I once had a project car that was finished. It would randomly shut down sometimes. Fact: you cannot get laid if you have a car that leaves you stranded on the side of the road.
The project car in your garage may run and drive, and you may say it's finished, but the fact that you have to use a piece of wood to hold open the hood and have wires sticking out of the dash says otherwise.
Don't worry, we can be just as guilty, but having a finished project and not just an "it's almost done, I swear" in your garage is easier than you might realize. For the most part, it's often a few smaller, easily overlooked pieces of the puzzle that are keeping it from being something truly great.
Carl Heideman knows at least a thing or two about restoring and renovating cars. And, lucky for you, he's the kind of guy who shares his wealth of knowledge with the rest of the world.
Read about how he took our MG Midget project car from a mostly complete project to a fully sorted restoration over on Classic Motorsports through just a few aesthetic and mechanical tweaks.
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I once had a project car that was finished. It would randomly shut down sometimes. Fact: you cannot get laid if you have a car that leaves you stranded on the side of the road.
If it's fully sorted can it even be considered a project car?
EvanB (Forum Supporter) said:If it's fully sorted can it even be considered a project car?
Yeah when it’s all done it’s not a project, time to sell it and move on to the next one :)
In reply to BlueInGreen - Jon :
Or time to forget about it and work on other projects until it becomes a project again from sitting.
I've bought brand new cars that weren't sorted...
The closest I've ever been was the 2007 Cooper convertible my ex- and I bought. Upon getting home, we proceeded to rip the car apart to customize the interior. Then a few months later I bought a factory body kit for it. It was pretty much "done" although had I been able to get it when the ex- decided to sell it (long story...) I would have added an exhaust, a WMW tune and probably some suspension upgrades.
Every other project I've owned? Nope... never. Hell... I generally can't leave my guitars alone...
The one I am working on is typically in pieces.
The others I really try to get them so they are 100% usable in traffic with no safety issues. Not the easiest thing but if one of them goes down I force myself to work on it before I get back the the "official" project car.
Nope.
Edited for the hard-core GRM crowd: Is Your Daily Driver Fully Sorted? (It’s Okay, You’re Here With Friends)
Nope. I've had to line both the door sills on my Boxster with plastic sheets to shed the water that leaks in through the doors when it rains. Time to try to waterproof the door internals... again.
Always a work in progress even if it is fast and wins.
No.
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