This is what I know about me and the cars I end up with.
Since there are those that think I'm whack, I'll address that part first:
I admit it.
I have to live w/ two personalities every time I start one of these "projects."
The Artsy fartsy side is the one that has me sitting in the garage staring at the car, (sometimes for hours) conceptualizing some idea
for some modification, or improvement yet to be made. The problem with dealing with this guy is that keeping him happy requires something a little different than normal. It's why I blended two different decades together on the last car, why I like Fairmonts, why I put a twin turbo'd R block 363 in a Chrysler Conquest.
Most of this guys threads always start w/ something like "Hey Yall,....watch this!"
Conversely,..I guess it's also why I'd be frustrated w/ something like my previous rides, an 04 GTO, an 05 GTO, and NOW................the 2003 Cobra.
Who in their right mind would "F" up any one of the above cars w/ anything beyond paint and wheels?
AND, how "different" is a paint job, and a set of shiny wheels anyway?
The other personality is the same one that makes me a decent salesman. It's what makes all good salespeople good,..........
You have to be liked.
This dude is the one that does most of the pis sing and moaning when some landmark accomplishment got a luke warm reception,...or the entire project gets voted a complete fail.
So you can see the paradox here,....I like to build stuff that isn't always popular,...and then get all pissy when it isn't.
But like I said,....I already know that.
In between all of that,..is the filler. This is the stuff from which a few folks here have come to decide I'm in need of psychiatric assistance.
I will tell anybody still reading that whether I'm bitc hing, or bragging, I wouldn't read too much into what I'm saying.
I've always preferred to add a little more color into every story I write about, I find it makes for a better read. If I'm bitc hing, I'm not really as upset as I make it seem,....If I'm bragging,.......well.......... IN YO FACE!!!
Regardless of whichever I'm doing,.....this is the place I choose to do both.
Here, I have tenure.
Here, I have seniority.
Here, I'm bonafide.