[FWDLK] Fw: [FWDLK] Tell me I'm not alone.

[joeyjr <joeyjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: joeyjr <joeyjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Sperduto, Nick <SperdutoN@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Tell me I'm not alone.


> I have two cars done, completely restored, for show mainly, I have my 55
> Dodge station wagon as a fun driver.
> These cars need constant attention,  I'm a little nip picky anyway.   I
have
> three others waiting on restoration.  If it took me a total of 18 years to
> finish the two., not counting my fun driver and I'm 55 now,  so where do
you
> draw the line on having a lifetime of projects?  I don't have the energy I
> had 20 years ago.  Thats not even counting the two cars I sold this year
> knowing I would never get to them. Where does one stop this obsession.?
> When your pushing up daisies and you relatives are fighting over your
> Forward Look cars.
>
> Joe Paolucci
> Walton Ky
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sperduto, Nick <SperdutoN@xxxxxxx>
> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 8:29 AM
> Subject: [FWDLK] Tell me I'm not alone.
>
>
> > Ok, so tell me I'm not the only alone.
> > I bought my car in 89 and finished the body/paint in 94, in 98 I had the
> > seats and chrome done.
> > Now it's almost 2001 and I've decided to put my other project car on
> > hold,put myself in the garage and take car of all the little things I
> never
> > finished, Kind of like a punch list for a house. My list is pretty long.
> > fix the horns,fix the gas guage, fix the broken bolt in the hood latch,
> make
> > a braket for my hood latch, put in new wiring, fix the oil and trans
leak.
> > Have the radiator shround bracket rewelded to the radiator, install my
> power
> > steering, brakes and continental kit, check the rear brakes, install a
> front
> > disc brake kit,fix the broken headlight adjuster, change the headlight
> > switch, hook up the cigarette lighter, put a real radio in. swap in an 8
> > track player that works, fix my seat track so I can move the seat, put
the
> > rear body mounts in, tune up, put in a waterpump gasket, it currently
has
> > none, carpet the trunk, fix the license plate light, put in an under the
> > hood and trunk light, install my sunvisors. Put in some interior floor
> > lights., change a wiper arm pivot, put on new wiper arms,.
> > It just happend that once I got the car looking good, I just started
> driving
> > it and left everything else alone.
> > So am I the only one with a puch list or is everyone else done with
their
> > cars.
> > Are cars ever really done ?
> >
> > Nick
> >
>