Car Restoration: I Shall Overcome

When you read a car restoration journal on the internet, it presents either a terrible misrepresentation of apparent facts (short, frequent posts of nothing but success and impossible accomplishment in a small time window) or an indication of an owner who is retired and independently wealthy and is always sending things out to be restored. A third scenario happens where someone is a professional car restorer with all the right tools and equipment and skills. And then there are the "others." Most often, you come upon a car blog which is informative and well-written. The blogger starts with some barn find, begins to tear into it, and then disappears from the face of the earth. If you read between the lines, you can see that the car either becomes more than the amateur restorer can handle or becomes too expensive or they just lose focus for years until their wife tells them to get rid of the junk car. At face value, I would appear to be one of the last kind.

In my case, I am a textbook example of someone who probably shouldn't take on a full restoration. When I started, I had no kids and a two-income household. Now, I have 3 kids, no money and even less time. However, I have a sentimental connection to the car, so I am determined to finish the restoration. Now that my youngest is 3 years old, I can start to see a time in the not-too-distant-future where I can have time and money to work on the car. So, recently, I have started to make small but forward progress towards the far-off, eventual completion of the car. In the next week or two, I should have some actual updates for what I have been doing in the last week or so. Stay tuned.