It takes my time to earn the extra money to fund the project. The original build schedual was three years......... That was five years ago. Now when asked I use the fail safe statement of "before I retire". Then there is the "higher priorities", wife wanted a new car, needed new windows in the house, Etc. Those items ate half the Extra money this year. But it is as much about the journey as the arrival.
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Ted Rea
"Don't drive FASTER than your guardian angel can fly"
[QUOTE=Bulldog68]Long hours at work, household projects, and a lack of work space. My 2 car garage is packed tight
Have to say I know your pain. A lack of space(single garage with my car 2 single seat airplanes, motors transmissions ect), a 75 hr work week,and 3 kids going through university. pretty much takes up all the assets needed to work on my project. despite that I am making glacial progress.
Time,time ,time. I own a collision shop,im hands on 80+ hour work weeks are the norm.I always put my buisness first. Now I have the means to do my car the way I want , but it still comes down to time. So this year I hired a extra man to help with the work load and free up some time for me. I 've had my car for three years now and just cut my first check to Frank at Prodigy,now its go time. I'm just happy I do'nt have answer the same question over and over "When are you going to start working on your Camaro" well I can say NOW!!!
Customer cars take a priority for me.
My personal projects seem to be second in line to that.
By the time I find time to do my own, the current trends change the original design and I need to start over.
All my customer cars are designed and treated as if they were my own so that makes up for my lack of a personal ride.
Actually, with a finished car things are easier, although I do not do alot of the work myself, when things go wrong it tends to be electrical or transmission related and well over my head. So I have a trustworthy restoration shop that is great to me, but charges me 4 times what I make an hour, so sometimes I have to put things off!
Oh, and I am also two hours away at school most of the time, or their is a foot of snow outside its warm garage!
Let it be spring!!
Tim
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For me, it's the cold weather. I just can't bring myself to get out in the garage when it's in the 30's. Although I do have a heater (waste oil) it takes quite a while to warm things up. Steve (HRBS) has been doing his part by making me feel bad for not getting more done. This weekend I should be able to make some progress.
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
First Hemi 'Cuda Convertible Ever Built
Short clips: Goodguys Pleasanton autocross and pit videos
This weekend I should be able to make some progress.
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