S*** damn it!!

How about jumping into a project without knowing how much of a pain it was gonna be?

Bought a 65 valiant with a /6 with the simple intent of getting it running, rolling and stopping for my son to drive around. I completely failed to understand the extent of the floor damage and the differences that make the early A's a challenge. Thought the /6 was "fixable", tried, even replaced the head. Locked up a bunch of valves. Pretty sure I messed up the rocker shaft install. Regroup, buy a 5.9, a 904, then realize headers are WAY expensive... ugh... go with 273 manifolds. Fast forward, two years later and we're almost to the point of it running, rolling and stopping.... and it's cost me more than the car did to begin with. We both joke around and ***** about it, and at the end of the day, I wouldn't trade it for anything. he's gone from not knowing how to change a tire, to welding the floor in and being able to drop the engine/trans/k-frame in a few hours alone. As much as i wish we'd bought a different car, the experience has been priceless and I doubt he'll sell the car, ever. I hope he keeps it and some day has the time to do it all "right" and continues to enjoy it.