of ways I'm lucky to have Jay on my team. It's nice that I can tell him I need to not think about the build for a few and have him totally understand. That and I don't fret about the little things. He does that for me. :lol: Still it's slow and I am impatient.

SnakeEater 07-28-2012 03:41 PM

I'm over five years right now. It has been in and out of shop hell off and on (almost 1 year at Prodigy Customs alone). Mostly it's my own fault due to time away (military) and changing out items. We are almost finished and it will be back on the street. I get the patience part...still trying to convince my wife.:lol:

Flash68 07-28-2012 04:05 PM

First one took 3 years. Should have taken 12-18 months tops. Most of that chalk up to my rookie status.

Learned my lesson and bought a driver that I bought and drove home. Of course l have since turned it into a non driving project by blowing up the motor and selling half of the parts on the car.

So..... short answer..... never! :thumbsup:

Vegas69 07-28-2012 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Flash68 (Post 427344)
First one took 3 years. Should have taken 12-18 months tops. Most of that chalk up to my rookie status.

Learned my lesson and bought a driver that I bought and drove home. Of course l have since turned it into a non driving project by blowing up the motor and selling half of the parts on the car.

So..... short answer..... never! :thumbsup:

:lol:

Bucketlist2012 07-28-2012 04:30 PM

Rather than just buy a Driver, I took the car that I have owned for 28 years and started on it.. Rookie mistake number one.

It was due to sentimental reasons. I have had the car since I was 23 years old and my Parents were still alive, so it has a great value to me in my Heart. Rookie mistake number two.

I took my factory Z/28 and started modifying it.. Rookie mistake number three.

It needed so much work with everything from Suspension, Brakes, Exhaust, steering, ect.., that I blew my first chunk of money quickly.

Then I told my Wife how much I spent so far. Rookie mistake number three. So it cost me buying her a new 370Z, and a kitchen remodel. There went the Interior money and engine upgrade money.

So, I am making rookie mistakes along the way , and I will never be in the league of some of you guys, but i plan to have fun soon.

So I am sure that I will never be done. Even when I finish one phase, there will always be more to do, or fix.

SLO_Z28 07-28-2012 05:27 PM

I don't think that my car has ever stopped being screwed with, my dad was messing with stuff when he bought it new. It has been restored to stock, twice. Turned into a drag car, turned into a resto mod driver, then turned into the CP car its morphing into now.

DFRESH 07-28-2012 05:58 PM

I hope mine will never be done. If it gets there, i'll get another one.

Flash68 07-28-2012 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by DFRESH (Post 427364)
I hope mine will never be done. If it gets there, i'll get another one.

Done? :lol: Yours hasn't started until you install at least one of those parts you've been collecting for what seems like years.

You're soon going to be a prime candidate for a new Hoarders episode.

FETorino 07-28-2012 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Flash68 (Post 427367)
Done? :lol: Yours hasn't started until you install at least one of those parts you've been collecting for what seems like years.

You're soon going to be a prime candidate for a new Hoarders episode.

Ron told me when putting together a project to by two of everything.:_paranoid

mpozziCPL 07-28-2012 07:03 PM

It's still going on ... ask me again when it gets back from a Southern California resort vacation for some "reverse liposuction."

Mary Pozzi


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