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Originally Posted by GregWeld
You bring up a point that a lot of people can't figure out.... and there's a very simple answer to it.
I've spent the last 30 some years restoring or building cars...and the last 40 messing with them in some form or another. My kids are grown and gone - my wife has now retired for the second time. So while I was free to spend all day in the shed - I now have a travel schedule to keep (my wife loves to go!)... and I've turned my attention to using my shed and skills to help my less fortunate friends do some smaller projects that they can't do on their own. At this stage in my life - I want to be able to travel and do some of the stuff that retired people at my age get to do. If you factored that time into the time it takes to build a quality "anything" - that would be triple the time allotted. In other words - it would never be finished. And even if it was finished - it wouldn't be to the level of a Brizio etc. So what was once a fun hobby of "doing" has now been modified to doing LESS and enjoying a different version. I have a bucket list of shows I've always wanted to go to... and with the new rig I can do ALL of them. So this is stage 4 in life stages. I figure I have a good 10+ years to get 'er all in before stage 5 settles in.
Oh -- and I just swapped the Nomad to my buddies garage so I could bring his '56 BelAir in the shed for a few tweaks and mods... and a motor swap (a new 496). So how could I have time for MY cars when I'm working on someone else's! Isn't that what a guy is supposed to do - pay someone to work on his car so he has some free time to work on someone else's?
This is what is getting a new 496.
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In the midst of Greg's busy travel dates, he was able to bring the owner of the '56 down for shop class....That's right Greg came down and taught me and 2 of my techs some tig welding basics! Thanks for coming and taking the time. I've got welding to do and maybe just maybe I can post some "stack of dimes photos" someday.