Thread: What is your favorite and least favorite part

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I guess the worse part of a build for me would be the naysayers, commentors, and kibitzers. Would prefer to lock the doors and get it done.
That's what I like about this place, I can come here for help and excellent advice and not have to look like an idiot.

The best part of any build would definitely the momemt when I turn the key. Unless the sob didn't start.

At present I'd say hands down rust removal and wiring. I do get into a Zen state though at times when it's sunny, I'm sanding and priming, and what once looked terrible, suddenly looks clean, ahhh but then the arms ache, I'm tasting rust in my mouth and Pretzel the dog is giving me the what about my walk look!

One that keeps coming up with me over the years...removing broken studs.....then removing the broken easy out! Then paying the machine shop to do it right!!

Sean

The favorite parts:

Getting the project home for the first time and starting to figure out the little details (usually involves a couple of three beers).

WINNING something on E Bay (and hopefully still getting a bargain).

Building the engine and finishing the cam break in with no problems.

Assembling all those cleaned and painted mechanical parts.

Painting

Wiring


Least favorite:

The grunge work: cleaning the old greasy dirty parts and getting them ready for paint.

Body work (I actually don’t mind it I’m just no good at it and it frustrating (so I send that out now)

Sending body work out and waiting thru all the missed deadlines and occasional shoddy work.

Finishing the project….after it’s done it just becomes a car to me and maintaining it becomes work.

I take a fairly long drive every year or so to see family back in the mid west (about 3000 miles round trip). Most times I usually take the most recently finished project. I always end up thinking what a neat drive it will be in the project under construction rather than how neat it is in the car I’m driving.