project radrambler minor setback

[radrambler]

guys

ive officially ended the project.
ive come to realize i just cant achieve the quality of build that i want with this car .
im tired of feeling like im beating my head against a wall with this car.
instead of wasting any more time and money im just gonna take the collection of parts i have and use it on something else.
the lessons ive learned in attempting this build are huge.
thanks for all the support along the way guys.

radrambler

[Joel145]

I don't think you should give up. You're going to bang your head even harder later for not doing it.

[awr68]

Man I hate to hear this! You have worked so hard and I thought the car was already mocked up and would go together fairly easily? What was the final straw? Must be a very tuff decision!

[Roger M]

WOW. I am sorry to hear this. I follow most builds on here, but dont usually comment on them. This is one that i have been looking forward to seeing done. You went outside the box and are doing an awesome job with a car that not many people would look twice at. I hope you rethink this and give it another go. However, it is your decision, so whatever you decide in the end, Good luck to you. Again, Nice work on that Rambler!

[radrambler]

anthony

i have been working to finish body/paint.took it to a friends shop where i have been working on it the last couple weeks .
because he has 30 yrs in this business and truely knows what he is doing. i wanted his direction and knowledge.he agreed to lead me.
which has worked out to this point.
at some point in the cars life it the left qtr had been wrinkled somewhat.i had asked to have him work out the qtr panel and i would do the rest.ive worked on alot of the car .i reached the point where its time to do the qtr and he doesnt have time or doesnt want to, so he had me start working on it.ive spent a couple days working on it .its just above my skill set to do whats needed to make it right. im just over it. i had a similar instance on the suspension change .(long story)i have had to do some things over and some things i had to try and make work with my limited amount of metal working tools and skill set and the car just wont be of the quality i feel i would be happy with.so instead of just making it "look" good to some people knowing myself that its not what i want it to be .im just done .
no more trying to make what can out of what i have either with the car or the money i have .

im not going to be pretending this car is something that its not . i know what really should be done to be true to who i am and what i originally wanted from this build .
im just not a pretender.

radrambler

[waynieZ]

Radrambler I'm really sorry to hear you've turned sour on your project. It was very interesting to watch your build. You did some awesome work. I hope you change your mind, we all get disgusted some times. I hope you enjoy what ever you decide to do. Wayne

[awr68]

Do you plan to move the parts over to a differant car? You have a lot of nice parts....perhaps the Rambler was just to big of a challenge?

Come on, think positive....you got us all turned around when my story needed it!!

I'm here for ya if you need to talk!!

[Stuart Adams]

Originally Posted by radrambler

anthony

i have been working to finish body/paint.took it to a friends shop where i have been working on it the last couple weeks .
because he has 30 yrs in this business and truely knows what he is doing. i wanted his direction and knowledge.he agreed to lead me.
which has worked out to this point.
at some point in the cars life it the left qtr had been wrinkled somewhat.i had asked to have him work out the qtr panel and i would do the rest.ive worked on alot of the car .i reached the point where its time to do the qtr and he doesnt have time or doesnt want to, so he had me start working on it.ive spent a couple days working on it .its just above my skill set to do whats needed to make it right. im just over it. i had a similar instance on the suspension change .(long story)i have had to do some things over and some things i had to try and make work with my limited amount of metal working tools and skill set and the car just wont be of the quality i feel i would be happy with.so instead of just making it "look" good to some people knowing myself that its not what i want it to be .im just done .
no more trying to make what can out of what i have either with the car or the money i have .

im not going to be pretending this car is something that its not . i know what really should be done to be true to who i am and what i originally wanted from this build .
im just not a pretender.

radrambler

You are the one in the trenches. I won't sit here cheering you on to continue. If you want to change directions, as many of us have, rock on. If it makes you happy I say go for it. I would be excited for you when the project is done no matter what kind of car it is. Good luck, next time I'm at DSE maybe we can hook up. DO WORK SON.

[radrambler]

guys

i have some cool ideas but cool ideas dont build a car.
i had great intentions with my build but at times lacked the knowledge or money power to know what i was going to really be up against.
this site is a huge reason i even attempted this .
i have learned alot through this process.
i have tested my abilities heavily trying to do this kind of car build
i have found my limitation also.
one thing i learned is beware of buddy deals.i have been put into a position on this project because of those buddy deals.where i thought wow i can get this from that and it will only cost this.only to find out later that because of my lack of knowledge and or lack of input on things i ended up with more hurdles to jump than i intended and also ended up cutting the car up more than i had originally wanted .i just kept pressing on because i had commited myself to building this car even though some things didnt go exactly like i had intended. i kept telling myself i can fab this or that and it will be ok.
not true.great sheetmetal fab is alot more involved than i wanted to believe.i did some fab work that is ok and some im not satisified with.its all about the fab work on these types of builds in my opinion.it either makes the car great or its doesnt. because of my lack of tools and knowledge its is what it is .the more i look at it the more im not happy with it and i cant keep dragging this project on redoing things.( when you see what some guys do with metal and tools its art)
life is all about learning and if you dont try youll never learn...
so i have learned alot and im happy about that.
im not done with the car thing by any means....i have to put these parts on something .my wife will kill me if i dont get this collection of part put on something .never rule out another rambler
radrambler

[96z28ss]

I say save up some money and send the car to Bruning Auto Design or maybe someone close like Prodigy and get some of the hard stuff done.
then tackle the rest at your own pace.