get a "driver", projects that are your only mode of transportation suck. if you want to work on the project, you can only do what can be done in the amount of time before you need to go someplace. that means that lil "stages" get started, time starts to fly by, then you have to "good enough to drive it" back together. those "temp" deals turn out to be permanent, because there is no reason to finish it if it works just fine. or worse yet, the temp fix fails and leaves you stranded someplace trying to scab it back together good enough to get home....at which point you are forced to spend time fixing it again, instead of doing whatever else was planned.
bottom line, get a POS driver. take your time on your project and make it something to be proud of.
my personal "driver" is a $500 '98 ranger 2wd, 4cyl 5 spd. it had 70k on it, ac works, but the bed had been trashed. a quick phone call and $800 netted me 'glass prerunner 4" flair bedsides/fenders, along with some tires i allready had...thrown on some $200 ebay special wheels, in went a fox body mustang 8.8 w/4:56's (stock gears+ 4cyl+33's = turd) for $1500+/- i have a decent driver that i thrash daily, and dont care about. dings, dents, old ladies in buicks, deer, potholes, hippies, road construction....who cares. i put gas in it and change the oil every 6 months. btw....yes i have taken it off of "sweet jumps" too.
