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Lately I have been noticing things I did that arent quite up to my standards. The body work on the 65 looks like I didnt do anything from certain angles. I have an engine I just built with a scratch in a cylinder, sure it could be from something falling in there, but it could also be from missing a burr on the rings when I gapped them. Sometimes i feel like the things I have been very good at in the past, like engine building, are now something I cant do without screwing it up. And that my skills that are still developing, like body work and paint, are something I will probably never get good at.
Then yesterday I am cleaning the shop, and I notice the yard is full of cars, so I count them. I have 21 vehicles of mine, on the yard. Sure some are getting scrapped, some are for other people, but damn do I really need 20 freaking cars? Do I need the 20 or so that are still at the farm? If my body working skills were up to snuff I could sell some as painted rollers if they didnt have engines when I got them, or finish them and use the money from them to build the cars I want to keep, and maybe put up a building so they arent all outside for years. I have so much to do, and every year I can do less and less due to my physical issues.
I know what the solutions are, Im really not that bad at body work and its a driver not a show car, everyone can miss something in an engine, and I could sell stuff just like it is or simply scrap it. I just wonder if I have lost something over the last few years, attention to detail, physical ability outside my issues, some memory and knowledge, or if I am just too damn busy. Perhaps its not working that makes me try to do so much, since I busted my ass every day for so many years and now with all this time I decide to do too much. Now the boats are coming very soon, like next week and I have the yard full of stuff, and most of it needs fixed.
Maybe its just winter approaching, and wishing I could have driven something old with too much power this year. I know I am too much of a perfectionist when it comes to things, but then I miss something in an simple engine build, or a transmission wont work when I get it done. Luckily, I havent had a transmissions decide not to work no matter what I do with it in some time.
Anyway, here is what is bothering me about the 65 now. I am thinking I need to replace the door and rework the quarter. You can see how the lines are not exactly straight in the reflections, and while yes that car came from nearly nothing that wasnt rusted, it still bothers me. Maybe since the other 65 isnt as bad as this one was, I will be able to get it how I think it should be, and I wont need the parts from 6 other cars to make it live again.
Then yesterday I am cleaning the shop, and I notice the yard is full of cars, so I count them. I have 21 vehicles of mine, on the yard. Sure some are getting scrapped, some are for other people, but damn do I really need 20 freaking cars? Do I need the 20 or so that are still at the farm? If my body working skills were up to snuff I could sell some as painted rollers if they didnt have engines when I got them, or finish them and use the money from them to build the cars I want to keep, and maybe put up a building so they arent all outside for years. I have so much to do, and every year I can do less and less due to my physical issues.
I know what the solutions are, Im really not that bad at body work and its a driver not a show car, everyone can miss something in an engine, and I could sell stuff just like it is or simply scrap it. I just wonder if I have lost something over the last few years, attention to detail, physical ability outside my issues, some memory and knowledge, or if I am just too damn busy. Perhaps its not working that makes me try to do so much, since I busted my ass every day for so many years and now with all this time I decide to do too much. Now the boats are coming very soon, like next week and I have the yard full of stuff, and most of it needs fixed.
Maybe its just winter approaching, and wishing I could have driven something old with too much power this year. I know I am too much of a perfectionist when it comes to things, but then I miss something in an simple engine build, or a transmission wont work when I get it done. Luckily, I havent had a transmissions decide not to work no matter what I do with it in some time.
Anyway, here is what is bothering me about the 65 now. I am thinking I need to replace the door and rework the quarter. You can see how the lines are not exactly straight in the reflections, and while yes that car came from nearly nothing that wasnt rusted, it still bothers me. Maybe since the other 65 isnt as bad as this one was, I will be able to get it how I think it should be, and I wont need the parts from 6 other cars to make it live again.
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