rayward
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 08:43 PM |
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was in a similar situation myself a few weeks ago,
had a day of yesterday and forced myself to do a full day in there and made some real progress
think of all the sunshine thats on its way!
Ray
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matt.c
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 08:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
I wonder if you can get S.A.D. from a badly lit garage???
Buy some flood lights!! that'll cheer you up
That aint that! Have you seen my garage!  The national grid malfunctions when i turn the lights on..
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welderman
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 08:47 PM |
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get days like that, i see mine at work everyday,, sometimes i feel like selling the thing.
But just keep on going, chin up
Thank's, Joe
I don't stalk people
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Back on with the Fisher Fury R1
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 08:53 PM |
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Been there, got that t-shirt...
It took me 6 years to build my car, 4 of which were faffing around building the chassis - do a bit, leave it alone for ages, do a bit more, etc.
In the end I decided that it had to be finished, or got rid of. I made a point of going regularly into the garage and doing SOMETHING, no matter how
small and trivial it may seem.
In other words - pretty much what everyone else has said before me!
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whitestu
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 09:19 PM |
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I find that writing down what's left to do, breaking it down into single jobs in a spreadsheet, and planning when I will do it helps me to get
motivated.
It means I can tick off the jobs as they get done and see some progress.
I have the opposite problem of not being able to stop working on the car whan I should be doing something else!
Stu
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RichardK
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| posted on 17/4/08 at 10:07 PM |
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I have been like that lately as well, I do think the dark evenings and winter have something to do with it.
Mooky has kindly given me a hand over a few Saturday morning which has re energised me as he is so passionette about cars. Just need a bit of dry
weather now and light nights and actually see some progress and I'm sure we'll all start feeling better and more up for it.
Cheers
Rich
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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locoR1
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 06:46 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt.c
Is there something wrong with me?
Must be your nearly finished, now get out there and pull your finger out summers coming!
Well somebody had to give you a boot up the backside 
 
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 09:58 AM |
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A damned good tidy up helps me when I get down.
Probably just pandering to my OCD, but it works for me.
Matt
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RazMan
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 10:48 AM |
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As some have already said, my strategy was to make sure I did at least one little job every day. It didn't need to be much - maybe just
make a bracket, paint something, bolt on something, measure something etc but I found it kept the enthusiasm going. Often, one thing led to another
and I would end up in the garage all weekend, refusing to come in for meals, tv with swmbo, family visits, divorce proceedings etc
Ah those were the days
[Edited on 18-4-08 by RazMan]
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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RK
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 11:49 AM |
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Apparently this is quite common. I cured it by sending it all off to somebody else for jobs I couldn't do myself, and now busy myself doing
small jobs that will help in the end (ie arranging the seat runners for the driver's side), that I work on for small amounts of time each
day.
I don't like to think of all the things that need doing; I prefer to think of one little job at a time.
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MikeR
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 11:57 AM |
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I'm on year 8!
Don't give up, when you do get the enthusiasm its great, esp when you see yourself making progress.
Sat in the car the other week after finally getting the clutch sorted, 2 years after buyign the pedal box. It was brilliant, pressing the pedal,
looking at the shiny headlights (i didn't make the brum brum noise, didn't need too)
I smiled for the next half hour.
Plan this weekend is to try and persuade the new g/f to help me make a foam seat. (ie get her involved).
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NS Dev
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 01:31 PM |
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its definitely sad!!!................
as in Seasonal Affective Disorder.
I have no enthusiasm for anything at the moment. When the sun comes out it'll soon come back!!
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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NS Dev
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 01:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
I'm on year 8!
Don't give up, when you do get the enthusiasm its great, esp when you see yourself making progress.
Sat in the car the other week after finally getting the clutch sorted, 2 years after buyign the pedal box. It was brilliant, pressing the pedal,
looking at the shiny headlights (i didn't make the brum brum noise, didn't need too)
I smiled for the next half hour.
Plan this weekend is to try and persuade the new g/f to help me make a foam seat. (ie get her involved).
g/f???
developments??
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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