Giving up on a project.

In 2017 I ruined a main bearing. While the motor was out I decided to rebuild the transmission and switch the drum brakes to disc brakes. At the time I was single and had friends around to help so everything went great until last year. My friends got busy, I got engaged, and I bought a house. Between working on the house and preparing for a wedding I haven’t had a single afternoon free in months. Engine is back in the car, transmission is back in, brakes are mounted but it has no plumbing. I made the call this morning to a friend to see if he has room in his shop to knock it out. This may not seem like a big deal but I wrestled with this for months, I haven’t had anyone else touch this car in 10 years without me there. I hate taking half finished stuff to anyone but it’s killing me to have the car sitting and not getting attention. I don’t really know why I’m making this post but this is the hardest decision I’ve made in the 15 years I’ve owned the car.



sometimes I wish I could do what you are thinking of doing but I can’t. I’m just to stubborn to let someone touch my junk. It’s bad enough I won’t let them touch my engines, transmissions, race car but I need front brakes on my 3/4 ton diesel truck, bathtub faucets, etc. it will probably get to the point where it will force me to give up racing. It hurts to see the writing on the wall.