Griffin has the fortune of having an entire motorhead family, and he's been working on project cars most of his life (at least a lot in the past few years)- his own cars, his dads cars, his neighbors cars, his friends cars... the list goes on and on, and even made it to my girlfriends car at some point. He just works on cars. He's good at it and he knows what's up. I on the other hand, am lacking in the opportunity to be working on a car consistently, and even then, it's usually my dad's 69 Z28. Which, don't get me wrong, I do love working on it, but it's his. When it's done, he will drive it. I'm sure I'll get the chance to at some point, but if I just want to take it out sometime, it ultimately isn't my property. I want my own project.
I'm looking to get a good project probably in about 2-3 years whenever I get my shit together and graduate. I can't really until then because I'm in an apartment. I may get one before graduating if I get the money, but it will probably be the world's biggest paperweight until I do, because I'll have rent to pay and groceries to buy and class supplies to pick up... you know the drill. So I've got some time to plan. I figure if I start saving now, I'll be ready if the perfect deal comes up before graduation.
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| 69 Chevelle Source www.netcarshow.com |
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| 66 Pontiac GTO Source: en.wikipedia.org |
The list of possibilities....
- Chevelle
- Camaro
- Mustang
- GTO
- Charger or Challenger if I could. But money
Anyway, the list is more extensive than that, but I'm ready to get to work. These are, by my understanding, not too hard to work on and worth the time to make them look right. Whatever I get, I'll probably drop a bigger engine in it, just to get it out of my system before I tackle any really serious restorations. Now I say that because I'm not necessarily interested in making a stock, factory perfect car. But I also want to be able to daily drive it. But I want some power out of it.
So I'll keep you posted on how this decision pans out. I pretty much just started thinking about it seriously around the time of the addition of this blog to my free time. As soon as I pick something up, I'll start posting pretty regularly on my progress, as will Griffin in regards to his 65 Coronet. Posts for our updates will be on the Shade Tree homepage. And if you email us your personal project, we will write up a post on it and throw it up on the board so your fellow car nuts can appreciate it, since your spouse or significant other probably wont give it the attention it deserves.
Keep on keepin' on,
-C-
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