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but i really enjoy this project. i don't have any other project cars and I don't race so this is pretty much a new experience in all aspects of rebuild. i really like the fact that (sick as it is) there seems to be a surprise in every rebuild i do. it also helps that parts are still available. But i will have to say that this forum is the best of all. doing this on my own is one thing but being able to share ideas, read others progress, and basically ask dumb questions has helped me keep going.
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my father worked at Bell Labs in Allentown PA for most of his career (sparky). I was one of those kids that built a lot of electronic projects as a child and of course they never worked the first time. My father worked for his family (i.e., did what he had to do even if it wasn't his passion) and i know he wasn't all that thrilled in looking at a rats nest of components on a breadboard waiting for him at the door. he always helped though.
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anyway, the point is, if you do something all your life as a career, sometimes it's not enjoyable as a hobby. This is a great hobby for me because it's different from the projects i did as a child and it's not my career. I know some of the BCF members do this for a living and i commend that they are still involved in helping poor smucks like me get through it all.
 
I agree 100% Fred. The knowledge here is amazing!! I enjoy sharing and hearing what others are doing as well. I also like that there are always opinions to be shared.
 
I am sorry to say that I enjoy my car a lot more when it is in a million pieces in the garage than when I am driving it. I need to get help.

I think I may enjoy chatting on this forum at least as much as driving my car.
 
So far Basil has something unique, IMO. There is more on this forum in the way of comradery and sharing of knowledge than one could expect in any geographic area of the planet. With no rancor or abusive behavior, and available 24/7!!

I admit to being a 'net denizen but this place has had my full attention since finding it. I can be flip and forgiven, wrong and absolved, right and appreciated. All good.

I junxtaposed hobby and profession back in the late '70's, went to wrenching for the bean money. Odd thing is: I ~still~ enjoy the wrenching when it's on MY cars or LBC's. Not so much interested in a Rolls or Ferrari tune-up anymore. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif

All hail Basil! Our Fearless Leader! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
This little car thing has become my main escape hobby. It is so different than my job (web/database programmer) or other main activity (music). I can feel the daily stress relief every time I go spend time puttering about on the Tunebug. Every time I think that I really can't afford this, I realize that I really can't afford not to do this.
 
Doc. I could not have said it better myself!! Salut! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
 
drooartz said:
Every time I think that I really can't afford this, I realize that I really can't afford not to do this.
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good point drew. i can't say that i can afford to support this project, but i also realize that this is my main stress relief and necessary in many ways.
 
Fred, I've been struggling a lot with the financial side lately. I really don't like doing a job in a half-way manner, and doing it right is often a bit expensive. This car hobby has turned my music hobby into a job--funding for car bits can only come from my gigging due to other familial financial needs. I've certainly considered either getting out or trading the Bugeye for a less expensive Spridget (see the thread on the Ultimate Budget Spridget).

I've been trying to balance the financial issues with the amount of fun I have when I work on the car or drive it around. No final answer yet, but I do know that I'll stay in the hobby one way or another. Too many positives.
 
I agree with everything expressed above. This is a great forum with great people. Although never seeing some of you, I consider you my friends.

I also count beans to support my hobby.

Hail to Basil for creating such a nice place.

Patrick
 
GB1 said:
Although never seeing some of you, I consider you my friends.
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Well said. And my thanks again to Basil for this place. I hope he's proud to see his vision work so well.
 
Drew, Some fly first class, I fly coach. I don't have the money for a 'restoration' but do have the funds to keep the Sprite roadworthy.

Patrick, Pics are for you. Finally found some. Not as good as I hoped for but if you know what you are looking for, you can see them. They really worked well. Made it sing.....
 

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Thanks Lee

I can see them sticking their heads out. Looks like they are smiling.

Patrick
 
drew, i was reading a thread from trevor the other day, and he was talking about how he was putting his car back together and then taking it apart before his final paint. i am doing that sort of thing and in the process, i want things as new and perfect as reasonable. i also agree with morris in that i probably will find that putting the car back together was more fun than driving it (although that could be argued). as much as i want the car finished, i still spend a lot of time on simple tasks just because they're fun and i have the opportunity to make something like new.
 
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But Fred... on my first LBC I had to do a rolling restoration to keep me interested. (I like driving them as much as working on them). And on this project I already have a LBC to drive while working on the project.

If I had taken my first LBC totally apart... it would probably still be in boxes. But the intermittent driving while working on it kept me going. It was fun to see and feel the car improve over those two years.
 
yeah, driving a resto would be nice. i have only this one so i'm trying to make it right the first time. at least as much as i can. i don't want to go crazy ... i'll never finish. it's a fine line between too much resto and just enough with me. sometimes the thing connected to the replaced part doesn't look as good as it did before i replaced the part next to it.
 
My car is very much a rolling resto. I have to drive it every 5-6 months to remind myself what it's all about. I am currently in the longest stretch without driving I have had since aquiring the car. I am in the process of looking at all my goals to determine what must be done to get the car back on the road without cutting any corners, and what can wait until it is too hot to drive the car this summer.
 
Too hot, how can it get too hot. Drive at nite.
 
I don't think I have the time/money/energy/knowhow to do a resto, although it would be great. My hobby is getting 50%-50% cars on the road, legal and fun.
After a few years of operating and maintaining and the MA is finished, maybe then, definately then.
I wouldn't have gotten the midget in 100% shape without this place, and this place gave me the confidence to try a BGT.
Eventually, with what I've learned here, I can take 'knowhow' off the list of barriers.
You're all good people.
~Cheers emoticon~
 
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