You have a car. You want to make it into something better–something yours. Welcome to the world of project cars.
Each project car starts with a dream. Or a car. Or a dare.
Some projects cruise to victory. Others, well, less so: Ambition runs out, life gets in the way, interests and tastes change. Witness all of those incomplete projects …
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Tom1200
UltimaDork
9/10/25 12:33 p.m.
"Don't be afraid to abort"
This is the single best piece of advice ever.
I recently ended up with a friend's Yamaha RD200 race bike project that had been sitting for 40 years. Back in the day there were loads of trick parts for it.
There was huge sentimental value for me as my friend passes away a few years ago.
After assessing the remains it was clear there was so little left, as well as a large portion of it being scrap, that I would never finish it. Ipassed it on to another friend so he could use the few remaining good parts.
In reply to Tom1200 :
The sunk-cost fallacy can be a heck of an influence.
In reply to Tom1200 :
"Don't be afraid to abort"
Man, I need this sign in my shop!
Persistence gets it done. Our average project time is 5 years. Yes, it is a long time, but we try to do things right and only have a limited amount of time to work on it. I am building projects with my friend of many decades - the build process, figuring out how to do something, talking about how we want it to work and look, etc. are big parts of the project process and satisfaction. And so is driving when it is finally done.
RickityRacer said:
In reply to Tom1200 :
"Don't be afraid to abort"
Man, I need this sign in my shop!
It is anything like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeP3tLXfsKE
Space Balls Self Destruction
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