OT NPC: My procrastination thread, Meet my demons - Update: Sold my Lincoln today! |
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OT NPC: My procrastination thread, Meet my demons - Update: Sold my Lincoln today! |
KELTY360 |
May 23 2011, 01:31 PM
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914 Neferati Group: Members Posts: 5,036 Joined: 31-December 05 From: Pt. Townsend, WA Member No.: 5,344 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Hi, I'm Marc and I'm a procrastiholic.
They say the first step in addressing your problems is admitting you have a problem. So in an effort to be accountable to myself I'm coming out of the This spring I've become determined to break the cycle, get off my ass and get some jewels back on the road. Because many of you share my affliction I thought I'd share my demons with you to help fortify my resolve. This is Loocy (pronounced Lucy), a 1954 Mercury convertible, last driven 2001. Currently the front suspension is being rebuilt so that she can get wheels on the ground in preparation for transport to a friend's shop where a rebuilt engine and transmission can be installed along with many other details required to get her driving by late July. This is Cloud, a 1947 Lincoln Club Coupe, last driven July 2004. Has original flathead V-12 and was previously owned by Merle Haggard. Currently being readied for the road with the help of Troy (messix) so it can be sold. Meet Tintipi, a 1987 Syncro Westy, last driven November 2009. Getting a Subie conversion to a 3.3L six, regeared transmission with differential lock and drive shaft decoupler. The ultimate wilderness camping rig. Finally there's Ike, a 1950 Willys Jeepster. No idea when last driven...I pulled him out of a boneyard in Colorado in 2004 where he had sat since 1972. A serious case of lost puppy syndrome..."it followed me home, can I keep it?" I'd like to turn Ike into an old school rat rod, but as you can see, there's a long waiting list. That's it. Stay tuned as I attempt to clear the logjams and get some of this old iron on road trips and off guilt trips. I feel so much better now. |
KELTY360 |
Oct 13 2011, 02:41 PM
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914 Neferati Group: Members Posts: 5,036 Joined: 31-December 05 From: Pt. Townsend, WA Member No.: 5,344 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Well, I thought I had posted Loocy being pushed out of the garage and onto the trailer but I guess I must have put it off. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
Backtrack to mid-June and off she goes to a friends shop for installation of the engine and tranny plus a myriad of other tasks: rebuild power window regulators & motors, replace vent window frame with restored stainless unit, run new brake lines, restore gas tank, build brake booster bracket, run power steering lines, new carpet, on and on and on. Here she leaves her resting place for the last ten years. Fast forward 4 months - ready to go to the exhaust shop for a set of duals! Drove her for the first time in ten years! Granted, it was only onto the trailer, but it was better than hand winching. The project has held to the Twice Rule - twice as long, twice as much $$, but we've made great progress and can now start on dialing in the details; which will lead to catching up on some of those other projects I've been putting off....and so, on. |
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