Sparksalot wrote:Once you get over the initial steps, it’s a project you can use and upgrade at your leisure.
Felix_Esq wrote:
...With my cars, I do "the best possible job I can afford". I am pretty capable of doing a lot of things to a car, short of [quality] body work. The limiting factor has always been cost.
With this trailer, I have changed my approach to "the best possible job I can learn how to do in about an hour of watching YouTube, and that will work well enough." This because woodwork is really a different challenge. I am enjoying it, but I will forever know the flaws in my own work!...
working on it wrote:and the '66 Chevelle Malibu coupe (street car turned to drag car...327/375hp, 427/500hp, 427/600+hp).
* At age 70, with a fixed income, bad back/knees, etc., I no longer have the drive to work on my vehicles much, and gave up dragracing a few years back when facing a layoff (I survived to retirement 7 years later). I still do my own maintenance on the HHR, Cobalt, GMC, and 2500HD, while the Chevelle gathers dust in the garage.
* But, at age 61, I caught the bug to build my own camper (substituting for my racing habit, I guess), but nearing retirement (or possible further layoffs), I had to build it cheaply as I could (or as secretly as I could with more pricey items). It took two years, building it away from home, then in the garage here (mostly hidden), before I unveiled it to the wife. Though many parts were inexpensive, later ones weren't, so again, I did as good work as I could, adapting my car-building skills to wood-working. As you might expect, it wasn't as perfect as it could've been, but it was "the best possible job I can learn to do...." in secret, under a tight budget, with little prior expertise in woodworking.
* I enjoyed building it, perhaps more than I like camping in it (I felt much the same about my "building the car vs. racing the car" activities, though I was good at it). I still modify it after each camping trip, though those trips are few and far apart in time, lately. Yes, there are many flaws in my work, but I'm quite proud of my trailer, as I was with my vehicles. I'll be "working on it" forever, as is my nature.
Felix_Esq wrote:...
A bit of advice about the potential BMW resto you mentioned. I loved bringing my E39 back from the dead (no crank, no start, busted radiator, tons of engine issues to sort out, brake problems, body damage, etc., when I got it). But every part on that car had like a 40% premium over any other manufacturer, except maybe a Mercedes. I did struts on the front end: $120 each. I did shocks on my son's Chevy S-10: $100 for all four. I know I am comparing apples and oranges, but sheesh. If you are on a limited budget, think carefully before buying a BMW. It will be the best and worst car you ever owned.
Felix_Esq wrote: keep things dark inside the trailer for a nap or something.
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