Roadkill has inspired me

Yup. Stared at it today for a bit while taking this pic. My first stalled project.

I just need to accept it'll never be perfect, and wrap my head around the idea that even if it were all original and untouched the fitment of everything would still be horrible. This summer I need to dedicate some quality time to getting back at it. When I have trouble sleeping I mentally list all the issues and what I'm going to do to solve them.

dinger said:

That is one good philosophy that show spreads.  It doesn't have to be perfect, it just needs to run and drive, because a crusty car that runs and drives is still so much better than an immobile project that is stalled out waiting for perfection to come along.

I wrote about it in a recent blog and agree completely. Is Roadkill Saving The Old Car Hobby?

Streetwiseguy said:

stuart in mn said:

TheRX7Project said:

In reply to Streetwiseguy :

I skip around a lot, but from what I can tell the Blasphemi '55 seems pretty legit and cool.

Judging from how he did during Drag Week, he finally has it dialed in pretty well - to have a car that can run in the 8s (with a manual transmission, no less), and then drive 1000 miles or however long it was this year, was pretty impressive.

I'm pretty sure Finnegan killed a couple of engines on the way to a decent car.  

Learn from experience is a valuable (and sometimes expensive) teacher

i don’t remember just how many engines that (insert challenge team name here) went through while learning to tune turbos 

Streetwiseguy said:

stuart in mn said:

TheRX7Project said:

In reply to Streetwiseguy :

I skip around a lot, but from what I can tell the Blasphemi '55 seems pretty legit and cool.

Judging from how he did during Drag Week, he finally has it dialed in pretty well - to have a car that can run in the 8s (with a manual transmission, no less), and then drive 1000 miles or however long it was this year, was pretty impressive.

I'm pretty sure Finnegan killed a couple of engines on the way to a decent car.  

Yes, that's why I said 'finally'.

Brett_Murphy said:

TheRX7Project said:

Just typing out loud, but Roadkill has really inspired me to get my old project rolling.

I've got a '66 Plymouth Belvedere II sedan that I've had sitting in storage for about 8 years. 

Right there with you, except mine is a '67, and I'm finishing it for somebody else. 

Very cool. At least yours is a 2 door...