Does your ambition get in the way of your driving time?

I find myself scheming the next project, alteration, fabrication, upgrade, bolt-on, etc... before I even finish the one I'm working on. By the time I originally thought I'd be driving it, I'm ordering parts and looking at a stack of new stuff and more garage time spent tearing something else down to change and improve things. Weeks go by and it finally dawns on me that I haven't driven this thing yet. How do you guys manage the compulsion to keep changing things?

One idea I had was that maybe "they" are all wrong when they say it's bad to have more than one project. Maybe it's a good thing...you can drive one while the other is apart in the garage and vic-versa. Am I mad or is this normal?

 

sounds normal to me but what would i know ive got 9 project cars

 

Nope that don't work either I bought a driver not too long ago now I am never in the shop. I am out driving and the other projects are just setting around gather dust.

I think that once you decide on a build direction you have to stick with it and see it through. I have a Truck that I have been working on for many years, I won't say how.... and it is just now a roller mostly because I kept changing what I was going to do to it. So therefore it's setting in the shop gathering dust because I got tired of having nothing to drive. But Winter is coming and I should be able to finish a few few things as long as I don't change the direction again.

 

Well, my '56 Chevy pickup is suffering from my desire to own all the cool old rides I can find. I need to get it on the road and enjoy it.... I'm a freakin nut for old iron, I need to focus.

 

For me its the lack of ambition,my hobby is also my job,i work and build rods,customs etc. for others,,,so when its time (what little i have)for my projects it feels like work sometimes,,,some of my projects i build to sell to fund others,,,while the ones i will not let go sit,,,same goes for cruise nights or shows,,you see them everyday 7 days a week ,,its a double edge,,

 

ya, It's hard not to let it happen. I started cobbling together my lakes project yesterday & I could have gotten a few more things ready on my RPU. I just felt like doing something else.