We used to call a USAF plane that spent a lot of its time being worked on a "hangar queen". Lots of stovebolt "improvement" projects end up being "garage queens" for a couple of decades or more.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!