TELL ME WHY WE DO THIS?!!!!!

Valkman said
Sorry guys I just had to vent a little. So I buy this 73 challenger 340 4spd supposably restored. It had a problem with the transmission which I knew about when I bought it but when I pull the transmission I found out someone had forgot to put oil in it and it is now it's complete trashView attachment 1715039028Check out the light behind the pilot bushing showing worn out the input shaft is.
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So now I'm on lookout for another transmission which are pretty hard to come by in my area. I find one in the price is not so reasonable but it was in good shape it came out of a 68 Roadrunner. I knew I was going to have to change the tail shaft to work in the Challenger but what I didn't take into consideration as it has a larger input shaft bearing and now I find it won't work on my bellhousing!
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Now I have to remove the bellhousing to get it machined to fit, and I noticed that one bolt is blocked by the oil filter. So now I have to drain the oil to get the bellhousing off. And to add insult to injury I can't get to one side of the car to remove the oil filter because I got too much junk in my garage and I have to move itView attachment 1715039038

Don't get me wrong I still love owning in working on these cars but sometimes I have to ask myself why do I do it:realcrazy:

Yea. Very good question. My answer is they are more fun do drive than work on them.
That's why I go for reliability over "performance" if that is my choice.
And I get frequent reinforcement at the gas station.
Not to pour salt in your wound, but your experience is why I would pay a premium on a car that needs of lots work and is basically original over a "restored" car.
That is despite what the "smart" money might do.
I.e. Buy one already "restored".
I'll never buy someone else's hot rod again that I can't tell what has been done to it.