I feel almost cheated out of seeing Mike finish that car. We had almost completely opposite views but I liked the old basterd. Seems like a whole lot of guys from when I joined aren't here or aren't active anymore. Smh
Oh well....time moves on, right ?
@CARBLDR
You'll have a hard time keeping a captive audience with the Gila Monster. It's like the lead guy just left the TV show.
I've never seen a show end up better with a replacement actor inserted mid season. If Mike isn't coming back, I say, lock this thread and archive it. The new people checking in will have no idea the Monster was someone else's and they'll have no idea what Mike or you did to it up until this point. Hard custom shoes to fill. I'd let the Monster die off in our minds like the legend it is.
It's like taking Frankenstein from the Mad Scientist and putting him in an insane asylum with a doctor that wants to calm his spirit and give him a lobotomy.
Maybe y'all are the same person....maybe not. Let stop talking hypothetically and actually see some action. Show us pics when you get the car and proceed.
Hopefully, the Monster lives on but more than likely you'll try to change what Mike did to try and make it feel like yours. There's always an unseen headache when going behind others. Through the lack of attachment you'll grow overwhelmed with this project. The Monster will sit, torn down, and stripped out. Someone will come along and offer a fraction of what you paid and you'll sell it...or it will linger around for the rest of you life as the car that was....and someday will be again. Your next of kin will sell it for scrap.