more than one project at a time....???

[allengator]

OK... how many of you guys have project ADD... and have multiple going at once???

I am trying my best to leave my '51 sedan delivery outside under the carport and concentrate on my '80, but its so tempting...

To make matters worse, I found a '53 chevy pickup basket case complete with s10 chassis that I am considering buying!

[76stepsidechevy]

I hear ya, everything I own turns into a project. Ive bought daily drivers in the past so I could tear down a project and then had the dd turn into a project itself. I find I have the most ambition to work on whatever im driving regardless of what it is.

[Jonboy]

I don't have the room. My DD could be a project at any time, but I am doing my best to keep it from becoming one. Of course, these things do have a way of getting out of hand. For instance, my car needs shocks/struts, so while I am there it makes sense to put in lowering springs, since it will have to be aligned anyway, right? Or, I have to pull the rear seat out to fix the bushings in the quarter windows, so a few more screws gets the carpet out for cleaning, etc.

I think this is how I ended up putting in cab mounts during an engine swap.......

[wpotter]

I know exactly how you feel. I am in the process of building a 47 Chevy Sedan Streetrod. Just started on a 49 Chevy truck with my son, installed Nova subframe last weekend (see 47-59 forum). My 68 SWB fleetside is sitting in the barn at my dads waiting patiently. I am going to go look at an all original 87 SWB fleetside that has been sitting for about ten years so it will become another project. Not to mention all the stuff the wife thinks needs to be done to the house. I think I need another me to go to work so I can stay home and play, wishfull thinking. I guess this is what we crazy people do, one thing at a time just is'nt enough.

[spudz]

I got like 15 projects and a 120 year old house..... It never ends....

[Jonboy]

Originally Posted by spudz

I got like 15 projects and a 120 year old house..... It never ends....

Sounds like you need a 2 year old to throw in there, too.

[1tonchevy]

Originally Posted by allengator

OK... how many of you guys have project ADD... and have multiple going at once???

I am trying my best to leave my '51 sedan delivery outside under the carport and concentrate on my '80, but its so tempting...

To make matters worse, I found a '53 chevy pickup basket case complete with s10 chassis that I am considering buying!

LOL i'm the same. I got my Dually (my DD) so it gets stuff done to it when i have time and i don't need it that day.

and my other is my All motor neon for the track. always looking for ways to go faster.

and i think i found a burban... but the wife is fighting e and saying no lol

[Hulk Will Smash]

I'm with you dude! My '68 Camaro, my boat, a couple of shifter karts, some old school bmx bikes, a couple big fish tanks and a 5 year old and a 6 year old make it tough to get anything done! At least most of the BS on my R30 is "wanna-do" instead of "gotta-do" right now!

[Keith Seymore]

I can't believe I did this, now when I look back on it - but -

I restored a '42 Farmall A tractor (intended to be my primary grass cutter and snow pusher) at the exact same time that I put in a brick paver driveway.

6622 bricks (but who's counting!); what's significant here is that the area in front of the garage was dug out so that you couldn't roll the tractor in an out.

Finished 'em both up - but - what' was I thinking?






Best driveway pic I could come up with under short notice; I had no fingerprints left by the time I was done (lol)

[wpotter]

Keith, and the beautiful red truck that was restored in that driveway, maybe before or after theses other projects but still one of my favorites. I am sure the tractor was a fun project, I helped my dad restore is old (50 something) Ford tractor, not much to them until your start taking them apart.

[smashingchuck]

My house project is never ending! That being said, I have been in project elimination mode for more than a year now. Weather it means selling things off or putting the work in, I have found that it is best for my MENTAL HEALTH to have as few projects as possible. As soon as I have fewer loose ends I can start on the 78 again.

[N2TRUX]

How much work are you doing on any of your projects? Some guys need more than one because they really have ADD but are very motivated. Others are more collectors a junk than builders. You decide where you fot on that profile...
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[allengator]

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

How much work are you doing on any of your projects? Some guys need more than one because they really have ADD but are very motivated. Others are more collectors a junk than builders. You decide where you fot on that profile...
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good point!

[72freak]

For the past 10 years we have been doing about 5 at a time.....slowing down now.....3 or so.

[Slonaker]

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

How much work are you doing on any of your projects? Some guys need more than one because they really have ADD but are very motivated. Others are more collectors a junk than builders. You decide where you fot on that profile...
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I used to be very motivated with one project until my Dad and my FIL died leaving with their projects ('37 Chevy coupe, '67 Camaro RS, '73 BMW 2002, '71 Moto Guzzi, '79 Vespa, '58 Triumph...). Now I had to buy a house in the country so I would have room for all of them. Of course, I can't afford much, so I had to buy a project house, and now I get nothing done on any of my vehicles...

Slonaker

[spudz]

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

How much work are you doing on any of your projects? Some guys need more than one because they really have ADD but are very motivated. Others are more collectors a junk than builders. You decide where you fot on that profile...
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I'm a hoarder/collector... I only roll maybe 25% of my projects, the others I sell off or put out in the pasture. 50 something cars tells me I'm a hoarder lol. I have more fun finding, getting a good deal, then I do finishing them. Maybe it has something to do with me working on cars for a living I dont know. BUT I am not like most hoarders, I dont mind selling them if I think someone will build it. Thats more money for me to spend buying something else.

[slb1985]

you guys are my heros 'cept you spuds the city would be all over me if I had tjat prpblem you have oh yeah and the wife would've left me at num 2, maybe 3 if it was if num 2 pretty
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[allengator]

Originally Posted by slb1985

you guys are my heros 'cept you spuds the city would be all over me if I had tjat prpblem you have oh yeah and the wife would've left me at num 2, maybe 3 if it was if num 2 pretty
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Reminds me of the time I was gassing up the Harley... the one that says HARLEY on the tank... while wearing my leather jacket with a big eagle and the word HARLEY on it.... and this guy walked up and said...
"Is that a HARLEY?"
So I said... "Yeah, its a Harley..."
He said... "I really want one of those but my wife said she'd leave me if I got one..."
So with a very deadpan expression I said, "Yup, my ex said the same thing."

[1tonchevy]

Originally Posted by spudz

I'm a hoarder/collector... I only roll maybe 25% of my projects, the others I sell off or put out in the pasture. 50 something cars tells me I'm a hoarder lol. I have more fun finding, getting a good deal, then I do finishing them. Maybe it has something to do with me working on cars for a living I dont know. BUT I am not like most hoarders, I dont mind selling them if I think someone will build it. Thats more money for me to spend buying something else.

Pics of the "pasture?" lol

[thesickc10]

im doing my 85 c10, 79 camaro, and 81 yamaha bike all at the same time

[spudz]

Originally Posted by 1tonchevy

Pics of the "pasture?" lol

just a few I already had already uploaded.not all of the pasture cars are mine, my father inlaw has prolly over a hundred there.

[spudz]

Originally Posted by 1tonchevy

Pics of the "pasture?" lol

more from photobucket.. All of these are mine. ive sold some of these and ive bought alot more since too. haha these are years old

[russgt]

Currently working on a 77 shortbox, 76 blazer, and a 70 cab 1 piece floor. The 70 and the 77 get work done on them every week. The 76 is in primer and waiting for summer and paint. My 68 stepside has been sitting for a few years untouched. Finally had to sell my 05 Honda 450r because it was a never ending project.

[jeffmarble]

spudz sell me that yellow mustang ive got my gmc k1500 and my 95 mustang, mustangs getting painted next month swapping intake, heads and replacing current nitrous kit with a on3 turbo kit this summer. gmc is getting a 383 with edelbrock fuel injection 4l80 and np241 next month if all goes well. body work on the trucks a whole differant animal probably finish that up in a year or two

[S10Fan]

Hummm, let me see.......

My '65 Chevelle needs lower quarters.

I'm looking for a stock 350 to replace the 383 in my S-10.

I have a '50 Chevy PU in the garage in pieces/boxes.

Our kitchen is unfinished, wife can't decide on a counter top.

Need to finish running new power wire to the garage for a major upgrade, 30amp to 100amp service.

The Heap needs a fill up.

Thankfully I have a job to go to everyday, otherwise I'd have to get all that stuff done.