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    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

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    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.
    I've NEVER seen a car come from the factory that couldn't be improved.....

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