Thread: I'm hanging up the wrench for a week or so

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I stop feeding the chipmonk that runs the wheel in my mind and I go blank ...... where am I
Brad

Hi Matt,

I guess you need a break, but not too long. I left the car standing in the garage for over a year to fullfill a contract and it was a little hard to get going again, but the last two days I got going again with installing the chopped windshield. Still slow work but I need the exercise. I can recall at age 19-20 I used to fantasize obsessively about sectioning a '50 Ford shoebox but I know now that a major job like that was and still is beyond my talent but I can remember thinking about that over and over. I think the car sickness never goes away completely so you might as well just pace yourself and enjoy the CARNUT site. For me the only thing that ever exceeded my car obsession was when my kids needed braces or we had to purchase a home. But I do recall that soon after I got married I sold my '54 Chevy convert (with a Blue Flame six) and added a Judson supercharger to my wifes newer '66 VW! Then there was a '40 Ford convert body I added to a '40 sedan frame which sat in our garage for four years because the kids needed a lot of things, so now I am finally messing with a (replica) '29 roadtster that I have wanted since 1955! Just pace yourself and try to mix in a little of a "normal" life but probably you have the disease and it is incurable!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder