Yes, but I have gotten my car to where I want it after, low, these many years.  There is nothing more I want to do to it other than normal maintenance.  Also age is catching up with me.  I can't do what I used to and my stamina is in the tank.

Now I just go out and enjoy it.

Muzz 66 wrote:

No, but my wife does all the time.

 


Ditto!
6sal6

Not really... I used to not spend money on mine. For years and years I would drive it and put up with things that needed doing. Then I had an a-ha moment and thought to myself that I am not getting any younger and that I really do enjoy these old cars. I service the thing myself and when something breaks, the part is not usually as expensive as a late model part, so all in all I think it is cheaper me owning this old car than owning a late model car. I feel that I have saved myself thousands of dollars in all seriousness...
The wife has gotten a bit grumpy at times, but a friend pointed out to her once that the money I have spent recently is nothing compared to the costs of owning a late model car. She thought about that and has never gotten grumpy again (about the car)

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red351 wrote:

When its time to quit spending $ & time on these old cars.

 
I will stop when it is finished but there always seems to be something else to do.

Not even once.  Eventually I'll stop, but only long after I'm dead. 

When my driveline is the way I want it.
Perhaps after the body and paint.

Just imagine what ya could do if you spent even a bare three years of new car payments on one of these cars.

Throw in 5-7 years??? WOW

So...probably never!😁

red351 wrote:

When its time to quit spending $ & time on these old cars.

No, never and what's the alternative anyway?

Well, not exactly, butt (TS&T) I did decide that I would keep the size of the classic herd down to ONE!  Too many other interests that I put off until retardedment and I just don't have the go-getum...or spare cash...to do everything.  So it'll be just the Heap from here on.

Now, having said all that, I took inventory on the additional mods I want to do on the Heap and that should satisfy my need for a grease-fix until I'm way too old to keep wrenching.  In fact, I just ordered a lift to accommodate old knees, fake hips, and no sense.

The Ten Year List:  (No order of priority)

Change mufflers and get the exhaust a couple of inches higher
Change rear brakes from Exploder to Mustang type. (Parts on the shelf)
Upgrade transmission from AOD to 4R70W with 94 EEC-IV computer. (Parts on the shelf)
Continue my quest for front end mods that drive the way I want it to....without doing an RPM.  (Parts in my head)
Maybe build the new roller block I have into a 331.
Learn how to tune what what I have...AFR heads and Comp cam...to reach it's potential.  I have the Moates Q-Horse but haven't quite figured out how to do the tweaks.

By the time I finish all that I'll be pushing 90...or daisies.  So that will be time to quit.

BB
 

Well maybe its time too thin the herd, but each one has a purpose.

67 is a great Sunday afternoon cruiser going out for ice cream.
Red 72 for when you need a big speeding ticket.
98 is DD winter car. (Yes Barry It got put back together when we got home from the bash)
03 Silverado for camping'   but it break down a lot.   Might put a ball on the 98 roof for pulling the filth wheel ( its more dependable)
2010 is there. I'm not sure why, you have to ask Bonnie.

 

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I thought my car was completed last year. I had finally done all the mods to the car I had ever planned. It took since 1992 to get there so, most of you, ... just hang on.

But, it used eight quarts of oil in 3,200 miles on the bash trip. Still ran perfect. Maybe just the valve cover baffle under the pcv valve. Will install Ford valve covers to find out. If it still uses, will just carry extra oil on the next trip. It runs too good to mess with.  Then there is that pesky harmonic vibration at 75 mph I refuse to give up on until it is 100% gone. New rear axle assembly coming up soon. Hey, it’s only $3,000.  Other than that, I am now into the “EVERYTHING IS JUST PATINA” mode. Can’t wait til it looks like Dan’s gold coupe.

The F100 is still a “NEW TO ME BUILD” so it maintains my interest.  Will try not to go overboard.

The 65 Corvette I have no real attachment to. I love the way it looks, but don’t really enjoy driving it. It needs alot of little things done that will $100 me to death.  Will keep it if I have the room for it, but might just sell it and go to the lake in the boat instead of working on it.  Like Bullet, lots of parts are in a drawer awaiting the proper round-tuit to show up.

So I guess the answer is a qualified YES. I am tired of spending time that is HAVE TO FIX IT time, but don’t mind the time to try something new. The MONEY part?  Heck, it will get spent on something, so that is not a concern. I am very fortunate to have had a good career and saved enough to now just have fun.

It would be a crying shame to take all this good experience and knowledge and skills and let it rot in my recliner in the living room.

red351 wrote:

Well maybe its time too thin the herd,

 
Not a bad idea at all. Last Saturday my brother and I drove over to Santa Maria to check out the 49th North/South F100 Run which features 53-56 F100s. We chatted with a really cool dude who has 17 top line hot rods, but has realized he needs to start selling. He's 70 and none of his kids want anything to do with his cars. He has to employ a guy to keep his cars in shape and not dry rot.

Bullet Bob wrote:

Well, not exactly, butt (TS&T) I did decide that I would keep the size of the classic herd down to ONE! 
Continue my quest for front end mods that drive the way I want it to....without doing an RPM.  (Parts in my head)

BB
 

Hey, I thought we agreed we were gonna build some tube control arms. Now you're bashing me? 


I guess it depends on how many cars you can manage. Me, I have a hard enough time with one.

red351 wrote:

Well maybe its time too thin the herd, but each one has a purpose.

67 is a great Sunday afternoon cruiser going out for ice cream.
Red 72 for when you need a big speeding ticket.
98 is DD winter car. (Yes Barry It got put back together when we got home from the bash)
03 Silverado for camping'   but it break down a lot.   Might put a ball on the 98 roof for pulling the filth wheel ( its more dependable)
2010 is there. I'm not sure why, you have to ask Bonnie.

 

I've found what to me is how to keep my interest up. Buy a new vehicle for DD, and then the projects are strictly for fun. To me there's nothing worse than *having* to work on the vehicle, it needs to be you *want* to work on it. Or at least the times when you don't want to work on it there's no effect on the rest of your life

Long way of agreeing with you, thin the herd get a DD with warranty and then wrench when you want to on the "fun stuff".