To you they are. I dont require "perfection" or have unrealistic expectations. I can live with them how they are and enjoy them as is, I can also make them better as I go.
It wouldn't be fun if they were just perfect turn key cars all the time. Sure thats great. But I have them to tinker with and make better.
To me. A project is what Nick is doing with Dennis. Trevor his wagon. ETC. Taking a non running hulk and bringing it back. Thats the project aspect of it to me. I have drivers. Besides the wagon. I concede that one is a project.
71 sedan could be argued to be a project I suppose, but I'm unsure how far I am going to take it. Time will tell. Needs a starter currently. It has been driven though. All of the cars I am tinkering with have been driven under their own power. HUGE step for me in my multi vehicle ownership.
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Don't you have plans for the black car? Big, extensive plans? Full blown restoration? That's a project.
I don't see the wagon for sale. I haven't given up. Tough to make the call if I haven't even sat in it. My standards are much higher than yours, you've said so. You've seen what my expectations are for the car, somewhere in these pages. If I can not make that happen, I won't do it. I also said I would sleep on it over the winter. I told you before I bought it, I was buying it then think about it. YOU knew that going in.
I'm definitely not as fast as Wyatt at getting a car on the road, but I've got newfound drive, and I've bought all I am going to buy. And my standards are not as high as yours, so I understand what you are saying.
Sure would be sweet seeing you pull into Carlisle in that wagon.
Dave, whats the wagon need to drive around your property? Cars are much harder to love when you have to push them. After yard driving, road driving... if you blast the bottom, pay a shop to patch and paint the floor... unless you somehow believe that work will bring you pleasure (it won't). With the convertible project needing some duplicate work, you could consider some this stuff a practice swing before working on the loved one. Also might be a needed stress relief ride while the other is in pieces.
Don't go nuts with the interior or pretty stuff until you get the convertible ready, but sending a wagon seat to evaluate an upholstery shop may be a good way to vet there workmanship. meanwhile, blankets work and cheap ones mean nobody has to worry.