Tomorrow The '63 Comes Off Of The Hill

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Originally Posted by protrash64

Are those the original wheels from the first pics??? They look really clean or new.

Same wheels. I used a whole bottle of Eagle Wire Wheel cleaner on them today. Rubbed a little with a plastic scouring pad...That **** ate my hands alive.

Those aren't my choice for wheels...But that's what came on the truck. And the budget says: "Run What Ya Brung".

I got rattle can money.

You know, it's amazing. I always went up-scale building bikes or cars or whatever. When I retired in September, I made a decision to get my self together....Before, I'd buy say, a set of seats that were leather for $500 just so I could use two of the four for a project. Then I'd pass on the other two to some happy camper. It was cool. And I could do it. I never sold parts.....Almost never...just pass them along.

Motors...Ayeeee! Don't get me started. You guys know about all this big-buck stuff, anyway.

Now I've figured out...(and the 401k that turned into a 201k helped with this)...as much as I like my Bros in the car and bike world, when I buy something and then take a boning on it, and the project goes to someone else finally...and it always has....there is less satisfaction in passing it off to someone that is happy that I paid top-dollar, than in being prudent and planning the finances a little better.

Now, some things just HAVE to be done right. But I don't have to do it all at once...right? Now, where did I see those Coys on Craigslist?

Kidding. Maybe, just maybe, I can get the Karma back from all those smiles on the faces of the guys who ended up with stuff l;ike a whole Nitrous set up for free.....cause I changed my mind...Don't get me wrong, I was happy to pass stuff along. Just can't do it any more.

I might have some extra horse shoes after this build, tho. And, guess what, the '63 and the '83 are staying with me until my license gets pulled. Hopefully in no less than thirty or forty years.