NEW THREAD-Why we don't finish........

I've stepped in it. Got a 70 Swinger project going great guns. I think we'll have it running under its own power by late summer or early fall. Paint and interior by the end of next spring.

BUT... but wow, I can't believe I did this but I HAD to. I absolutely HAD to. I bought another project before we've finished this one. I bought BACK a project that I'd (regretfully in hindsight) sold years ago because I'd given up on finishing her, citing never having the time.

The guy who bought her (Josephine) from me had a serious stroke so I asked a friend of his if he still had her, thinking that if since he presumably couldn't finish the resto, maybe I could buy her back, now that I'm reborn in full-on resto lifestyle again. But alas, the fella had already sold it, car's whereabouts unknown.

So I was chatting with a buddy, my front end guy in his shop, about my rebirth as a car nut and he said he had such-and-such in his other shop lot... and it rung a bell. I asked a few pointed questions and we both realized it was my old project. Nothing had really been done to it. Phone calls and negotiations ensued. Josephine's coming home!

I haven't told y'all what it is, have I? Purposely. I'm not originally a Mopar guy. (eyes downward, ashamed, and nearly repentant!) I am becoming something of a believer, though. And I will especially be so if Darlene (the Dart) runs as well and looks as good as we have planned. But, confession time: I was originally a Blue Oval guy who converted to the Church of Cheap Parts -- yes, brand X, known by the bow tie. Josephine is a '67 El Camino Custom. Can't wait till she's home.

BUT!! I vow to sink all priorities and $$ first and foremost into Darlene. Josephine will only get spare time work on no $ items, for now.

BTW, since I guess I'm confessing my sins here, I should admit that before Darlene was a 1995 Ford Probe GT project that, when I finished it, spurred my son into bugging me to do a buildup with him. Hence Project Darlene.

And speaking of Project Darlene, I haven't begun a thread on her in the Members' Restorations section. Perhaps I should. I've noticed that quite a few of you have done so along with some prose on the human interest side of things. I wonder if I were to do so might prove both cathartic and motivational for me. Might keep the "in motion" side of the inertia in "Drive", rather than the "at rest" side in "Park"? Hmmm, whaddaya think?

I guess I'm just a guy who appreciates a good machine no matter the marque. Oh, and I, like others here, have a bike I fixed up, too!

Flame suit on and fire extinguisher at the ready, I am,
JD