70 duster: updating, and a no-dough pro-touring makeover
so ive had a little change of heart over the last few weeks. i watched the movie courageous with my wife, and really got to thinking and praying about where my priorities have been lately.
the answer was, not where they should be. ive neen far too focused on work, my hobbies, my finances, etc. not the real purpose of this car, or my calling, or my family.
so im sitting it aside for the summer for the most part. the working on it, that is.
i bought my new tremec trans, am finishing up my intake, and sitting them on the shelf for this winter.
this summer im going to focus on my family. end of story.
the plans for the car, since this is a car forum are this:
keep it neat and clean.
drive the piss outta it.
repeat.
my goal by the end of summer is to double the milage number the odometer currently reads. with my daughter, wife, or friends along for most of those miles.
i spent a weekend or two getting the car detailed (buffed, waxed, glazed, polished, armoralled, vacuumed, degreased, etcc. iven did back to black on all the weatherstrippings). first time the car has really had anything more than a quickie cleaning and waxing since i built it. it came out GREAT!.
first show in a few years (power parking) is this coming weekend. going with my dad, a good friend of mine and his dad, and possibly my wife and daughter.
heres pics of the car. parts pics will be up later this summer, as well as an ongoing documentary about what im doing WITH the car instead of what im doing to the car. and i have also decided once and for all that the spoiled is not going on the car. just doesnt fit very well.
next two build steps, assuming that nothing breaks this summer, is 5 speed and EFI.
that wa after two 12 hour days of cleaning. did not get the wheels yet. they need to be compuunded and cleaned real good. gonna do that one night this week after the family goes to bed.
so ive had a little change of heart over the last few weeks. i watched the movie courageous with my wife, and really got to thinking and praying about where my priorities have been lately.
the answer was, not where they should be. ive neen far too focused on work, my hobbies, my finances, etc. not the real purpose of this car, or my calling, or my family.
so im sitting it aside for the summer for the most part. the working on it, that is.
i bought my new tremec trans, am finishing up my intake, and sitting them on the shelf for this winter.
this summer im going to focus on my family. end of story.
the plans for the car, since this is a car forum are this:
keep it neat and clean.
drive the piss outta it.
repeat.
my goal by the end of summer is to double the milage number the odometer currently reads. with my daughter, wife, or friends along for most of those miles.
i spent a weekend or two getting the car detailed (buffed, waxed, glazed, polished, armoralled, vacuumed, degreased, etcc. iven did back to black on all the weatherstrippings). first time the car has really had anything more than a quickie cleaning and waxing since i built it. it came out GREAT!.
first show in a few years (power parking) is this coming weekend. going with my dad, a good friend of mine and his dad, and possibly my wife and daughter.
heres pics of the car. parts pics will be up later this summer, as well as an ongoing documentary about what im doing WITH the car instead of what im doing to the car. and i have also decided once and for all that the spoiled is not going on the car. just doesnt fit very well.
next two build steps, assuming that nothing breaks this summer, is 5 speed and EFI.
that wa after two 12 hour days of cleaning. did not get the wheels yet. they need to be compuunded and cleaned real good. gonna do that one night this week after the family goes to bed.
