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Posted: May 02 2007 05:58 PM
 
Chuck Lashley (aka sixguns) [ View ] [ Sixguns99ht@aol.com ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ]
Woodland, Washington

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I take a week off from my day job, plan to blow out my doors, you know the drill, get them media blasted, repair the rust damage, tighten up the frames, install a power lift kit and be ready for primer. So, Saturday I pick them up from the blaster so Im ready to hit it hard Sunday. Day 1: figure out how this lift kit works and see how its going to fit in My door and repiar minor rust pin holes. Day 2: fabricate brackets for the regulator and channels bars, mock it all up. Day 3: oh shit, channels are too short, window will fall out on the ground when raised, better to figure this out now than later so redo all of day 2 work. Day 4: 3pm, I got one door prefit, looking good and tomorrow I can take it apart and lizard skin it, paint the brackets and start all over on the 2nd door. The big mistake I made is only takeing a week off when I needed two.
 
 
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Posted by brian41chevy  -  05/02/2007 07:12 PM
Isn't that the truth
There is a fine line between hobby and mental illness [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] New Lenox, Illinois Charter Member since November 2004
 
Posted by da34guy  -  05/02/2007 07:38 PM
The life of buildin a Hot Rod

1 step forward

2 steps back!!!!!!!!
Don [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Prescott, Arizona Charter Member since October 2001
 
Posted by Rods & Customs by Leon  -  05/02/2007 10:37 PM
Try explaing those hours to a customer
Rods & Customs by Leon [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Highlands, Texas Charter Member since May 2004
 
Posted by 30 A pickup  -  05/03/2007 07:11 AM
I went through the same thing with engines in my little truck. Went from a sbc & six speed to LS1 & six speed. Had to completely redo motor mounts, trans mount, firewall & floorboards, again! Dropped back & punted several times!

Leon, I am the customer!
30 A pickup [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Cowpens, South Carolina
 
Posted by 29robert  -  05/03/2007 11:08 AM
And that is exactly why just working one or two weekends a month on my car has made it a 7 year project instead of a 1 year project! Spend a day doing something, then the next 2 days figuring what went wrong. Still beats the hell out of workin.
29robert [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] La Verne, California Charter Member since November 2004
 
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