What excites you the most on a build - POLL

What excites you the most about a/your build?

 

Not on the list but th gathering of parts is my personal fave!!

 

The one for me isn't in the poll.

Just getting something accomplished, correctly.

 

making every part fit right and look GOOOODDDDDD...

 

G getiing it done and goin' for a ride.

 

Dreaming and changing everything before a wrench touches a bolt.

 

The paint....that made the most dramaic difference and the part that I was looking forward to the most....and yeah, I got excited when I saw it done for the first time, and alittle weepy.
I heart Earl Schieb.

 

Hearing it start up for the first time.

 

The whole build...from start to finish...if you don't believe that, check it out:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=329070&highlight=the+best+55+caddy+build

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It is not any one thing for me. I get enjoyment out of going from a design idea to a completed project in any of the above mentioned aspects of the build. I take as much pleasure out of making a body modification as building a chassis bracket when it works out as I had planned.

 

When my 454 fired up I got a boner.....

 

at 1st site of the car..does it for me..then.. friends and family seening the car after you've made progress on the car and saying this thing was a rust bucket or this thing was all beat up when you got it..this the same car we pulled out of the cow pasture..lol

 

bringing the new project home... nothing but possibilities!!!

 

I like the brainstorming process because that's where my strengths are. Once I begin to dive in it seems like it's one huge cluster fuck of questions and corrections. I am getting better though. Besides that I would chassis/suspension because I think it's the thing I pay attention to. If a car sits right on the right tires then I can pretty much get into the rest of the car.

 

Parts collecting is the most fun. like when you find a piece of trim thats bent and its the only one you've been able to find in a couple years of swap meets, and then you buy it. Your buddies are like dude its jacked up, and your like, ive been looking for 4 years dont ruin the moment. "Now that I got a bent one, all i need to do is find a straight one"

 

Buying the heap,
Tearing it down,
Building it halfway up,
Buying the next,
... and so on...

 

I LOVE it ALL!!!

 

where is my favorite... *all of the above

 

The day it leaves with someone else

 

Research-Parts Procurement-Development-Final Testing=Enjoyment. It is the whole process.

 

^^^ +1

 

I really enjoy suspension work,especially leaf springs.Just a few tools,oxy torch and a few big wrenches and a big fucking hammer.lay the springs on the floor,cut the center bolt,wack with the hammer and the leaves fly apart.Years of dirt and rust escape,ah,what a relief.

 

I dig dragging it home and chasing parts. I've seen more beautiful country and met more cool people just chasing parts than anything else! And the stories of dragging home another pile of shit with my friends are priceless

 

Towards the end of every build, I start a punch list on the white board in my shop. By that time, all of the big pieces are in place, just needs final details like building brake lines, plumbing cooling system, fixing all the lights and electrical. I like that part of the build, finishing up the details.

 

i like the first moch up with the drive train in...esp. when you are building with pieces that have never met before

 

First drive, then every subsequent drive.

 

Just a big roller coaster ride for me. I love bringing in a new project and developing a plan for it. Teardown is a pain, I hate old greasy parts. Chassis fab is cool, metalwork is fun for me (who would of guessed) but I detest the mud work and paint. Well, I like to paint but I hate sanding. Best part for me thou is the finally assembly, everything is clean, painted, polished, all the grunge work is over. I don't like upholstery cause I don't do that and I've had more bad experiance with upholsters then good. The good must outwiegh the bad cause I still do it after37 years!

 

Chassis. Taking it form this to this.

 

the finds for shure ..i love finding the parts at random..than day dreaming about putting them all together...

 

Chassis is my favorite, especially when I get to do something complicated and out of the norm.