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Title: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: Lids on July 03, 2012, 08:13:35 am All of us have excuses why are projects seem to take years even decades.
so i though I would start a thread whereby you can show what you are doing instead of working on your car. For the last month or so, I have been sorting out my front garden. New top soil, levelled, edging, grass sead. Landscape fabric and bark. Finally a new fence to stop rubbish blowing into my garden. Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: karl h on July 03, 2012, 08:35:00 am good thread
i have to build i stupid firewall along the side of my carport. working on it for a week now (at 37° :P) Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: henk on July 03, 2012, 11:31:43 am no garden work for me.
i still have to finish of my motorbike gonna make it look like a racing,lots of carbon,... cost a fortune as well. and when this one is done i have another one standing for a retoration. henk!!! Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: Fastbrit on July 03, 2012, 13:34:14 pm What am I building? An overdraft! >:(
Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: Neil Davies on July 03, 2012, 14:16:48 pm What am I building? An overdraft! >:( That's one of the reasons I'm having a clearout! That and the fact that I'm building a collection of projects I'll never build! :D Housewise in the last year or two I've redone the bathroom, new wooden floor in the hall and lounge, replaced all the internal doors (just need to fit doorhandles...) and built an outdoor run for my cats - we've got eight, including three pedigrees, all housecats! Next project is the garden - that'll be a monster... Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: Bendik on July 03, 2012, 20:26:49 pm Bsa B50, various scooters and a line of pushbikes..
Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: iowa mark on July 04, 2012, 01:53:42 am A little one-man roofing.
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/Iowamark/random2012013.jpg) Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: stealth67vw on July 04, 2012, 05:28:37 am I'm in the middle of a frame off restoration of a 2004 Kia Sephia. ::) ;D
Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: Rennsurfer on July 04, 2012, 07:07:13 am Pulling the frames off of uni-bodied cars is quite a challenge, too. I wish you well with your endeavor, John.
Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: j-f on July 04, 2012, 16:55:14 pm Too much things to do, to much quick projects that turn to major rebuild and all the little things that kill your planning and motivation.
Like burst a tire and wait 2 hours to have it changed... (https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v2wPPDyahfc/T_RmOD33pLI/AAAAAAAAAk0/Hk9yMH4aExk/s640/crevaison.jpg) Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: speedwell on July 04, 2012, 18:43:20 pm i've started to clean the original engine of my 61 , removing old grease etc... , just for the fun ;D
Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: JezWest on July 04, 2012, 22:22:28 pm [attachment=1]
A nicer place to split wood. Six months ago this was a vast pile of (frozen) soil and bricks. This is why my rims are minging! Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: TexasTom on July 06, 2012, 16:49:15 pm This!
Xr100/CR85 Expert build: BBR aluminum perimeter frame conversion! Stock, NEW Cr85expert swingarm, subframe, lower triples, disc brakes, etc. Stock Showa front forks lowered 2" internally and revalved by Department of Suspension TAG billet upper triple clamp and bars Rear Ohlins shock lowered internally 1" and revalved as well Custom built wheels: Excel 2.5" & 3.5" X 17" rims f/r on anodized billet hubs with stainless spokes, 90 & 120 X 17 Brigestone Battlax slicks f/r, balanced Engine - NEW CRF100 engine with following mods: Takegawa 115cc high compression piston & cylinder Takegawa big valve, high flow cylinder head with mild porting and Takegawa camshaft BBR ignition revbox Kitaco rotorless ignition Custom intake manifold, match ported CRF150 carb, jetted BBR coated exhaust, silencer w billet tip 428 chain conversion modified stock airbox to accept BBR ramflo filter assembly Wow, it seems as if there's SO MUCH MORE going on here! LOL Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: richie on July 06, 2012, 21:35:54 pm This! Xr100/CR85 Expert build: BBR aluminum perimeter frame conversion! Stock, NEW Cr85expert swingarm, subframe, lower triples, disc brakes, etc. Stock Showa front forks lowered 2" internally and revalved by Department of Suspension TAG billet upper triple clamp and bars Rear Ohlins shock lowered internally 1" and revalved as well Custom built wheels: Excel 2.5" & 3.5" X 17" rims f/r on anodized billet hubs with stainless spokes, 90 & 120 X 17 Brigestone Battlax slicks f/r, balanced Engine - NEW CRF100 engine with following mods: Takegawa 115cc high compression piston & cylinder Takegawa big valve, high flow cylinder head with mild porting and Takegawa camshaft BBR ignition revbox Kitaco rotorless ignition Custom intake manifold, match ported CRF150 carb, jetted BBR coated exhaust, silencer w billet tip 428 chain conversion modified stock airbox to accept BBR ramflo filter assembly Wow, it seems as if there's SO MUCH MORE going on here! LOL Tom arent you a little big for that? :D Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: TexasTom on July 06, 2012, 23:42:07 pm It aint the size, it's how you USE it! LOL
ULTIMATE pit bike? Anyhow, it's a freakin' BLAST to get together and race in the parking lot with friends. They even have classes to race at local tracks, but I prefer the lot. When you're on someone's fender, speed no longer is perceptable ... it'll go about 50 with current gearing. Turbo? HeHe Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: Eric Ellis (57HotrodVW) on July 07, 2012, 03:32:56 am Tom arent you a little big for that? :D I know that I am... (but that doesn't stop me from having fun!) Tom - my CRF50 has a BBR 106cc motor and I'm gathering parts to build a similar motor for my Z50RD. Build thread at http://www.tinyurl.com/TxZ50RD [attachment=1] [attachment=2] Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: mg on July 13, 2012, 04:40:02 am what you are doing instead of working on your car. For the last month or so, I have been sorting out my front garden. New top soil, levelled, edging, grass sead. Landscape fabric and bark. Finally a new fence to stop rubbish blowing into my garden. looking good. 8) same here garden work, tools of torture. ;) Garden thing of beauty and a job forever, it will take all the effort you put into it. 40 roses and a dozen Plumarias make springtime something to look forward to. Downside is it can fill 10 cans of greens a week this time of year. Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: Dyno-Don on July 17, 2012, 00:55:50 am Mostly other cars! Although I did just complete an addition to the garage.
I am in the middle of a 29 Ford Roadster Pick Up ground up build for a friend, along with my own 37 Ford Coupe, my 63 Falcon Convertible Auto Cross car and I still need to finish the new motor for the Anglia Gasser. Seems like work just gets in the way! LOL Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: Lids on July 31, 2012, 11:08:33 am Latest thing to happen is the back garden:
Title: Re: What are you building that prevents you from working on your cars? Post by: bugnut68 on August 01, 2012, 20:16:16 pm What am I building? At present, I'm working on increasing both my level of patience as well as my checking account, as both have been taxed by my current engine build. Lol. ;D
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