Just How Much is Enough???

[Greasey Harley]

It it is entirely possible that, the monetary investment could easily exceed the value.
Accept this fact and enjoy the truck.
Money be dammed!

How much is enough? I'll let you know, when I get there.

[cla511]

My girlfriend knows what I spend on my truck..... My wife does not.

[Andy4639]

Originally Posted by cla511

My girlfriend knows what I spend on my truck..... My wife does not.

Damn!

[Number98]

Originally Posted by cla511

My girlfriend knows what I spend on my truck..... My wife does not.

[1stchevy]

Originally Posted by cla511

My girlfriend knows what I spend on my truck..... My wife does not.

This could far exceed the price of any truck ever built!

[Dustmaker65]

Originally Posted by CUSTOM/10

Yah a couple hundred more should do it !!!!
Just like a couple hundred more will finish mine !!!!

You had better not sit down and read this thread with her Jimmy !!

LOL....Too late. Let her read it at lunch today. She loved it! Her exact words "You work very hard for your money, you should enjoy spending it."

And thats when she handed me the bill for our lunch

Originally Posted by LockDoc

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My wife knows exactly how much I have in all of my vehicles. I even have tags on a lot of the harder to find parts with a current value. I have also had a couple of walkthroughs with my kids so they know whats going on. I don't want her to get taken for a ride if something happens to me. I told them that they may not get exactly what I have stuff marked at but it should be close, I don't have the prices exaggerated. I have a sheet of paper in each glove box that tells exactly what each truck is and if any modifications have been done to it, any problems with it, and how it runs, etc..

Another thing I do is to put the box ends from any filters or new parts like bearings, mounts, plugs, etc., I have installed on the truck in the glove box. Be sure and write on them exactly what they are for as many times all they have on them is a number.

LockDoc

Leon, You are one organized man!

Originally Posted by treveiger

These wife threads crack me up! My wife is awesome. Two years ago we were out fishing and she asked if I would like a race quad for cruising. I of course said yes and next spring we had a built raptor 660, well fast forward I got pulled over because the cop hated sport quads and we couldn't ride double so I guess we sold it in hopes of looking for a cruiser bike. I really wanted a sport bike but the family was hard to convince so we we re looking for a cruiser and she wasn't impressed but there we saw a Suzuki sv650s and we sat on it. Before the end of the day it was ours. Family wasn't too happy but she stood up and said she wanted it peoples face were priceless. Now we're looking at getting a 4x4 and lifting it and maybe soon repainting our truck. She's always working on things with me and rarely leaves my side. I've gotten more toys with her then I would've by myself

As Bigmac stated, you have yourself a keeper!

Originally Posted by bigmac73

well my friend you have a good one by your side.

X2 Buddy!!

Originally Posted by michael bustamante

my wife loves the fact that i have something to occupy me and get me out of the kitchen licking the batter spoons and eating the frosting when shes making her specialty cakes,
"get back in the garage and finish that truck!" she tells me
as for the money spent... well i mind my business on how much them cake pans and such cost and she doesnt give a hard time about buying part ater part after part

Well I hope she supplies you and your buddies with samples of those cakes.

Originally Posted by speesh

That is like asking "how far is away?" You can spend as much as you want, but it would probably be less than a brand new truck that you can't work on. Besides, a man has to have a hobby, right?

Yes he does! Because Fishing tournaments, riding the Harleys, and remodeling houses is not enough for me to do...lol. Oh, and on top of that work over 40 hours a week at a chemical factory!

Originally Posted by Greasey Harley

It it is entirely possible that, the monetary investment could easily exceed the value.
Accept this fact and enjoy the truck.
Money be dammed!

How much is enough? I'll let you know, when I get there.

Amen! I learnt a valuable lesson when I was 20 yrs old. I built a full chassis Pro Street Camaro. Put everything I had into it, to only sell and get half back the following year.

Its not really about the monetary value, as it is the wow factor you get from other auto buffs...

[tsetsaf]

Total price for the restoration was a little over 10x the original purchase price. The idea was my wife's. The truck is amazing and has won a bunch of awards at prestigious events but that is not what we built it for. Instead it has three purposes: 1. To get the word out on our business 2. Be a daily driver for her (20k on it in 18 months) 3. To keep a piece of the family alive (grandfather bought it new in 71)

We have worked the majority of the bugs out now but I did have to remind her a few times that this was her suggestion. Like that time the air fitting failed in the middle of nowhere Utah desert or while replacing the second pos Griffin radiator or when the air bag was torn by odd chance and I had to buy a cut off tool and compressor to get it fixed or when the belt tensioner failed in Yellowstone and the ac tensioner failed two weeks later. As I joke now the truck has been restored twice!

If your wife isn't on board then the project will be squashed when stuff happens.