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

Why don´t I finish? I do not have a really good answer on that one.
Question is: Why? And of course: Why do I (we) "play" with old cars?
I am not sure if there is a word for it but I would call it to have some "everydayedge".

What I mean is for example:
I pull the string for the garageopener at work, when the gate is 15,6 inches above the hood of your car I step on the
throttle and have enough time to whisper a very foul word when passing under the gate with a 0,5 inch margin. I smile
and feel somewhat satisfied with myself hearing he radio antenna hit the garage gate.
This is something that gives some edge to everyday routines..

It is something that makes the heart strike a little bit faster.
A small rush of adrenalin that makes nasty customers and ordinary everday problems easier to handle.

When I come home from work and feel that my working day has not fully ended, meaning that my problems from
work still pops up in my head. Did I really ordered X tools? Must check when I can deliver a X to X and 2X to X...
Is there something extra included with X? Did I relly faxed the purchase in time?

I can imagine that jumping off abridge with a rubber cord to your feet by a stoned hippie and jumping is the same
phenomena. "everydayedge"

Or jumping out of a fully functional aeroplane with a parachute that at least theoretically will stop you from hitting your
landing spot too hard, preventing one poor person to scrape you off the ground. "everydayedge"

Nothing of the above draws my interest, but...

Driving with my Valiant at a empty icy road way too fast with brakes that would make Flintstone laugh..
That gives me some "everydayedge". That makes my pulse increase and my everdayproblems to seem less of a problem.
Another vehicle would be safer and go faster but it is not the point. If I did not have my "everydayedge" I don´t know if I
could live life at all.

I am not a fantastic mechanic or do not have a brilliant mind, but I am enjoying doing my projects myself.
That goes for more or less for all of my projects. I build speakers for example. It is great fun but the end result
is not always perfect. But that is not the point.

Painting.. Done that for twenty years now. I would never call myself a proffesional or an artist. An artist drinks cheap red wine,
is somewhat "red" as far as politics goes and does not wash his clothes because his washing machine is broken. I am not an
artist. But I paint. But that is not the point.

Same thing restoring cars. I will never win any trophies or have my car published in a magazine. But that is not my goal or my
ambition with my restorations. My goal is to get as much "everydayedge" as possible out of every hour and dollar invested. It is
about every aspect of the project(s), planning, searching for parts, construction, building and of course driving or using it when it
eventually gets finished.

I have a enourmous source of knowledge to look for information, such as all of you here at forabodiesonly and other place. A hobby
and a project in the garage has became so much more. Although I do not post very often at all at any forum I gladly read at all of
the forums and especially this forum as much as I can, there is a friendly atmosphere here not found at many places. Do you believe
that Facebook works this way? I don´t think so.

Restoring Cars have become a part of my life and has been so for over twenty years now and it adds something to my life. Something good.

Sometimes it freaks out a little.. A project that was meant to be, that would have been built if I had the knowledge and tools when I was 15 years
of age. But when it will be done it will add some "everydayedge" to my life. Just as any other project, finished or not, and just as the next project will do.

And yes, it has gone way too wrong many times, but what the hell, Its the name of the game and beer heals all wounds..




I am not sure this added anything to the topic but it felt good writing this down. Hope you all understand where I am getting at. I have some difficulties
with every non-scandinavian language. Restoring cars or mopeds or painting gives me my "everydayedge" and is my therapy for my soul.