Fed up!!!!

Spent a few hours last on my engine and suddenly realised actually how much work i have to do to get car back on the road and decided sod it.. I think i'm gonna give up and sell everything.
The shell is completely bare and has brand new front and rear panels fitted and the rear arches repaired. I have loads of new parts including all fuel lines, accumulator, master cylinder, drums, frt shocks and strut tops, wheel bearings, hubs, goodridge hoses, genuine wings, 2 standard interiors … the list goes on.  
I would have to get around ?1000 for everything but might have put everything seperately on Ebay but thats quite a lot of work. Should i persevere or sell everything?????????

kev,

you gotta persevere - get your body shell prepped and painted and that'll give you the motivation cos it'll look so shiny  

Don't give up on it….

Deffinately persevere mate!

I felt exactly the same when doing mine though once it came back from the paint shop - It flew together! If you are at this stage, all the hard work is done!

Kev,
       Restoring a car is a long and winding road but it will be worth it. The early stages are the hardest as you seem to be going backwards rather than fowards. As Crazy says get the body work finished and start the reassembly process with all those shiny new parts and things will start to look alot better in more ways than one :wink:

Simon

Might just be the January blues :cry:

Beginning of a project- everythings exciting and new, can't wait to get started.

Middle of a project, can't remember why you started this bl**dy job, ends too far away to see.

Finishing- all downhill, the ends in sight and you starting to see the finished picture.

Get yourself out of that middle section, it's a motivation killer, and you'll be fine.

Peter.

couldn't have summed it up better myself tallpete. Spot On.

Keep at it littlekev, it'll all be worth it in the end when you got a nice shiny restored golf to drive around in and you can proudly say 'I restored that all myself!'

You guys are probably right but im still in 2 minds!!!! Will try and spend a few more nights and then decide what i'm doing.
Thanks for the encouragement  

Just to repeat what everyone else has said - keep at it.

Sounds like you've got quite a lot of hard work and nasty bits out of the way. Once complete you will know that you have done a thorough job and that there should be no nasty surprises waiting for you - something you can never be a 100% sure of when buying a runner. If you're still unsure, mull it over for the next couple of weeks. Don't rush to get rid of it, I'd imagine January is never a good time to sell cars anyway.

Good luck

Yes, stick with it.

The short days and bad weather are quite off putting unless you have a warm garage!

If it is not your daily driver and you are getting stressed with it, take a break - why rush a masterpiece?

I do have a nice warm VW dealership garage with all the special tools and workshop manuals etc with my own set of keys to work on it at nights. Probably sounds like heaven to some of you guys who have to work on the floor etc..

In that case pull your finger out, you moaning git    :wink:

Blimy, you are very lucky to have those facilities at your fingertips, I'd love to have that available to me!

Insted I have a grotty 30 year old concrete garage with an asbestos roof and rotting woodwork to work on mine in. Luckily as the car's fairly short, there's enough room for a decent sized gap at the front of the car and a work bench.  It does have electricity so I can run a heater in there, not that it makes any difference and is fairly dry excpet if it rains hard when the water runs under the door and floods the back corner :-(

I know  ops:  The workshop tools do come in handy! I currently have my engine bolted onto a proper engine stand which is bolted to the floor and can be rotated 360 degress…

Know that fed up feeling. I'm not in a project - other than the ongoing one of keeping mine on the road. Got a ?211 bill this week for having the water pump replaced!!! 8O  It's mostly all labour as the old one was a bitch to get out - studs sheared off etc.

I've now spent more on the car than what I bought it for but the sum doesn't seem to equal the car I now have!! I know that never stacks up but all time/effort has gone on keeping the car going, rather than improving it - certainly body wise.

Thats said (touching lots of wood!!) I don't think there's much else that can go wrong now. Picking up some new doors tomorrow (2nd hand new!) so can get round at last to getting rid of the old tin worm, perhaps only to sell the car?!

Anyway, I'd certainly when buying another MK1 spend a bit more money to buy a better one in the first place - unless of course I wanted to buy a project car to start with. That Helios Blue one on eBay would be the ticket but Santa has already been and gone for one year!

i,ve been thinking the same thing. should i sell or not  :?  mine to has new front and rear panel new wings and new arches. but the git whos spraying it still hasnt sandblasted it  :twisted: he says now that he,s waiting for the dry weather before he starts it.  i think if it wasnt helious blue i would have got rid by now  :cry:

I restored my MK1 about 5 years ago, it cost a small fortune but was rewarding when the restoration was complete. The problem is parts are starting to go again, seems an endless cycle of nearly full time commitment to keep these rare cars road worthy. For the amount of work you put into these cars and the current value of a good mk1 makes it not worth keeping these cars on the road. This however could change if the values start to rise, the early mk1 are now commanding good prices and imo the s2 models will start to follow behind s1 models.

Been there

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seen it !! done it !!
If i had given up her in doors would have had no where to leave the Turkey to defrost this year !

Take a break then tackle it later maybe next month

Cheers Chudd……

If I'd given up on the lengthy restoration of my cherished alpine white Datsun 240z I'd still be married to my first wife!!!!

Restoration takes a lot of time along and money to complete. However if you like doing it well that's another matter

Kev, after the day I have had today with my Campaign I can really sympathise - but don't give up. If its getting a bit much then just take a step back from it and take a break.

If you are getting fed up with it then you might be tempted to cut corners and you will just regret it later. If its not your main car then whats the hurry?

I am beginning to seriously question whether I am doing the right thing keeping my Campaign as a runner / rolling restoration  :cry: . For the second time in 6 months its left me completely stranded, luckily not far from home this time.

Unfortunately this time I have not idea what the problem is - it starts (reluctantly) then runs for a short while then just dies and won't restart for ages. By revving the nuts off it I was able to get it home once restarted (only a mile), but I was wincing all the way.

Looks like I have sparks so HT and distributor are probably OK. Fuel looks to be coming through too, so not sure what the problem is.

I fear its crud in the fuel system which may mean the filler neck has gone letting crap in or something equally drastic.

As the MX-5 is currently off the road with accident damage I'm effectively carless.

Its at times like this I question the logic of running two "classics" and not having access to a more reliable modern car. Classics always need something renewing on them in my experience.

Maybe its best to start with a shed and no illusions and renew EVERYTHING, rather than buy a so called "minter" but never being sure how well it was restored?

Keep at it Kev - you'll be glad you did, and trying to sell it now will probably lose you a shedload of cash. If you still feel the same way when the car is finished then by all means sell it - you should at least get decent money for it.

Cheers,

Chris