Is your project car done?

Is your project car done?  As I have said before, mine isn’t.  But even if you have it all put together, and are driving it around is it really done?

Sure, if you are doing a complete restoration, there is a set end point to get to with the car, you want it to look just like it did coming off the assembly line, only better.  But any other car, there is no set end goal.  You want it to look like X.

But the problem is, X is just a concept in your head.  And as such, it is subject to change.  Even if you write down what you want your car to look like when you are done, since you made the definition in the first place, you are free to change it if you want.

After all, you may be working on it, and run into a problem.  But that problem may be an opportunity in disguise.  It may get you thinking about how to fix it, and you may come up with something else to do to your project that makes it even better in the end.  Or you may learn more about how your car works along with way.  That is better than just being frustrated that something is broken.

Every time you see another project car, you may see something that you can do on your car.  You may want to do it, or not, but even if you don’t you may say, No, but if I did this instead…  See how you can keep tinkering and tweaking on the same car, even after you thought it was “done”

And that is what keeps project cars interesting after they are “done”  Because they are never really done.  Driving them is fun, but so is working on them.


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