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Wise words from Barry
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:59 pm
by Blitzkrieg
"The advice I give everybody (and am finally starting to listen to myself!!) is to get yourself into a DRIVING project - and then KEEP it on the road, doing nothing bigger at a time than can be tackled in one weekend.
That helps the budget, keeps your motivation going, allows your to mingle and pick up tips and ideas from fellow enthusiasts etc.
Not to mention that is how it was done "back in the day" - a car was never in primer longer than it took to scrape the money together and do the work, but in the meantime it was (for the most part) the guys only vehicle. That also helps you to make sure it is reliable, and to learn the basics you'll need when you breakdown on those long road trips.....wouldn't be a roadtrip without breakdowns!"
This is the lesson that I learnt the hard way
Re: Wise words from Barry
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:22 pm
by fig
Wise words indeed!
Very many non-running projects are abandoned because there's no payback. Being able to drive your project reminds you why you are doing it in the first place.
Re: Wise words from Barry
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:29 pm
by Sambabus
Quite right gentlemen,....it puts things into perspective,..whats really urgent and whats not as.
Re: Wise words from Barry
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:42 pm
by vader
And the same applies to seatcovers...
If you aint riding it then I will.....
Re: Wise words from Barry
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:22 pm
by Barry
So Blitz please explain why I currently have nothing on the road......
Re: Wise words from Barry
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:45 pm
by Chris
I am now doing the same with the SC that I have now.
I will never buy a project again.But that said,my first project was a great learning curve and the knowledge I gained from that was invaluable.
Re: Wise words from Barry
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:30 pm
by Hloni
Thanx Barry, at my tender young age, I have to humbly say, these are one of the
wisesd words I have heard. I have seen guys develop 'scrap yards' cos they buy 'projects', tinker then abandon the stuff as they loose heart and move onto something else. Before one knows it, there are 3 bodies laying in the yard, the missus making noise, and rats having a good lesson as to how to be good auto elecs.
You deserve the finest bottle from
Die Vrystaad for those words. The cherry festival is next month, might organise you a Ficksburg special
Re: Wise words from Barry
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:21 pm
by airbug
wise advice,just dont let the repairs take too long.advantage of taking the vehicle off the road is that when it does go back on the road it is normally very fixed where a roling restoration has the tendancy to take twice as long to get right as you are always going back to the begining to repair things you did when you first got the car.
Never make the promise of fixing it when it breaks or stops running.It hardly ever happens that these engines and cars stop and break for daily runners that are mechanically
well kept
Re: Wise words from Barry
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:46 pm
by Farhaad
i got this advice many times while looking for my project. needless to say like many i did not listen and i am now way over my budget. i must thank the forum tho for giving guys like me encouragement and a constant reminder as to why i started this project in the first place. it was for the love of the ac
, with all its glory and bull
. thanx all. ps to all those first timers, take Barry's DAMN advice. it will save u alot of kak.
Re: Wise words from Barry
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:13 pm
by Dutch_Diver
Barry....all I can say is that you've got a hell of a lot of work to do this weekend to use the Rod for the trip to work on Monday!
Re: Wise words from Barry
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:28 am
by Blitzkrieg
Barry wrote:So Blitz please explain why I currently have nothing on the road......
Sorry, I have no explanation for this as I'm in the same boat
Re: Wise words from Barry
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:33 am
by Barry
Well now since I wrote my bakkie off this morning (in front of Dutch's place
) I guess I'd better pull finger........
Re: Wise words from Barry
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:53 am
by Chris
Barry wrote:Well now since I wrote my bakkie off this morning (in front of Dutch's place
) I guess I'd better pull finger........
Are you ok?
Re: Wise words from Barry
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:15 am
by Barry
Hundreds
- kids too, thanks to seatbelts!!
Re: Wise words from Barry
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:23 pm
by Chris
That is good news!!
What does the car look like?