Ever feel like calling it quits for a while with every type rod or project???

[skull]

there are days l want to sell it all for scrap or some one who wants all the vehicles and parts and just move into a duplex with a single garage to keep a modern daily driver with a warranty in the garage and call it quits

Lately more and more l feel this way lately l don't know why, maybe it's because the stuff ain't getting done fast enough, the rainy weather and the lousy gas price prices, just freakin' discouraging

but, l will persist and get'm done, just venting[thinking]out loud, gonna stick it out and get at least one done for summer, even if 5.00 a gallon happens, still can drive 10 miles to the local cruizin's twice a week.

Later

 

[earthman]

I can't deal with gloomy weather at all. Had too move from MO because after three days of no sun i would be looking for a rope to make a noose. But i know expectations can wear you down also.Sometimes its good to just go in the garage and relax, just appreciating the possabilities without any pressure
to get anything done.

 

[cycledog]

I honestly don't know how you guys on the other side of the mountains deal with all the rain.
Try to get out and do something something to take your mind off it. It's getting closer to spring and winter will be over soon. Just keep your eyes on the fun summer ahead of you.

 

[Tim...Ok]

I used to be bad about about having so many projects going that nothing got finished..of course juggling no time and no money didn't help with motivation either..I did sell all of my junk at one time,money was tight,divorce was on the horizon..sold all my projects, all my donor vehicles, most of my parts and have regretted it ever since..

 

[donsrods]

I think anyone who plays with this stuff has certain periods where you just don't want to look at them any more. It took me 6 years the first time to build my 27 because I would take 3 or 6 months off just to get away from it.

My Son Dan is in that boat right now. 5 years of countless hours of fabricating, every spare cent going into it for all that time, and he still doesn't have a running car to take to any events or to just drive. It gets real old after a while.

We have to keep remembering that this is a hobby and we do it for fun. When it stops being fun, leave it for a while until the urge returns to do some stuff. As a matter of fact, I am on my way out the door right now to do some fishing instead of the grinding I should be doing on my rpu project.

Don

 

[bob w]

From age 14 to 35 my main interest was hot rods and drag racing. Then I packed my Anglia away and didn't look at it for 17 years. During that time I concentrated on my work, distance running and bicycling with a few car shows and swap meets thrown in. I retired and got my "Honey do" list done in a year. That's when I returned to the car scene full bore. In the last 12 years I've built a hot rod or drag car a year. I work about 6 days a week, from 4 to 8 hours a day. Sometimes it's frustrating when things don't go as planned. But I seem to have endless enthusiasm for the work. Maybe, because of my age I can see that this will eventually be taken away from me. Looks like I'll wear out before I burn out.
I believe that for most builders, if you have the money for a project, you'll find the time and enthusiasm to keep at it. I have also found that it is best to be a "serial builder", meaning one project at a time. No problem with having a back yard full of future projects. Just cover them up til you get the current one done.

 

[skull]

thanks :}

after reading the postive input this board sends out, l went out and got the exaust, oil sending unit and oil guage figured out on my sons dodge truck.

thanks guys for motovating me today

Later

 

[goose-em]

I used to live in Seattle, I moved. I cannot take overcast AT ALL! If it is overcast I just feel gloomy and lethargic.

I use hot rods for therapy. Can't give them up.

 

[LOWANDRATY]

Burnt out

I am now working over 2 years on what was going to be a 6 month project, I did get burnt out on it, my oldest son was there with me all the way, he met a great girl (thank god) all the rest were crazy, and there went my help, took 6 months off with out even opening the garage door, then got a second wind after one of the rat shows I went too, worked a few more months and out of steam again, a few more months off and, now my son comes over and helps out again on weekends, its been togeather and apart so many times, always changing things, so it's back to work, got it painted last weekend and now it's time to start putting it back togeather, hopefuly for the last time, I want to drive this thing !!!

 

[Got Rust?]

I understand.
I parked all my stuff, driver, or not, about 12 years ago. Now getting them out and ready to sell, or trade on my next project. Actually having fun, and looking forward to a sorta clean shop to get back at it. I think age and $ has changed what I'm looking to put together, for example, I now think brakes are important, not just another accessory, mid triple digit top speed, maybe not so much.

 

[anvil]

I to live in the overcast and with the news I to have been down I also have been doing the BIG CLEAN OUT. I will be in sunny Montana soon real soon, I already have a house and rat project waiting their.

 

[Mn73]

Just take a little break, soon the sun will come back out and nice days will get the "bug" going again

 

[Tripper]

Just take a little break, soon the sun will come back out and nice days will get the "bug" going again

What he said!!! Just like Charlie Sheen... that rust & gasoline is like a drug in your tiger's blood & you'd kikk u're self if u sold everything off (IMO). I am so amazed by the car building process. When you build a car from the ground up... u either have to make or buy *every* single part & piece of that car/truck. That can be & is challenging but when you finish & drive that monster down the road or take it to car shows etc & can tell everyone you built it yourself... that is really an incredible accomplishment! And it is... or else everyone would have one!!! And anyway... what else would you do... take up canasta!? [ddd

BoB

 

[militarycckw]

What he said!!! Just like Charlie Sheen... that rust & gasoline is like a drug in your tiger's blood & you'd kikk u're self if u sold everything off (IMO). I am so amazed by the car building process. When you build a car from the ground up... u either have to make or buy *every* single part & piece of that car/truck. That can be & is challenging but when you finish & drive that monster down the road or take it to car shows etc & can tell everyone you built it yourself... that is really an incredible accomplishment! And it is... or else everyone would have one!!! And anyway... what else would you do... take up canasta!? [ddd

BoB

i am with this guy,when you drive your project down the road and take it to a couple of shows you will forget about all those long hours of knuckle busting labor

 

[Daman]

LOL Everyone has their own little pity party now and then. I had the same thing when I started mine. It went fast and furious for the first couple weeks. A lot of small projects were getting done but it just didn't look like it. After I had a roller I brought it home and there it sat. I'd go out a couple nights a week and tinker with it but it was cold and plain nasty out. I stopped completely for about a month. New Years Eve came around and a friend asked how it was going with the pickup? I told him I kinda stopped. He said lets go work on it tomorrow...Turned out to be almost the coldest day of the year. We pulled the front clip off, that was easy enough then the cab had to come off. It was so cold the cherry picker wouldn't jack. Figured it couldn't weigh that much so we just hefted it off and slid it on the ice across the driveway to the garage. Once inside we lifted it up and onto the frame. It went pretty quick from there

Moral of the story... just need someone to kick you in the rear sometimes.

Once over the hump it's the small success' that keep it going.

Mine is torn apart again and the streets are dry with a small chance of rain/snow today. Do I go get the bed mounted again or go riding?

 

[cosmic12]

Yup, been there done that gave up on cars 18 years ago and got married and got into performance boats:rolleyes.Big mistake on both counts!!!!!!!!
Started my 37 almost 2yrs ago and was to be done in less than a year.
Hasn't worked out to well because of the bitch ole lady,..................
Well she is gone but I still have the 37 all packed away with all the parts to finish it.... almost.
Moral of the story, if you get in a bad spot don't sell your tools or parts because it all works out in the end and you always go back to your fist love.
Just store it away and forget about it for awhile, I almost got rid of it all and now I am so glad I didn't I hope to get back to it this year and I am still collecting parts.[

 

[jfg455]

I flip flop once in a while as well. sold all of my chopper stuff and bought an 05 road king. wife said I had to ride it a year before even changing the mufflers. so I did. 6K miles. it was ok for a bit. always started. comfy. and boring. so now I have started a jockey shifted Buell hard tail chopper project to swap on and off of all summer. If you have the bug you will always have the bug. you may flip out and break, burn, sell, ignore hot rodding but it will creep back up on ya like that hot crazy ex girlfriend and then you are right back into it![cl

 

[Mike S.]

If you have the bug you will always have the bug. you may flip out and break, burn, sell, ignore hot rodding but it will creep back up on ya like that hot crazy ex girlfriend and then you are right back into it![cl

Boy, ain't that the truth!

 

[MACKAZ]

This is what I used to do....see pic, did it for years, absolutely loved it, Lived for it, breathed it, was successful for a part time racer, got out of it one meeting, sold it a week later......
Reason, I dont know, I had been having mental episodes (serious...not joking) and woke up that morning of the meeting feeling really weird. By end of meet I hated the sight of it, my brother still races a car similar to this and I cant even talk about them anymore. I still see them as evil and a waste of time and money..

 

[militarycckw]

what do you call that class of cars,never seen them before