I have always been one to have see to believe. There is the right way, wrong way and MY WAY. I have been blessed in a few ways:
1. Having the ability to learn about anything mechanical. If my toilet breaks, I fix it. If I need a sidewalk I pour it. If I need wiring done, I ask a freind to teach me. If I want a body cart, I build it.
2. I like to use my skills above and beyond the average. I don't just restore a car, I add custom touches that people don't see every day.
My build "PROJECT IMPULSE", is a 77 Impala. I have raced and hot rodded it since I was 16. It was my first car. So tell me, who else has grafted 69 Camaro gills in a 77 Impala? Who even does a 77 Impala?
I don't want regular door gaps, I must have perfect door gaps. I won't settle for traces of an air sander in my body work. That is why the car is hand sanded with blocks. Can I do perfect metal work? probably not but I keep improving and learning. oneway or another, I will get there because I want it that bad. Will the car take me 5+ years? Probably, but unless I am trying to make a living at it, that's not the point.
All in all what makes me do what I do an be summed up in one word....PASSION. Why else would we do it? It certainly isn't for the money. What we spend on these cars we could easily by a new Vette or two. However, ANYONE can goy buy a new Vette. They make thousands of them. However I can assure you that you will not find two cars like the cars we build that are identical. It's the only way we can truly personalize our passion. This is what motivates me. I am so blessed to have a place like this to see that other people are just as motivated, passionate and maybe crazy as me.