Back when I was in my early 20s I used to laugh to myself when talking to other car guys and hearing about some basketcase they started, and never finished.
Fast forward a couple decades.... I'm guilty. Including a project I was just starting while laughing with a guy about his 58 corvette that was literally mostly in boxes for over a decade.
Things I need to get back to?
1983 Regal - start date: 1999. Body was prepped, ready for paint. All chrome and trim was nos. Then it stalled. I haven't even laid eyes on it in years.
1983 Regal (#2) - start date: 2000. it's a 45k mile car that's covered in cardboard sheets and then sat buried under a pile of spare parts, hasn't moved since 2002, looked at it... probably 3 or 4 years ago. Needed front brakes and something engine related sorted out.
1987 suburban v10 4x4 - started 2004. It was ready for some tcase work and good to go, but was broken into, vandalized, and stolen in 2018. Now it needs a bit of everything. Again.
1979 c10 dz302 - started 2006. Needed rust work, was about ready for paint. Also stolen in 2018, basically a Vin and parts now.
1985 firebird - started 2010. Had the gm paint defect finally take hold, and was redone. Suffered a setback with a towing hook was improperly placed and tore the underbody. Been on blocks 3 feet in the air most recently since 2019 untouched.
2016 mustang - started 2020. Got a BIG pile of parts and new takeoffs for it, just haven't done anything to it.
Those are mine that aren't actively worked on. Obviously my 77 c10 farm truck has been underway, or the 2014 mustang, other goodies, so on so forth. But as you can see I've got a collection on blocks I need to somehow get back to.
Fast forward a couple decades.... I'm guilty. Including a project I was just starting while laughing with a guy about his 58 corvette that was literally mostly in boxes for over a decade.
Things I need to get back to?
1983 Regal - start date: 1999. Body was prepped, ready for paint. All chrome and trim was nos. Then it stalled. I haven't even laid eyes on it in years.
1983 Regal (#2) - start date: 2000. it's a 45k mile car that's covered in cardboard sheets and then sat buried under a pile of spare parts, hasn't moved since 2002, looked at it... probably 3 or 4 years ago. Needed front brakes and something engine related sorted out.
1987 suburban v10 4x4 - started 2004. It was ready for some tcase work and good to go, but was broken into, vandalized, and stolen in 2018. Now it needs a bit of everything. Again.
1979 c10 dz302 - started 2006. Needed rust work, was about ready for paint. Also stolen in 2018, basically a Vin and parts now.
1985 firebird - started 2010. Had the gm paint defect finally take hold, and was redone. Suffered a setback with a towing hook was improperly placed and tore the underbody. Been on blocks 3 feet in the air most recently since 2019 untouched.
2016 mustang - started 2020. Got a BIG pile of parts and new takeoffs for it, just haven't done anything to it.
Those are mine that aren't actively worked on. Obviously my 77 c10 farm truck has been underway, or the 2014 mustang, other goodies, so on so forth. But as you can see I've got a collection on blocks I need to somehow get back to.