Posted 18 November 2022 - 07:01 AM
Been a hot minute since I posted......well, amongst all the tragedy and disruptment of Covid, yep, you guessed it, frOck all got done. The car went off to the shop at the end of 2019, I pulled it out in early 2021 having been blasted and primed, a few other bits and that's about it. Also started a new job 2 months ago so that's been a bit of an adjustment as well. The R31 diff got modified and fitted by Diff Technics at Kogarah mid 2020, I had a set of V5s cleaned up and painted however I'm not sold on the colour I picked (gunmetal grey).
Also in September of 2020 my mates and I handed back the keys to our shared workshop after 5 years and while they went off to buy houses and get married, I simply moved all my shit back to my parents single garage and carport, not being able to afford the place on my own.
My uncle who is a gun painter of nearly 50 years offered to help me, however, first the lockdowns of 2021 prevented that, and then without a workshop to stay dry, the rain of 2022 set that back even further.
Then being out of a job for ~2 months and having to do repairs on the daily driver now I didn't have a company vehicle ate into my spare cash, not to mention landing a Mrs who is great but is yet another thing occupying my already limited time. Add into that a deteriorating mental state and here we are, 8 years on, no closer to actually enjoying any fruits of my labour. There's a lesson to be taken from this. Dont build cars unless you have unlimited time, skills, patience and funds. Or at least unlimited funds, the rest can be outsourced (usually)