Projects How Long Has It Taken You......

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Mine took 2.5 years or so. I estimate 2700 to 3000 hours, including time on the phone and out driving to pick up parts. And more cuts and burns than i can count.

 

23 years on the most important one that's in the garage.......2 kids,both adults on their own now,sick mom who I kinda moved back in with for a while,divorce,and 2 different girlfriends since who didn't appreciate my obsession.Now I'm here by myself,and for the first time in a long time,I've spent hours in the garage every night for 7 days running.Slowly getting back on track,and it feels damn good...If I can stay away from women,I might finish one of my cars.Shouldn't be too tough,at my age,and with my game,they tend to stay far away from me.

 

Don't ask Jim Sibley how long it takes.....he makes us all look like slackers

 

I bought my 40 pick up in 1967. It's still not dun.

 

1 year from nothing to this. I work 40 hr a week and come home and work on cars for me and my buddys

 

You know what you are really never done, just when you think you are there is either something you want to change or you end up with another project ...lol I Have been at for over 20years and I am still not done!! Might be done the day I die though

 

Depends on how complex it is. If it's an open wheeled model A that has a halfway decent body you may be able to get it done in a year....if:

1) you have all the parts you need or can get them without difficulty or delaying the schedule
2) you have all the money you need to throw at the car.
3) you have the skills required
4) you have the tools required
5) you have the place to do it
6) you have motivation and love for the project

otherwise it's going to take a while.

Take my '57 chev for example. My dad went 57 crazy for about 4-5 years. He bought 22 parts cars. The lot behind his business looked like a 57 chev salvage yard. He did this to compile parts to build a handful of cars. We had 2 cars that belonged to my uncle and cousin (2dr bel-air sedans) that were running cars and used parts off of the salvaged cars to complete those first. Then we turned our attention to our own cars. By that time we were getting burnt out already but we slogged through it. We must have spent 4-5 years on my car before we got completely burnt out from working on it and just gave up. We had all the elements to complete the car except the motivation.

and....to be honest with you I never loved the late model cars as much as the early Ford's either.

 

My Dart took 4 1/2 yrs., worked on it off and on at night, looks great.

My C-10 will be done in time for summer driving, learned a lot from my Dart build.

 

I started my 32 pickup on March 3rd 2007 and drove it out of the shop on Sept. 4th. 2007 as a finished drive,,,less interior which it still lacks but have been driving it ever since.

http://public.fotki.com/hotrodprimer/1932_ford_truck/

And it ended up on the cover of the new 2011 Coker tire catalog.

On the other hand the 1954 Ranch Wagon is going into it's 8th year as a project,, HRP

 

WillieBill I hear you on that man. It is hard to find a good woman that is into the hobby. After 10 years and more ladies that I would care not to know I finaly found one that is right into it. I went from such a p***ion for the hobby to I could give a rats *** about it. I actually left my ride parked for over a season and all I had on my mind was the ladies. I just hope they all don't show up at my funeral at once to throw stones...lol But all is good now again and I don't get *****ed at for spending the hours out in the shop.

 

My non-HAMB muscle car is going on 38 years of off and on building. It's close to finished (again) but put on the back burner last year when I bought the 1946 Austin sedan.
The Austin has taken less than 6 months so far to go from this:


To this:

 

Still Going!

 

averages about a year for me, Cobra, Mustang, Fairlane...all took about a year to complete....about 6 months into the 31 coupe now, and i don't know if it will be finished in a year or not...lots more to do...but none of my **** is magazine material either...

 

Depends on how fast the money comes in. If I had bottomless pockets it would sure go a lot faster.