How do you guys stay motivated?

Here's another bit of advice... Build the entire car before you take apart to finish weld and paint. Don't leave anything undone and think "Oh I'll just finish that later when I paint it" or "I'll just cut and weld that real quick after final ***embly"

Build a complete car that could pretty much be driven, then take it apart and do all of the final welding, painting, etc... Otherwise you're in for a bunch of suprises that you didn't foresee comming and they'll take twice as long and be twice as hard to fix.

 

Develop a plan and try to stay on track. When you see that you are making progress it Will inspire you to finish.

 

like some, i turn to the hamb to motovate me. ur pics n words have helped me out alot. one thing i have figured out is i can't think to far ahead. like about wiring the whole car with an aftermarket harrnes. of course i've never done it so i do feel over whelmed. but don't worry i will be asking u all in do time.

 

Buy every Mad fabricators dvd, hot rods rat rods and custom culture back from the dead, and tails of the ratfink. Should help to get you motivated

 

find soemone that doesn think you can do it, make a bet with them that you can

 

I travel a lot in my job so I don't get to work on my projects as much as I would like on a scheduled basis. I have started doing something that helps me be more productive during the time I've actually got tools in hand. Here is an example: I ran into a snag in wiring up my windshield wipers so that the auto-park would work. I didn't have a clue how auto-park worked and never even gave it a thought before it wasn't working for me. Rather then stumble around and waste precious time trying to figure it out, I moved onto something else I could do, right then. Next time I was on the road, I researched the subject on the web, finding out all I could about the different types of auto-park features and figuring out how mine was suppose to work. When I got home in and back in the garage, I had a plan and within 15 minutes, problem solved and I moved on to something else.

 

Sites like this and DVD's are an excellent source of gather encouragement.

That and the wife telling me it'll never see the road before I die.

 

Do something productive everyday, no matter how small. Build the habit of working on it. Many build the habit of looking at it, becoming overwhelmed and going to watch tv instead. Just do something because it will have to be done eventually anyway and each small step you take makes the road to completion shorter and smaller.

There's no real trick. It's just self-discipline.

 

The best approach I've seen is to do at least ONE task per day. It's impossible to do at least one task per day, but when you get in the mindset that it's the way to do it, then it's hard not to.

At the end for me, the whole thing can feel pretty dry, then it's 'just get through'. Your p***ion with have a rebirth for years to come if you COMMIT yourself to building something to be proud of, yet still drivable in the real world. Trailer queens are a headache if they only roll on and off the trailer and that's it. Put too much money and time into it, and you find yourself with a car you're afraid to drive. This whole thing is about FUN.

I have one friend who frame off restored a '57 T-Bird around 1996. It only has 38 miles on it today and it's lived in two states. Now he wants to sell it to buy a 2005 Covette!

 

roadside breakdowns & aborted appointments.
spent all the money buying the *******-
only a dream a mistake.
I could sell
Have a fling with a Chevy.

Dusty black hoodlum still in the corner. Fresh thoughts & attempts forged by desire & fueled with knowledge. Sore back, skun skin and it's taking some time...

Top is down the world all 'round
the clean wonder of ****erflies
open wide
the nose high nitro twin pipes
The smile-
street idiot
It is worth it

 

Do Yourself & your truck a Favor & Find/Buy a REAL frame for it.

Looks like a Chevy Cab, Find an Early Chev frame or a '32 Ford frame & start from there.

Yoy will be MUCH Happier in the end with a Nice Swoopy Factory frame than a Chopped up Tube frame.

I used '26 Chrysler frame under mine, Since its Channeled its been Mis~Took for a '32 frame several times.

Whole rolling ch***is cost me $250.00 & sold off the extras... MUCH cheaper than 2 long sticks of 2x4 tubing.