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| 914e |
 Aug 14 2021, 12:05 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 496 Joined: 21-February 20 From: Arizona Member No.: 23,951 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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Why So Many Project Cars Never Get Finished
I almost spit my morning orange juice out on my monitor and keyboard few times. |
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| 914werke |
Aug 14 2021, 01:12 PM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 10,142 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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After seeing his S600 I "almost" pulled the trigger on a Fiat 850 coupe to do a similar MC conversion! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)
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| sixnotfour |
Aug 14 2021, 07:43 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,436 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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sold 3 914s today
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| Jett |
Aug 14 2021, 08:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,641 Joined: 27-July 14 From: Seattle Member No.: 17,686 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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QUOTE(sixnotfour @ Aug 14 2021, 06:43 PM)  sold 3 914s today ? Not your 6 |
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| 914werke |
Aug 14 2021, 10:04 PM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 10,142 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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QUOTE(sixnotfour @ Aug 14 2021, 06:43 PM) sold 3 914s today Didnt happen unless there are pictures (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) |
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| lierofox |
Aug 15 2021, 10:11 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 256 Joined: 23-June 15 From: Paso Robles, CA Member No.: 18,880 Region Association: Southern California
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My solution to this is I have the unique ability to stare at my car and say "Good enough." and actually mean it.
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| iankarr |
Aug 15 2021, 11:31 AM
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The wrencher formerly known as Cuddy_K Group: Members Posts: 2,481 Joined: 22-May 15 From: Heber City, UT Member No.: 18,749 Region Association: Intermountain Region
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"...just start a youtube channel to keep track of what you did." Guess my secret's out.
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| VaccaRabite |
Aug 16 2021, 07:14 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,465 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
"Infinite amount of time between "finished" and "actually finished""
Yup. My 914 will never be finished, even though the restoration thread for it ended coming up on 10 years ago. There is always another project for it. Zach |
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| 914e |
Aug 16 2021, 08:33 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 496 Joined: 21-February 20 From: Arizona Member No.: 23,951 Region Association: Southwest Region
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@iankarr
QUOTE(iankarr @ Aug 15 2021, 10:31 AM) "...just start a youtube channel to keep track of what you did." Guess my secret's out. The real secret Ian is the rest of us use your videos to remember how our cars go back together, after we realizing we should have taken more pictures. |
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| Root_Werks |
Aug 16 2021, 11:34 AM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,337 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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QUOTE(914werke @ Aug 14 2021, 09:04 PM) QUOTE(sixnotfour @ Aug 14 2021, 06:43 PM) sold 3 914s today Didnt happen unless there are pictures (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| ClayPerrine |
Aug 17 2021, 07:35 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,523 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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He makes like "The pit of despair" is a one time thing.....
I keep ending up there on a regular basis. Of course, I keep tearing my car apart to do something else after I get it running. Clay |
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| cause |
Aug 17 2021, 01:20 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 6-May 21 From: new york Member No.: 25,514 Region Association: None |
Love Matt's videos—and he nailed the hidden projects behind every project so well!
just wish I only had projects on one of my vehicles :/ |
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