Its time to get back into this on going project.
I seem to hit the 1950 Dodge Coronet project hard a couple times a year. I have taken 1 year completely off (last year) but had full intentions of doing something to it. Life, kids and other activities always come first obviously, and the car get shoved further and further into a dark corner. This year the wife and I have made a serious plan to get the Coronet on the road. We seem to be so close but after its put in a list form were a long way from the finish line.
With the list in hand I'm hoping to start crossing things off piece by piece. Theres a lot of freaking pieces! I've already started purchasing a good portion of the parts needed to get it running. That still leaves me very, very short in other areas of the car. The first step forward and 3 steps back rule of hot rods can be very intimidating and discouraging.
The rule I was just referring to is why I took the year off from working on the Dodge. The reason I loved working on the car some how turned out to be the reason I really didn't want to work on it anymore. Maybe too much of a good thing IS bad?
With those feeling hopefully behind me there is nothing I want more than to be rumbling down the road in it this summer with my family. I've just leaped over a couple huge obstacles at the beginnig of this year and with that behind me I feel I'm more focused on what's important to me. I do owe a great deal to my wife and kids for helping me through my tough time but this blogs about the car! (sorry Kris and kids, lol). Were planning to get the show started (ie, working on the car) at the beginning of February. I will be posting progress reports and pics of the car as always (when ever there is something done to it) and hope to be posting again soon.
