BUILD THREAD Sweet Johnny & Gina: A Love "Two Large" To Fail

Sweet_Johnny said:

I've been putting off this update because I was unsure how to word it without "Facebookin' up the place", which I despise. Though I'm guilty of it already, my personal drama is not to be aired on a car forum so I'll just give ya the bullet: the most important relationship in my life imploded and that devastated me. Combined with the weather it meant I had no interest in improving my car or even my situation, but after longer than promised I received a small lump sum of $$ so I got a dog and a bunch of tools. I've now moved out of the basement and have purchased enough furniture for an entire home so I can dump all of this broken trash. This house has been been turned upside down like it should have been years ago and we're about to shake out and clear up room in the garage so I can be productive and utilize the skills I claim to possess but haven't shown. Anyone else have 6 "damaged but salvageable" dining room tables and complete tax records for the last 25 years occupying valuable storage space? Yeah, we're probably alone on that one. If ya need mismatched chair sets we've got those too.

I feel as though I've broken promises to the forum and failed to deliver on more than one occasion, hurting my credibility when I had very little to begin with. I'll now refrain from putting a time schedule on planned modifications since I never seem to fulfill that goal, and I'll also work on completing a task before starting another. Sometimes I just can't help myself though.

The radiator situation has been figured and seam sealer was applied to the rear window/ trunk channels but that's it until I organize the garage. That's an area that I've made worse by accumulating more stuff but not being set up to use it. I actively made the problem worse and now I get to fix it, which really should entail gutting the garage but will at least include hanging the shelving I've owned for years and tossing some stuff into the neighbor's yard.

On a related note, if you're working on a project G Body with your offspring shoot me a DM, I might have something for you. I need to clear more space and I'll donate certain parts I have if they'll get you talking to your kids. Being present doesn't mean you're actually there, and working on cars can include life lessons on how to be a true, honest man who understands why things are done.

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Sweet_Johnny said:

I've been putting off this update because I was unsure how to word it without "Facebookin' up the place", which I despise. Though I'm guilty of it already, my personal drama is not to be aired on a car forum so I'll just give ya the bullet: the most important relationship in my life imploded and that devastated me. Combined with the weather it meant I had no interest in improving my car or even my situation, but after longer than promised I received a small lump sum of $$ so I got a dog and a bunch of tools. I've now moved out of the basement and have purchased enough furniture for an entire home so I can dump all of this broken trash. This house has been been turned upside down like it should have been years ago and we're about to shake out and clear up room in the garage so I can be productive and utilize the skills I claim to possess but haven't shown. Anyone else have 6 "damaged but salvageable" dining room tables and complete tax records for the last 25 years occupying valuable storage space? Yeah, we're probably alone on that one. If ya need mismatched chair sets we've got those too.

I feel as though I've broken promises to the forum and failed to deliver on more than one occasion, hurting my credibility when I had very little to begin with. I'll now refrain from putting a time schedule on planned modifications since I never seem to fulfill that goal, and I'll also work on completing a task before starting another. Sometimes I just can't help myself though.

The radiator situation has been figured and seam sealer was applied to the rear window/ trunk channels but that's it until I organize the garage. That's an area that I've made worse by accumulating more stuff but not being set up to use it. I actively made the problem worse and now I get to fix it, which really should entail gutting the garage but will at least include hanging the shelving I've owned for years and tossing some stuff into the neighbor's yard.

On a related note, if you're working on a project G Body with your offspring shoot me a DM, I might have something for you. I need to clear more space and I'll donate certain parts I have if they'll get you talking to your kids. Being present doesn't mean you're actually there, and working on cars can include life lessons on how to be a true, honest man who understands why things are done.

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Sweet_Johnny said:

Thanks for understanding guys, but there's just no hiding the fact that I've had a few quite public failures and struggled with things that should've been easy. I just may be at the edge of getting something real going here and to be quite honest I have a habit of self sabotage so you may be in for a dumpster fire, haha. I will say that many hours have been spent investigating LLC vs S Corp among other things, but no promises of "Sweet Johnny's Twisted Customs Garage" yet. For tax purposes it would not be the only company under the umbrella of "Justus Industries".

I do still have high hopes and believe this year will be a great one unless I get in my own way. I now have a laser guided big boy drill press, a compound slide milling table, 8" bench grinder, anvil, 5" forged steel vice, and portable blaster. I got another air compressor, though it's not big enough to run much, and its intended job is to supply fresh breathing air for my space suit. I'm liking Puma for the real thing but it'll be a while before that gets added and it can power my solvent tank. I purchased every size of Bauer battery including the 12, and now have carts/boxes full of their tools. I'm in possession of nearly all the necessary goodies to finish reinstalling the interior. My entire sound system is here. I'm putting my battery in the trunk and adding a Delco remote solenoid- got everything just gotta do it. Double adjustable lower C/As need installed. I've got a new gear reduction starter and high output alternator. Lyle's in Ontario supplied me with 409 stainless tailpipes on the cheap. https://www.mandrelbending.ca/

There's a H.F. 10x17 "shed" that needs erected around my old '86 truck frame, and it'll house other assorted parts as well to free up shop space. The cab/doors will also be leaving the garage and joining the frame/bed. I'm considering adding a dog pen around all of that so my buddy can run around unsupervised. I've spoken with salvage about the nearly 2 dozen wheels/tires I need to dispose of, and they'll take 'em all at a flat rate of $5 each. The new dishwasher gets installed tomorrow, and the pup starts obedience training on Thursday.

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