Freebird, don't feel like your alone in the struggle. My 59' hasn't been together since 92', life get in the way. I have completed more in the past two years than in the 10 before that. The folks on the "BOLT" are a great motivation, I suggest you start a Project Journal it will help to keep you on pace and let others share your ideas. Remember this is supposed to funðŸ‘.
Be sure to check in with the Southern Bolters Forum, there are plenty of Folks around you.
Ha ha ! I'm glad I'm not the only one. The tag on my '50 is a '91. My truck is very rust free. Even the cab corners are pretty solid with only a couple pin holes. What really quenched my motivation is that many years ago I ordered some floor pans. I didn't realize the toeboard and floorboard were two different pieces, The ones I ordered were one piece, so I cut the whole floorboard out. I ruined my truck! My old toeboards were solid. Just the floorboards needed replacing. This depressed me so bad, that I stopped working on it. A few years ago, I got over it and welded the full floorboards in. I recently bought a nice 2001 8.1 liter Silverado that I didn't want to leave outside in the rain, sun, and dust so I left it in the garage and had no room to work on my '50. Today I broke out the car cover and put the Silverado outside. I rolled the cab off the ''50 with the engine stand and did a little grinding on the outer firewall where the inside welds came through. First time I worked on this truck in years. I do need to tool up though. Something to grind the welds and remove some or all of the paint from the cab.
WElcome back. 15 minutes a day, even if you are just sweeping and cleaning.
Today after doing what I described above, I decided to take a break, justifying it by thinking at least I got the ball rolling and if I force myself to do a little each day..I came in the house and saw your post. Great minds think alike?? ha ha ! I do like the sweeping and cleaning remark you made too. I never thought of that.
