qwerty
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Last Edit: Nov 3, 2008 21:50:33 GMT by qwerty
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Most people who have a 'long termer' also have another car that chops and changes, or that they can work on when they get pee'd off.
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1997 TVR Chimaera
2009 Westfield Megabusa
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well you got the first bit sorted... you bought a cortina  and you've named it too. Rest is easy.. good thing about old fords is that just about anything will fit ;D |
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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qwerty
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Andy thats exactly what I love about this thing! The parts interchangeabilty and thus the possibilities are endless...........
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 here's a good example (ok, not to everyone's taste...) but done n a weekend with 99% stock parts. |
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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Seth
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MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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I think there's two types of owners. Those that go through lots of cars quickly and those that hang on to the same thing for ages. Guess which I am  I think some of my attitude to these things comes from getting jobs done on the cars and then not seeing the point in taking on another unknown quantity and doing it all again when I could be out there driving. Probably got into this way of thinking by having lack of storage/workspace/time and using the old heaps on a daily basis. You can only buy a cheap non-runner project car if you've got somewhere to put it while you mess about getting it going. Trouble is by using them all the time and keeping them for a while you then end up doing stuff with them that brings along sentimental value and it makes it more difficult to part with them eg. getting engaged, trips home from hospital etc.  |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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qwerty
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Is that a Turbo Diesel? Nice Choice!!
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Never have enough spare money to buy a whole car, your forced to just buy bits for your current one instead then.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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one rule
follow your heart
u wanna do it.... do it
ballcheese to what anyone else thinks.
*note* i do not encourage illigalities!
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I have one long termer (17 years) and another new long-termer (almost 1 year). Seth is right, sentimentality is one biggie... however spending more than the car is worth on it does the trick, as does not needing it all the time and having a place to store it. You can walk away from it and make sure you only enjoy the time you spend on it (rather than having to fix it in the dark on a Sunday night)
Rupert
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slater
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Try not attempting stuff you cant achive, or having bigger plans than your capible of forfilling.
You will get alot more satisfaction from aiming at something sensible and getting there then wanting to build some monster and failing every time.
Oh and attualy doing insted of just thinking will get you a long way too.
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spacekadett
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F*cking take that Hans Brrix!!
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I've had my Kadett for 12 years now and I think the thing is that it's never really seemed finished. There's always been something else, another evolutionary step if you will. It does help that it has been on the road for most of that, so plenty of mileage to keep the enthusiasm up (and find out what needs sorting next ) and I have other projects on the go, if I get cheesed off I can leave it in a corner and forget about it. As for sentimental reasons, I hadn't thought about that until the other week. It's gonna have to come off the road next year for a proper going over as I've found some nasty rust in the chassis that needs doing and some general tattiness creeping in. Got to thinking about all the shows, cruises, runs out with mates etc over the years, it delivered JS to the church on time and sadly one funeral run as well (found a piece of the black ribbon under the seat a few months back - shows how often I clean under there!). I think it would be a bit of a wrench if I had to get rid |
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Mechanic's rule #1... If the car works, anything left on the floor after you finished wasn't needed in the first place |
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i think i fall into both category's as well as a third one as well ;D i have owned the van for years and i get through lots of cars and i tend to buy old ones back ;Di think i get fed up with them and sell them then regret selling them and buy them back ;D. with the van its a little different in that i've spent so much time and money getting it how i want it i can't sell it but i always find other things i want to do with it hence its evolution then theres the cars I'm not really into but they serve a purpose either as a daily or a build and sell on project then theres the ones i sell and buy back they normally start off as the cars for a purpose like being a daily and turn into projects which make them a little to impractical as a daily so they get sold but something happens in the build and i'll regret selling them and buy them back and have to do a diferent project to turn them back into a more practical car . ;D
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I quite often have to buy 5 or 6 cars to collect up the bits for my long term car, if your lucky you can buy a car, take what you want off it and sell it on without a loss.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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when i was building ym lda into a rally car, it was easy to get enthousiasm, goto utube and look for lada, or goto lepoldsportsvideo.hu
funny thing is, eventualy i was so depressed with the lad motor not working out right, not its fault, mroe me, that i put a xe into it, did maybe 300 miles before selling it in bits due to rot on it.
funny how many people have looked at the pics of my car on ym web site, avto.co.uk and said hw they wish!
funny
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self determination
resolution
enthusiasm for the particular car
all combine.
for my example, i wrote off my favorit estate. it was a wonderful car and i refused to let it die. now i've put a grands worth of new panels and new bits on it and it's nearing fixed state, after which it will be finished in terms of modifying and ready, i hope, for next summer.
sentimentality and determination on that one!
and i've had my first proper estelle maybe 5(!) years now. aim ridiculously high, and don't give up till you acheive it. nobody else has touched it either - it will be entirely my work. also hopefully done in less than a year from now!
but if you don't have a deep-rooted passion for a particular car, you probably wont keep it so long.
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I've had my cortina nearly ten years now, in that time i've got fed up with it, threatend to sell it, and left it abandoned probably for longer than i've driven it.
I've always managed to come back to it and get excited again though.
I guess the best piece of advise i can give, and i've noticed i seem to say this a lot on here, is if your getting fed up or loosing enthusiasm then walk away and leave it for a month or two. If you're not enjoying building a car then you wont enjoy the finished product and the chances are you wont build another one.
If you get an itch for something else then go out and buy it. You might get through 100 cars before you find one that's a keeper.
Lastly, know thyself. Never try and attempt something that you know is way above your skill level, it'll never get finished and dooms many a project to the scrapyard.
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as SOC has said - you've bought a cortina step one sorted  the rest will fall into place, when you fancy a change, buy another car, but keep the cortina I tend not to have an overall plan, but slowly and systematically try to improve my car / cars, as time and funds allow and parts and ideas appear. If you keep hold of the budget, its almost always possible to get you money back, and often make a small profit on re-sale. Keep this in mind - as a ponsy respray or outragous engine swap doesnt always mean an increase in value. Think about regular maintenance and servicing and keep on top of the small niggles that occur. and last but not least, keep driving your car - the best way to ensure continued inspiration |
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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If you keep swapping cars every couple of months, it´s the same with the ladies... obviously the right one hasn´t turned up yet! ;D Cars come and go, some stay a couple of months some longer..that´s life. Get stuck into the Cortina, do a bit at a time and try and keep it on the road... ;D |
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Try not attempting stuff you cant achive, or having bigger plans than your capible of forfilling. Oh and attualy doing insted of just thinking will get you a long way too. Wise words from Mr.Slater. Being realistic about what you can achieve and then actually doing it keeps you moving forward, for some with skills/money/time/equpiment that can be big steps, for others it'll be small steps. It is also useful to have (soft) deadlines. I want to have my new wheels detailed by the time we go to RR Awards night in January. I'd like them on the car (properly spaced) by March. I want new suspension sorted out by Retro and Sportscar action day at Combe. There are other jobs I want to do in between, but those are the headline items. |
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and you've named it too.
