Who's got a car project that they're losing faith in?

[Bluebeard]

Me! lol.

I got my mk1 clio with the sole intention of fitting an F4r, then throttle bodies, then in a few years re-shelling as it wasn't a great shell then just general tinkering while I enjoy many many track days. That was over 2 years ago.

Currently its sat outside someones workshop 100 miles from me, looking VERY sorry for itself, my new shell is sat on the driveway with about 3 inches of water in it (no windows) and I am seriously seriously lacking enthusiasm.

And it owes me mental money means i'm a bit reluctant to spend any more on it. Although in its defence, its all there, it just needs time and TLC.

So, what have you got lurking in your garage?

How I bought it:

The engine;

The shell I am re-shelling my car in to;

 

[rampantreaper]

i have had my cup about 18 months now, bought it with a duff engine with the intention of tracking it, its sat now in exactly the same place albeit with a running engine now. now i have the engine sorted i have decided to meg 225 it so the engine is up for sale, so god no s how long before i get the meg lump in it. lost enthusiam? i think not, just not enough time. but maybe the enthusiasm has a bit to do with it.lol

 

[Jaff.]

this. should be done by now really but im lacking the go latley.

also owes me a serious wedge!

 

[Mr Burns]

I don't, but my brother has a Mk2 Fiesta XR2 that he's converting to a RS2000. Due to time and finances it's taking him years, I think he's thrown the towel in!

 

[Tony Hunter]

I'll watch this to see what crops up.

 

[Jay.S]

I have a S13 which i have done f**k all too since I made this thread:-
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?611116-Jay-s-S13-200sx-Project&highlight=S13+project

It's just to cold to do anything plus working full time doesn't help and my workspace has the shittest lights ever no point working in the dark.

I have sorted some lights out now, I just help think the money I will put into it I could get a decent 172/106Gti etc you get the picture.

 

[rampantreaper]

actually now i come to think of it i have almost built a house in the same time i have had the cup!! thats bloody lazy

 

[Gaz.]

Just started looking at all the money and timeframe for undersealing the S14a, made me lose a lot of interest again after yesterday's high!

 

[Nick172Cup]

Dan - If you've got everything there get on with it! lol

If not offer Budgie some money and he'd do it in an afternoon!

 

[SamP]

Just started looking at all the money and timeframe for undersealing the S14a, made me lose a lot of interest again after yesterday's high!

Cry me a river Gaz.

 

[Bluebeard]

If I could get all of my s**t together in one unit, that I can get into out of hours, that doesn't cost me £600 per month, it would be done!

At the minute, its scattered all over the country and I have no workspcae.

 

[Alex H]

I don't, but my brother has a Mk2 Fiesta XR2 that he's converting to a RS2000. Due to time and finances it's taking him years, I think he's thrown the towel in!

If he has thrown the towel in I'll buy the shell

Having said that, I'm starting to lose patience building this engine at the moment...

 

[Nick172Cup]

If I could get all of my s**t together in one unit, that I can get into out of hours, that doesn't cost me £600 per month, it would be done!

At the minute, its scattered all over the country and I have no workspcae.

£600 a month! Jesus you could build a garage for less than a years rent that would last forever!

 

[Gaz.]

Cry me a river Gaz.

Pah, yours has taken forever because you're even lazier than me. I'm just thinking if I end up chasing rust around the car, I might not get it done by Mid March. If that happens, it's not getting touched until September thanks to a double outage, then it spirals out of control and 10 years later I finish it.

 

[Dave..]

You bought Chris's old shell?

My car's sat outside with stuff growing on it. I care about it that much. Really badly want an S4, but need the monies, and can't sell this orange thing.

 

[Bluebeard]

£600 a month! Jesus you could build a garage for less than a years rent that would last forever!

I need somewhere big enough to house two cars, that I can get to at night, that has lights and is very secure.

Sadly, all of that comes at a price. Owing to the fact its only commercial units that fit the bill.

 

[Tony Hunter]

I can understand how you lot feel,when we built the race car 2yrs ago, it was hard work.But we did have a goal at the end of it.
I still haven't got the stickers off it from the end of the season yet,feeling really lazy atm.Still engine is planed for the 15th Jan,so should get a move on with it soon.

 

[Mr Burns]

If he has thrown the towel in I'll buy the shell

Having said that, I'm starting to lose patience building this engine at the moment...

I'll ask him what he's doing with it all next time I see him, he's got plenty of goodies last time I looked.

 

[Bluebeard]

You bought Chris's old shell?

My car's sat outside with stuff growing on it. I care about it that much. Really badly want an S4, but need the monies, and can't sell this orange thing.

I thought you bought a golf gti?? :S Who the hell is that other daveXX bloke then?! lol!!

Why can't you sell the orange thing?

 

[SamP]

Pah, yours has taken forever because you're even lazier than me.

My earnings are 1/3rd of yours

 

[Gaz.]

Maybe so, but I'm still putting mortgage money away every month, so that's almost 50% of my basic gone. I have the option of work overtime and easily afford it but less free time, don't work overtime, more free time and less money.

 

[This_Is_Rich]

Iv had many that I don't have time for but take on anyway lol only got one at the min satria gti bought cheap and cause it don't owe me much I can't be fooked only need to put cambelt back on and fix bottom pulley and tidy body work but nah I got Clio to toy with now ( well fix all yr round lol )

 

[SamP]

Maybe so, but I'm still putting mortgage money away every month, so that's almost 50% of my basic gone. I have the option of work overtime and easily afford it but less free time, don't work overtime, more free time and less money.

Thats it then. Were both lazy cnuts.

 

[jenic]

Not a car, but got a bike project. Its now in my uncle's garage gathering dust, but below is from when it was in my garage back in 2008 lol

Got 1.5 bikes worth of stuff, inc 2 engines waiting to be stripped and a good one rebuilt (this was supposed to be my learning project)

Last week I won a Suzuki sb200 on ebay, my first project, I picked it up Sunday night. The pics below were in the ad and were how it looked when I collected it.

It was sold as incomplete due to needing side fairings/indicators/various bolts and loads more but it did also included a box of assorted bits.

Since I started my new job this week, well the first few months is full time college but still been hectic I haven’t had much chance to do anything. I have just been taking it apart and cleaning up what I can. I decided a compressor would aid cleaning and also would be useful in general so ordered one and since have just finished dismantling it and am now awaiting my compressor which should come next week and a parts washer should come in useful too so might get that on Monday.

This is how it stands now, bare frame which needs prepping and painting which I will do one evening next week. Various parts everywhere but they are in an order of a sort.

Cleaning the breaks but run out of break cleaner.

Wheels are looking better already, seat needs recovering.

Forks ready for cleaning up.

I collected these last night which i got for £60 on ebay, should be able to get some dealer parts from the engine such as clutch cover, various bolts. Got a nice mint seat so no need to recover my old one and a couple of fairings. Also got indicators plus a box of goodies so well worth the £60.

 

[Gaz.]

Thats it then. Were both lazy cnuts.

True story.

 

[Russ_16v]

I LOVE your Mk1 Dan, remember sitting in it in your old unit, perfect colour for a mk1 - shame you thinking of going to the blue!

 

[Bluebeard]

Its not going to be blue...

 

[Russ_16v]

Thats the spirit x

 

[Dan519]

Should have given the grey one to Cliolord to get on the road for you, he's only up the road from you and I've never known anyone ever with his level of motivation, especially for mk1s. I can put you in contact if you like, I think they have a few lockups attached to the garage you can hire too

 

[Bluebeard]

Number!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

x

 

[Dan519]

I have at least 4 projects I'm struggling to find the "want" to get done

 

[Dan519]

sent him a link

 

[Russ_16v]

On a different matter, I think iv got a Ph1 tb floating around in the garage Dan

 

[Tony Hunter]

I have at least 4 projects I'm struggling to find the "want" to get done

Is ours 'wanting' ?

 

[Dan519]

Is ours 'wanting' ?

yours if fine, it's my own shite I can't be arsed to touch, need to have a clear out and lose 3 cars I have no need for

 

[Tony Hunter]

Gets like that sometimes.

 

[Dave..]

I thought you bought a golf gti?? :S Who the hell is that other daveXX bloke then?! lol!!

Why can't you sell the orange thing?

Nope it's not gone anywhere, just been dead for 6 months.

Cat C means it's worth £6.99

 

[Mcaff]

mine: http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...s**tbox-172-(In-Need-Of-A-Good-Tidy-Up)/page7

re shelled it into my 1.2 had problems from the outset, drove 4ish miles and the pas pump shat itself took a pulley and belt with it. got that fixed.

its now knocking when you turn right, left it with my mate in November to fix and not botherd with it.

so a trip to Thailand in June means i wont be spending money on it but reluctant to sell it as it owes me so much and i will get pennies back for it.

and to top it off to get it where i would be happy with it i would want to spend some serious ££££

meh.

 

[Laura]

I've lost interest so many times in my golf but now it's finally gone for its MOT

 

[Ricardos]

My white Clio 172 took about 4 months from the shell to being on the road, i think about 2/3rds in i lost a lot of faith in it and wanted to just get shot of it. I think half the problem certainly for me was thinking about the dam thing like almost 24/7, even going to bed i'd be thinking what needed to be done next, parts to buy/fit/paint/clean!! Sad, i know, but it was consuming too much of my time so i left it for about 2 weeks. I didn't think about it, did other things...... Then went back to it motivated in finishing it and remembering why i took it all on in the first place


You can also feel like you're on your own and no one's there... Would be nice to have people help with the project, the amount of cars i've done over the years with mates coming round to drop engines in etc, doing other bits i couldn't do. We'd have a curry afterwards or order pizza :approve: