advice for those of you with slow moving projects

[Tony Z]

Something I just read, which is perfectly true...

Every project has a finite number of steps. If you do even one of those steps every day you will eventually run out of things to do; the project will be finished.

[acpaterson]

Um, then you mis-interpret the word "project" in my opinion.
I WANT to reach the end of the project, it sometimes becomes a pain in the arse, but I don't give up half way through and then sell the project on gumtree in various boxes and half done.
If you're consistent, and do a little, every day, the project won't take you 10 years, it'll take 1 year.. but it WILL get completed.
Consistency, it's what matters.

[retrovan]

My advise, never store a project till you have all the parts, as it will only land up on Gumtree.

No make it a moving project, in this way you will not loose interest, but have fun riding it as you improve it daily.

Herman

[Donovan D]

Agreed, keeping it ticking over and doing small things helps keep the project going.
Even just cleaning parts makes a big difference as when the times comes to fit them, you know its ready to go on.

[64 Notchback]

What I did on the spyder project is a plan of action/steps 1to ...........

And as I cannot do something every day I follow the next steps when I have the time.
As can be seen on my project thread I have only sprayed a layer of primer on the body reason being I wanted to make it "MY" project (every time I looked at it, it was the previous owners.
I am basically building it section by section and then stripping it again
I have collected a mass of parts for it and then I fit the parts and see which is the best/looks best/ nicest and then pack those chosen parts away (after cleaning them of course)

Just dont loose interest

[Cogita]

When I got my project Karmann ghia I started with the following in this order:
-Motor
-Brakes
-Wiring

And in between I sourced the parts that I needed, but she was running exactly a month after I got it.

Still loads of work, but she's getting there.

[vwpumagt]

I ABSOLUTELY agree with Herman. It has worked for me. Not everyone has the same resources, cash, time , space, etc. and this can seriously hamper progress and cause one to loose interest. I have enjoyed my car for the passed couple of years and did the repairs, upgrades, experimenting etc whilst driving it. Because I make use of my rolling project all the time, when something needs doing or I want to fit something new, I complete it quickly so I can get back to the reason that I have it...to drive it and enjoy it.

[IMPI]

For me the biggest rule is: Don't start another project while one is already going It is also a rule that I break often with disasterous results LOL
Armand

[acpaterson]

This is also good advice.. trying to run MORE THAN ONE project at the same time, it's called "Multi_tasking", and it just cannot be done successfully. Forget it. Have a set of aims to reach, once they are accomplished, then either recalibrate the project, add new deadlines, or consider it as finished and leave as is.
(Is a VW EVER finished?)

[Wentzel]

Sounds like some good advice. I will try to stick to some of it as I have one never ending project and now with the second project that is going very slowly I will try to do the small things and make it my own. The layer of primer sound like a good idea as I see the previous owners with the Lolette and I don't like what I see.

Thanks