how long does it take you "average guys" to go from parts to rolling???

Yes,you should have your ass kicked. That thing is GORGEOUS !!! The nerve of you making us wait to see it done !!

 

Damn Speedy Gonzales ! Slow down ! You are building all of the available 40 Fords !!! One man should not have such power !

 

If you have a fist full of cash and dont have to punch a time clock on a regular basis,you can do anything in no time at all.There has to be some conditions here when you say average guy.Theres so many variables.

I once bet someone $100 in December Id have my Olds back on the road by the next summer.Lost big time....6YEARS later......

 

Coupe was built in five months. Old saying "shed is not a museum"

 

It usually takes me about 2 years to turn a pile of junk into a drivable pile of junk. Then it takes another 2 years to fix the stuff I hurried through so I could drive it. By then I'm getting tired of it and start looking for the next pile of junk, which takes 2 years to make drivable.

I have noticed that if I have something fun to drive, the next build is a better car when it reaches the driving point. Gene

 

Ordinarily 3yrs. Current project is over 5yrs in the making, divorce, single dad, $$$$

 

3 years of weekends. But never done. Always want to change something.

 

you guys are making me feel better... I want to do it right, & hoping for two years, seems short for some of the "regular/ non retired guy" builds... so if mine goes 3 years with other hobbies & projects, I won't beat myself up too bad

 

On my 34 five window, went from a channeled body and frame to a driver in.....40 plus years! Takes me a long time to make decisions I guess. Actually built many cars in the interum just never got the money or time to do the 34 until the kids were out of college and gone.

 

patience paid off... the car looks awesome

 

If I am building something for a customer, 2-1/2 yrs or less.
My last personal project took 15 yrs. When I had the money, I didn't have the tyme, when I had the tyme, I didn't have the money!
I am an empty nester now, so I am giving myself no more then 30 months to complete this build.

 

I'm about 3 years into my 56 F100, should be motivating this spring. Everything is new except frame and sheetmetal. I intend to keep it.

 

When I was a single guy, it took me 2 years to build this, and I started with a bare frame and glass body.

Now that I'm married, and raising children, I have nowhere near the same amount of time to spend. The '50 Ford in my avatar has been "in slow progress" for 10 years.

The time it takes all depends on where you are in life.

 

2 years to get her running, new frame up, now i'm outta cash for awhile...

here is the thread.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=530582

 

Married or not, married with kids or not.

 

Goin on 25 months for me....about a week away from primer!

 

I'm up to 6 years now. Should be done by next summer.........again

 

off and on been 6.5 years. real hours maybe 1-1.5 years. main thing is you need to work at your pace not some one elses.

 

.........someone that beat me. I got my 56 ford when I was 15 (mowed yards and hauled hay to pay for it)
I got it in 1980.I drove it for maybe 2 months before going into the Marine Corps.
My Dad bought it from me and let it set outside.Moved away,kids ,divorce, etc.........I moved back in 1998 and in 2004 he gave it back to me.(He passed away in 2005).
I am Finally getting around to working on it. Sbc seating in it, going to bolt it in today and get it running.............oh wait,never mind I have to pull the head on the ford ranger today to see if it,s a gasket or a head. Well...........there is tomorrow.

 

When I was young it was time and money. I had to take some of my spare time to make money for the project.

Later it was spare time and money for the kids and projects.

Now that I have plenty of spare time and a little extra money I don't seem to work as fast or as nimble crawling and bending under and over cars.

I just started a new project I will let you know in a year or so how long it will take.

 

One or two years

 

I AGREE Eddie!!!!

I am heading in the opposite direction with the Opel...... had a tube chassis deal become available I couldn't pass up.

I had lots of changes already started working on the Opel to make it more streetable/driver friendly and one day street-legal ..... but I decided the switch from the modified Opel's unibody with sub frame setup to the tube chassis is the way to go.

So will start doing a first-time "body-off" along with other top shelf stuff to restore this "drag strip only survivor" into a street/strip gasser that we plan to race at nostalgia/gasser events and drive to local Summertime cruises & shows.

Looking at 2 - 3 year project..... hopefully ..... but probably more ..... at the rate I am going!!!!

 

One year on my model A From june to june....But then i painted it two times lol.....

 

I would think alot of it has to do with what you start with. It's going to take a guy who just starts out with a cowl and an idea a little longer than a guy who buys someone elses project, or starts with a complete car.

 

Exactly,,When I started the wagon,I never dreamed it would end up taking 9 years to build ,,I original planned to clean it up and get it running,,after discovering major rust issues my plans changed.

Money being the main obstetrical,,but losing parents,both daughters getting married,working 60 plus hours a week,selling said business,building a new shop and farming out body work for 3 years and nothing being done,,and honestly, wishing many times that I had never started the project.

Long story short,9 years later it's a great driving fun car and my wife loves it.

when I built my truck I had sold my business and had the building capital on hand so the project was never put on hold and I also was not working at that time so I worked on the truck like it was a job and enjoyed the whole process.

I started it and finished it within a 6 month times period.HRP

 

about three yrs with the pick up $$$ was the trouble there.
4 mths with my casket rod the hearse is for to get the casket
rod to shows

 

2 Years so far and this is working pretty steady with no help.

 

From non driveable rust busket to running under its own power in 20 months.

 

For me, id like to be done in under five years. This is because this is my first full build project and because im in my first semester of college. I would love to have it done in a year or two but the only cash flow i have is during the summer so the money is whats really holding me back.

 

i'm right at 3 years on mine.... totally working by myself. i'm starting to see light at the end of the tunnel.