You buy a project Demon because your first car was a Demon 37 years ago. This is your first project and you're 53 years old. You think it'll be fun...no big deal. You deserve it. The wife won't care, she'll be supportive and happy for you. You're accused of a mid-life crisis...that, "you're just trying to re-live your past"... A few friends encourage you to go for it, they'll help, they say...and then ghost you. You know very little, you're just a driveway mechanic. You try refinishing parts, fail, try again and still fail..but not as bad. Then you learn to except your novice skill level and suddenly your work becomes acceptable and doesn't look too bad after all...far from perfect but a certain feel good pride that you did it yourself. You research, read articles, watch videos and ask for advice. You reach out to members on this site and find not only great help, but genuine, good people that have the same love of Mopars that you have. One member, local to me, even reached out to help do some welding and didn't want a penny for it. He gave up a Saturday to help me and did a great job. Another member answered a want ad I put out for seat tracks and ended up giving me two sets. Bucket seat tracks are not that easy to come by and are not cheap when you do and he GAVE them to me and said, just pay it forward someday. Damn.
There are other examples and I'm for sure grateful. I'm sure most of you can tell some stories of the good people too.
I could go on and on with my story but I'll end it with the reason I started this post. This may seem pretty trivial to some, but sometimes the simplest "achievements" can be motivating and powerful. I just finished the first coat of white paint on the lettering on my heater bezel..lol..:D
I had to buy some magnifying glasses and a micro paint brush. It's the little things, right..?!?
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