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Dr.Jass

Dr.Jass

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I spent the weekend at my house in Kingsford, and quite a bit of that time in the garage working on some things for Stretch.

Being in the garage that much and not working on the LeBaron bums me out... I'll be back again next weekend, but we have a huge family thing happening and I probably won't get much done in the garage; if I do it's not going to be LeBaron stuff. :( One of these weekends, damn it, I'm going to devote an entire Saturday to the front suspension... but then again, I should probably clean up the garage first. :doh:

As I lamented to Stretchy yesterday on the drive back to my apartment, when I have time, I have no money. When I have money, there's never time.

He just looked at me and said, "Welcome to life." :D
 
Dr.Jass said:
but then again, I should probably clean up the garage first. :doh:
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Good thought, but you'd better not, cause when you are done cleaning you'll be too tired to work on anything. :D Been there, done that.
 
see thats why ya find yourself a project requireing next to zero money this way when you have the time and no money theres still something fun to work on...thats my lloyd for me
 
That was the original plan with the LeBaron--just sling the cop front suspension under it, drop in the V8 and 4-speed, and back it up with a '66 Belvedere 8¾" axle.

...then I decided that while the front suspension was out, I might as well rebuild it, seeing it's so easy to do with the F/M/J-cars' unitized front end. Then some guy posted big-brake caliper adapters for sale, and so the old rotors and calipers now need replacing too.

...then I realized that while the interior was out, I might as well tie the subframes. I need steel for that, and interior work is essentially out of the question until that's done.

...then I got AADD (automotive attention defi... OOOH! Shiny!) when it came to which V8 to use, after finding out that both my 340 blocks were in fact reparable--so I dumped Project 318 money into fixing those; I now have four serviceable small-blocks and not enough parts to build a one of 'em. :doh:

...then I got broke, and sold the rear axle, gears, and SG unit. Now the only 8¾" I have is a '71 C-body axle, ripe for narrowing to A-body dimensions that I'd rather not use in that car... and it's a 2.76 one-legger.

So, I've essentially left myself at a point with the car where I need to buy parts and/or materials to make forward progress.

I guess I could finally paint the firewall. I have everything for that. :D
 
i say just putt around and do all the small "meaningless" stuff now, like checking this or painting that. Its may seem like a dull time filler, but there are times when having those small things done when the big expensive stuff drops in, its nice to know its done (i.e. brake lines look up to par before the bigger brakes go in, shit like that...but i'm sure you've done that. Hell, just make a list of things you've done and haven't whether they cost money or not...its may still be a little depressing seeing the not-done-costs-money list, but its always nice to see what you have done and then see the not-done list get smaller and smaller. Thats what i did when i built my race car, but thats up to you. I feel your pain :(:doubt::quaff:
 
Dr.Jass said:
As I lamented to Stretchy yesterday on the drive back to my apartment, when I have time, I have no money. When I have money, there's never time.

He just looked at me and said, "Welcome to life." :D
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Wise words from the extended one.

But wait until you try getting to the point where you've gotten the money together, have some time, but are too exhausted to even think about working on the car...
 
LOL nad i know that feeling....ive got the parts and the time ...well sorta but and too damn beat to do much
 
Well, what sucks is that being single and never work past aboot 6:30, I have the time... I just happen to live 50 miles from my car. So, instead I come home and mess around on the computer or watch TV. I only have the weekends, and in the summer those are usually consumed by special events.
 
Haul a part to the apartment, rebuild it on the kitchen table, and take it back next time, install it and pick up another....


*pictures Jass drinking his morning coffe with an elbow propped on an entire front suspension*
 
only thing is, DCF, morning coffees will continue to be lonely for the Jazz man with engine parts on kitchen table. (you're just fantasizing aren't you?!!! 'cause ain't happenin' at your house!!) take it from the big sis - not cool for the ladies usually. i could probably handle car parts on a tarp in a spare room. so i can imagine it wouldn't bother some gals.
i like 1966D100's idea...eases frustration i'd say
 
dodgechargerfan said:
*pictures Jass drinking his morning coffe with an elbow propped on an entire front suspension*
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I take it you never heard about my '68 440 engine block I used for a "coffe table" then?:D
 
lol considering me and my wife more or less got to know eachother while rebuilding my 360 in a mud hole in the back yard.....if you want a car chick its the BEST way to make sure she is one..hell she loaded the block into the back of a friends dart cause she wanted to prove to the rest of us that she could
 
gomopar440 said:
I take it you never heard about my '68 440 engine block I used for a "coffe table" then?:D
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LOL! If it looked like one that I wouldn't have caught so much grief about it. Mine had a flat board for a tabletop. I just hosed it down with a few cans of degreaser before I put it in the living room. When you don't have a place to work on aything, you tend to get creative with where you put/store/work on stuff.
 
dodgechargerfan said:
*pictures Jass drinking his morning coffe with an elbow propped on an entire front suspension*
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Funny, Stretch and I were discussing my rebuilding the front suspension in my entry way.

cynful said:
...morning coffees will continue to be lonely for the Jazz man with engine parts on kitchen table.
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You're half right, but it has nothing to do with engine parts... some people play hard to get; I play hard to want. :dance:
 
The plan now is to spend a little on the car every payday--just a little--and concentrate on one area. So I ordered myself some tie-rod ends today, as well as the sleeves. I have a set of ball joints already, but I can't recall whether they're uppers or lowers... I think they're uppers. I get paid again Friday, so I'll probably order lower ball joints. I still need control-arm bushings, steering arms, rotors, calipers and pads. I'm hoping the torsion-bar bushings are OK; I can't get the cop ones anymore unless I go through Chrysler. That'd be over $300 to do both bars, and there were only a couple sets left in the country last time I looked. The stuff I can get means I can at least start to get involved in disassembly and cleanup in antici...







...pation of the new pieces. :dance:

Hey, Stretch... you ever get new media in that blasting cabinet of yours? :D
 
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