Please Help!!
 

Clay thinks this rebuild project is going to slow. Have a rebuilt engine & tranny and many parts ready to go, but his end of the deal is to sand & prep the body for painting. My best friend is doing all the painting and body work for Clay if he sticks to his end of the deal.(sanding to the metal). I need some encouragement for Clay from some other people besides dear old dad. HELP!!!!!!!!!http://www.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/boxen.gif

I took my 72 for a drive up Mt Evans road last weekend. I got the car 2 yrs ago as a rolling shell. No motor no interior no nothing, but no rust either. I have reassembled the car piece by piece over the years and got it fully dialed in. 2.1L, cam, Webers, 911 front end, 180lb springs it is now solid and getting to be very pretty. I tell you man, there is NOTHING like taking one of these cars on a twisty road with no one in front of you. This was a 30+ mile drive and I only caught two cars, fortunately, near passing zones. I had an ear to ear grin the whole time. My motor ripping through the rev range, just singing, beautiful sunshine, top off, Aspens beginning to change and twisty road. Wow. All good.

Hang in there, when you are done, it will be worth it.

The drive began near a kinda expensive area outside of denver and there were lots of newer, big dollar Pcars. They had the respect to wave at me, in my 30yrold teenr, first. That felt good.

Thanks johnboy914, come on guys help me out.

Stick with it Clay - just like walking, right, left, right, left... stop counting your footsteps, keep going, think about other things and suddenly you'll be there. Learning to get through big projects is a great skill to acquire, and maybe more of an accomplishment than the project itself. Focus on each task only till its done. Mine took nearly 3 years, just posted a pic here: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-914-914-6-technical-forum/128041-wide-enough-tires.html
Hang in, Good luck. BTW, my next car - the lotus - is for my Dad.

Dave

OK, Clay, what your father is trying to do here is get some back-up for some kind of "fulfilling your end of the bargain" lesson or perhaps a good old "American work ethic" lesson. These are the "values" that have been foisted upon the American youth for centuries now, and while they have aided in providing this country with a wonderfully productive and profitable workforce, they have absolutely nothing to do with real or implied contract obligation, ethics of any sort, or satisfaction. The reason the rebuild project is going too slow is because it is going too slow. At least you have identified the root problem correctly.

A better lesson to learn, as it reflects more accurately this whole "work" thing, and also the true nature of American business, can be found in "Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain.

Ed

Take your time, Clay. Your Dad will probably just miss a gear, overrev it, and spray engine parts all over the pavement......

Good luck.

Woodpie - LOL. Wait till Randy meets YOUR kid! ever see this?

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Dave