The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk The last of the blood letting....

I placed an order this morning for a tailgate , chrome headlight rings and a seat re-cover kit.

Other than glass...I think the blood letting on my bank account will soon end.

Since the name "in progress" applies to all of us, I highly doubt it...wonder what I am forgetting...

But I can see the end to the major spending!!!

I still need my fenders back and to paint them, but Spring is looking fun next year! The passenger side door is done. The glass is in. The sound of a stovebolt door shutting up tight sure sounds good.

Sure wish I could say that! :rolleyes:

Well, hate to say but it never ends. If you have a hobby like ours you have to pay the price.
don't ya just love it/

If you stop spending money, you've lost interest ?

I have too much (blood letting) ahead of me to even think about it! By the time I get through even these hungry Alaska mosquitos won't bother landing on me.

Broke Buddy

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
I have a plack that hangs on my wall. I maid this plack years ago, with chunks of aluminum that all started life as a verry high doller big block chevy bottom end. They are now shalacked to a peace of wood with a little word of wisedom below (If your going to play your going to pay). By the way the motor that gave it's life to make the plack did so befor it ever maid a single pass.

Don't get me wrong folks..I love spending money on my truck...just not at the pace I have been over the past 12 months..

It will be nice to be able to drive the beast by spring and enjoy the fruits of my labor.

The spending will drop to a trickle compared to the cash I have been dropping as of late...

unless I buy that 54 I have my eye on!

so true .. so true.

Cliff59

I usually don't have much money to spend on mine, some of it has been diverted to my 48 Willys for necessary repairs. Although I'm gonna go pick up a 235 for mine this week.

Mine might never make a show winner but hopefully a good work truck. Although I did inquire about another project yesterday. I'll let yall know about it if it comes about. :rolleyes:

It never ends.

It's only money.

If it brings you joy,then it's worth it.

Very True Hevy Hauler..VERY True..

I have enjoyed EVERY penny I have spent on this truck. Cheap Therapy is another way to look at it!

Ditto

That light is still too far away for me to see yet. Congrats on the milestone. That means another project is just around the corner.

I have the same attitude toward dumping money into my old trucks and Harleys as I have when I go on vacation. I never keep track of how much $$ gets spent because I am afraid to know the truth. I don't need a heart attack.

The thing that slays me is buying parts that I need for mock-up NOW, but then will just sit until I am ready for assembly. I don't want to have to purchase a $$$ radiator or $$$ wiring kit or.....and have the warranty drop off before I even have the chance to turn the key (I'm hoping that I will be in position to do my maiden voyage by September of next year).

So I've been plotting the schedule of purchases so that I minimize my exposure.

Toxictiki - Perhaps I shouldn't have, but I have been keeping track of both expenditures AND labor hours. Yes, I expect I'll need resuscitation when I add it all up! ;'}

Mock-up sucks, you buy parts for an idea mock it up then find your self going a totaly differant direction. That is what makes this site so great, you can see what others have done.
Then as soon as the mock-up is done you get to pull it all apart and depending on how picky you get some times you do this three or more times.
We enjoy this, are we nutz?????????????

I agree. I've purchased many parts only to discover I don't like what I've got or choose to go in a different direction. Good thing is most stovebolt sponcers will take that parts back in exchange for others.