Mark G
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:01 PM |
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Demotivated
Does anyone else ever get bummed out by their project?
It seems that the first month or 2 I got loads done and plenty to do but now I've got the drivetrain in and suspension together I'm at a
dead end.
I have plenty to do on the car but I just keep hitting problems. Take this evening for example. I went down to the workshop (8 miles from my house)
to find that the roof has been leaking and my car is now a submarine. So dry the car off and onto the roof to fix the leak. Then onto the evenings
work... I wanted to drill the holes for and attach the brake lines for the transmission tunnel. I managed to drill one hole, that took ages because
of the angle and it being double skinned. Then when doing up the rivet for the 'P' clip with my BRAND NEW rivet gun the fecking gun
broke!
So I gave up for the evening before I did something I'd regret and here I am getting bored of hitting dead ends with this kit.
My main problem is that I need parts to build the car and I need money to order parts! Guess what I'm running low on?!
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mr henderson
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:05 PM |
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Sounds like you need to give it a rest for a while.
Then you go back refreshed and full of enthusiasm.
Think what a great story it will be to tell to your grandchildren
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matt.c
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:08 PM |
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DONT GIVE UP!!
I was like this a few weeks back. When you know that you are running out of money it really demotivates you but dont let it. Its fun trying to make
thing not cost much.
I ran out of money ages ago, so i just started cutting a few corners to cover others. You dont have to have the best of everything. Just get what you
can afford now.
LOL i have just been given a PINK yes that was pink race can!  Not the colour i would have chosen but hey its free! I will just have to do some
think with when i get time ie pollish/paint it. 
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zilspeed
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:11 PM |
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Go down there with nothing more in mid than tidying the garage. That costs nothing.
Once the garage is sitting immaculate, you will want to work on the car again. Works every time for me.
My place is currently a tip, so I'll be doing this tomorrow.
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:16 PM |
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I think most people go through episodes like this. I've tried to pace my spending more since the initial outlay on the kit and now find delays
where I don't want to fork out yet for bits that I need to continue. Initially this was frustrating but now view it as a holiday. When I do get
the bits I go back in the garage with renewed enthusiasm.
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:17 PM |
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I think most people go through episodes like this. I've tried to pace my spending more since the initial outlay on the kit and now find delays
where I don't want to fork out yet for bits that I need to continue. Initially this was frustrating but now view it as a holiday. When I do get
the bits I go back in the garage with renewed enthusiasm.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:18 PM |
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Been there, done that. My solution was to go out and do some small job almost every evening. Didn't have to be a big or time-consuming job, as
long as something got done.
Trouble is, that's not so easy when you have to travel 8 miles to do it... could the travelling and inconvenience be the root cause of your
problem?
[Edited on 13/5/08 by David Jenkins]
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BenB
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:21 PM |
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My answer was to not do anything on the car for a couple of weeks. You'll soon miss smelling of iron filings and swarfega.....
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chris_smith
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:28 PM |
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chin up mark we all get to that point. get someone to take you for a spin in a 7 esque and you will soon be back to it
chris
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Mark G
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:30 PM |
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Cheers guys, I know that I'm never going to give up on this project. It just p!$$es me off sometimes. I think the problem is that I have to
travel for 20 mins to get there which isn't a big issue as long as I feel I've done something.
The idea of cleaning the garage is a good one as it's a state at the mo, hasn't been cleaned since I got the kit in Feb. Tools
everywhere.
I think I'm just going to organise myself and not start any new jobs until the last ones are finished.
BTW, does anyone need a sprocket adaptor? Mine doesn't fit! (another story).
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NS Dev
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:30 PM |
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Yep, I get very fed up from time to time.
I spend the whole day engineering at work, then come home and engineer some more, really pees me off from time to time!!
Took me all day on sunday to make two brackets. granted they are complicated ones that needed to be welded and still within 0.25mm but even so
arggghghhh
Beginning to wish I'd gone single supercharged engine at the mo instead of twin bike engine!!!!
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:31 PM |
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My car was built 15miles from home along the M11 and A 14 . Anyone who has used these roads knows what the traffic is like . Car took 3 years to build
. Don't give up, if you can't afford something then cleaning and preparing doesn't cost a lot but needs doing.
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snapper
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:32 PM |
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I have had many an episode, just can't move forward or worse just cant get out of the house to start anything.
To get round this i got friends with finished cars to come round in there cars, i would make some excuse to go fetch something from Halfords and would
get them to give me a lift, with that motivation i would get back on the job with enthusiasm, works every time for me.
I eat to survive
I drink to forget
I breath to pi55 my ex wife off (and now my ex partner)
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clairetoo
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:33 PM |
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I badly lost interest in my car not long after starting the major rebuild - and did hardly anything on it for two years !
Its taken over a year to get the engine in and near to being finished - now that the end is in sight theres no stopping me ( a long weekend of four 12
hour days has got it finished ! ) - you will just `know` when the time is right to get back in the garage
Nowt wrong with taking a break - after all this is supposed to be a hobby
[Edited on 14/5/08 by clairetoo]
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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MikeR
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 09:36 PM |
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i'm on year 8. I often get like this. I wish i'd bought a kit instead of doing everything myself. Currently i'm ripping the back end
off to give me the option of going de-dion (which if i was sensible i'd just accept live axle).
Tonight, i went in the garage 2 hours late due to getting a game for the xbox. pottered about. then came back inside and completed call of duty 4 (the
game). Only had it for 24 hours.
Honestly, give it a break and then go back and do something little. Once you've done it you'll start to feel good again. (tonight i was
also looking how i could add additional bracing to the engine compartment for triangulation - i'm stupid i know).
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carlknight1982
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| posted on 14/5/08 at 06:14 AM |
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i know exactly how you feel, my car is at my work 40 miles from home and thats down the A1M and M25 2 of the worst roads around, ive also got a wife
and 3 kids making weekends a no go, so getting things done on a 60 hour working week is a nightmare, i spent an hour this morning stripping my old
sierra rear beam (at 4Am) went to check my diff would fit so i could mark up the brackets and hey presto the transmission tunnel is to narrow because
i built it specced for a live axle as opposed to the IRS im now planning,
Sigh
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02GF74
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| posted on 14/5/08 at 08:15 AM |
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If you don't go through periods when you cannot be bothered and everything is going wrong then you are not normal.
It happens to everyone.
the closer you are towards finishing, the more trivial the jobs appear to be yet the more time and money they seem to swallow to put right.
Simple solution is to leave it for a week or two.
Make up a list of things to do and go through what is involved in getting it done in your head. Then cross the items of the list when done - usually
for each 2 or 3 crossed off, another one usually apppears.
If it is a big job, then break it down into smaller items and cross each one off - I found the crossing off is self-motivating.
What I fouond is that in summer, when weather is nice, the last thing I wanted to do wasto be sweating away fixing stuff and in winter it is too cold
to work .... but stuck with it and got it all done.
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