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car has been garaged for a couple years have been on and off with motivation but i have worked alitle here and there on the car to atleast get some stuff done,the big parts like putting a new engine in went pretty smoth its just all the other little things to do. it have known that the car has some rust especialy the rear fenders behind the wheels and that the driverside rocker could use some attention aswell as the passanger side but alot less on the passangerside..

keep in mind i have a very small garage and cant even get to the driverside of the car from the outside,need to go under the car and even then there is now way i can stand there..

anyway cant weld in the garage since i realy dont want to start a fire and outside the garage is a ramp down to the garage so cant realy push the car out with ease to cut and weld outside. today i found out that the car has been rusting pretty bad on the driverside during its years in the garage and that there isnt realy any other option than start tearing the car down again and start replacing sheetmetal.

feel quite down right now i had hoped to just get the last bits of the exhaust done and then put some fuel in her and get that first drive with the new engine before winter sets in,i gues i can forget about that now and i might aswell just start tearing out the interior and the engine and transmission and start cutting out the bad metal to hopefully be able to weld in some new sheetmetal before the winter hits making it to cold to work outdoors and in the proces way to dificult to get the car outside anyway,that is if i can get some new panels in time or just make them myself in time giving me the winter to work on the finnish on whatever metal i replace..

today realy sucks bigtime sorry for the long rant, this all just got to me alitle to much since i was realy hopeing that i would atleast get one short drive before winter and being able to look forward to the next summer after such a long time without my mopar out there one the road..:cussing::sad::crybaby:
 
Sorry to hear that but it will get finished, and when you can drive it you will forget about the tough times....I wish you the best of luck :)
 
whats stopping it from running now? get out there, get it running and hammer on it a little, enjoy it for minute and then park it. that little taste will motivate you to get it ready for paint.

works for me .....
 
73AbodEE said:
whats stopping it from running now? get out there, get it running and hammer on it a little, enjoy it for minute and then park it. that little taste will motivate you to get it ready for paint.

works for me .....
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X2 :burnout:

That is also good motivation
 
If it is that close to getting fired up, I agree with 73. Fire it up, smell some exhaust, put a couple of km on it, then when you tear it down you'll have some of your motivation back.

Grant
 
thanks guys for the words,to be honest i dont think i will finnish the last stuff before tearing her down i just feel sick right now and i doubt a drive would be a good choice this car hooks pretty good for what it is and there is enough power to make me worried that considering the shape of the driverside rocker and some of the metal the driverside leafspring mount mounts are anchored to i might do some damage to the car by going for a drive i know all to well that i just cant keep my foot out of this little funrides loudpedal:(
thanks for the words:)
 
today is a slightly better day,have got enough time to think and realized that this might be the time to do some more changes i have wanted to do for a pretty long time,like moving in the leafsprings under the framerails and get some bigger wheelwells,adding subframeconnectors and a few other odds and ends,lets just hope i can pull it all of in one winter:)
 
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