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| PanelBilly |
 Dec 3 2012, 08:25 PM
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Do I ever plan on finishing my car? I just keep putting projects in the way. What's it going to take to get me to put this baby back on the road?
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| SirAndy |
Dec 3 2012, 09:15 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 42,205 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(PanelBilly @ Dec 3 2012, 06:25 PM)  How long can you take to finish a restoration? There's only two ways to restore a 914: 1. Do it right the first time and spend a lot of time and money to get every last bit the way you want. This can easily take 5 years or more. 2. Do it somewhat quicker by cutting corners. When you're done, you'll enjoy the car for some time but all the while you'll have that nagging feeling that you didn't do it right the first time so eventually you'll end up doing it all over again. See 1. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) |
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| r_towle |
Dec 4 2012, 09:26 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,705 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Dec 3 2012, 10:15 PM) QUOTE(PanelBilly @ Dec 3 2012, 06:25 PM) How long can you take to finish a restoration? There's only two ways to restore a 914: 1. Do it right the first time and spend a lot of time and money to get every last bit the way you want. This can easily take 5 years or more. 2. Do it somewhat quicker by cutting corners. When you're done, you'll enjoy the car for some time but all the while you'll have that nagging feeling that you didn't do it right the first time so eventually you'll end up doing it all over again. See 1. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) I believe that there is a requirement to have two cars to comply with both 1 and 2 above. Drive and enjoy one, while building the second one the right way. If you are not driving a 914, its hard to stay motivated to fix up the perfect car. So, go out and buy a POS 914 driver...to remember why you started painting the universe in the first place. Then, finish up the blue car, and sell off the driver. Rich |
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PanelBilly How long can you take to finish a restoration? Dec 3 2012, 08:25 PM
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Just buy a coup... Dec 4 2012, 07:28 PM PanelBilly In all fairness, I can use the excuse that I did a... Dec 4 2012, 10:51 PM shoguneagle True, it is nice to have one to drive while you ar... Dec 5 2012, 07:38 AM d914 2kids in college, a divorce , travel 3-4 days a we... Dec 5 2012, 02:22 PM aircooledtechguy This is how I am doing my shop-car and have been a... Dec 5 2012, 08:48 PM PanelBilly
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