project incouragment

I drove my dart onto the trailer in the summer of 2005 (won it on ebay for under a grand with replacement top w/window, front and rear seat skins and 2 instrument clusters)and got it off the trailer the same day. then the waiting started. if you take away the cost of the top and seat skins I purchased the car for around $500.00 which ain't to bad for a convertible.
little did I know just how bad it was. the first look was ok in all the pictures on the internet, the PO has strategically placed spare part over the worst places and spray bombed the rest. as for money spent I lost count after another grand in parts to tell the truth. the Wife called it the ugliest car that I had ever drug home and was a rust bucket, which made me more determined to fix it instead of scrapping it for parts. now it's starting to grow on her (since I picked up a second one and she saw one in the Woodward Dream Cruise while we were up in Michigan) and she want's that one done for her with her choice of colors for the outside and a pearl white top and interior with A/C of course.


usually you have 2 scenario's
1. got money no time, bought little parts and things that I knew were bad just by looking, I found boatloads of bad stuff just by yanking out the interior.
2. got time now no money, hopefully this happens AFTER you have got some parts to work with, In my case that was what happened.
now I'm doing everything that doesn't cost money and spend extra time getting it just so and making a list of the critical parts that I will need later when money becomes a surplus again. (according to the Wife that'll take a while and don't hold my breath)
and it's in this stage now
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it takes time and planning to do it, Wish I had more money but I'll do all I can until the parts and fixes that don't cost anything run out.
hang in there it'll happen.