So how do you pick your next project?

[mikec4193]

So I got my current project 99% done so I am done with it basically...it was life long wish to build a oval track coupe and at 64 years old I finally got it done...

So now what???

I love a lot of old rusty cars....

I have had Willys Jeeps (just sold a 48 CJ2A this past fall) in the past...they are kinda cool...

Had a 1960 Morris Minor...they are kinda neat too...Whitworth fasteners were the not so much fun...it got sold

Had a 1940 Ford coupe vintage stock car (with history)...way cool that project was...someone wanted it more than me...

I had a almost stock 1953 Chevy 3800 9 foot pickup box truck...loved that truck...went to my first truck show with it and sold it in 45 minutes...

I had a 1948 Willys CJ2A cobb salad from New Mexico...too many former owners cobbling things up so it got sold...

Before that had I had a 1972 Datsun truck....(I had one as a kid back the 1980s)...that was fun too...could never get it to run...wish I never sold it now

I also tried to build another 1948 Willys (short fat) flat fender from a pile of parts and some 2x4 steel tubing (newer wider axles too)...I got it rolling and got bored with it...parted it out

before that I had a couple of VW bugs too...always wanted to do a Volksrod but these were too original to cut up...

Before that I had a 1962 Willys truck cab on a S10 chassis...that was fun project...sold it before it was done though still not sure why...

I also had a 1953 Chevy truck bobber style back when they were all the rage....sold it before I drove it...never could get the stance I wanted on it...

Had 1954 GMC truck cab on a S10 chassis...that was a fun build too...I got bored with it...

Before that I got my first Willys...it was 1960 truck all stock...loved it but it needed a motor rebuild I was still racing so it got sold....

I had a pile of VW parts I was gonna build into a Volksrod but I was racing still so that took precedence so it got sold...

Bought a 1950 Dodge Pilothouse parts truck that I was gonna do a frame swap on but I was starting to race again so it got sold...(it was really really rough)

So I am kinda not sure what I want to build next....I like rusty metal...I like old rusty metal too....Facebook market place is a crazy place to shop for stuff...

I left my full time job in January of 2023 but I still work 3 days a week at the local Home Depot...so I have time and I have some funds to build something else....with out metal to bang on at my garage I will go crazy...I dont enjoy sitting in my house and I dont enjoy working on my house either....I am garage guy thru and thru...

I have done my bucket list build with my current garage filler...I am kinda in limbo right now...

Any thoughts fellow rusty people...????

 

[gene49]

Don't know if this is allowed, and I can't help you with a project, but over on the "ham" board, there is a current thread going about "Craig's list cheap cars" It covers a lot more then Craig's list, so there are some really interesting things showing up on that thread. A lot of it isn't cheap by my book, but some sure look like bargains and most important, the stuff people are showing is currently on the market.

Maybe something there will trip your trigger, and might be just what you are looking for.

 

[bob w]

Historically, when I'm about 3/4 finished with a project something happens in my brain. I see another project, it might be on Craigslist or Marketplace or at a swap meet. I'm not looking for anything, but I see it and think, "I can make something cool out of it." It has to be cheap, and the more beat up the better. I justify buying it because it is so cheap. And there I go again.
The current one is different. It is the last. Time has taken its toll. I've found the perfect project on Marketplace but I'm not biting. Too sore, too weak, too tired. It's a sad thing.

 

[smallfoot]

I'm fighting the same feelings Bob! But I'm making my projects my reason to keep going. I've already told my family and close friends to tread lightly when trying to tell me to slow down. I'm likely to be found face down in whatever project I was on when the last tick of the clock happens. But that's a way I'd rather be...

 

[Old Iron]

I decide whether I want a truck or car and start the search. Whichever vehicle hits my like button is the one.