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wideopen231:
 . I don't get why someone would spend time and money to build race car and then not want to work on it much. Most of guys here are building or reworking their cars on consistent bases or so it seems. On another site guys seem to think if it ain't broke don't touch it. Heck iof not for working on,building,fabricating and the joy of that part I would not need a race car. I could build a show car thats rolled in and out of trailer and polished.

I guess getting old. I believe in the run what you built and then make it faster.Yes you can do so and still bracket race you just have to be smart as to when you make A change and be able to change back to original setup if it doesn't work. Guess thats why I always get someone come up and tell me. DUde you have to quite working so much you are making us lokk bad to wives.LOL

wideopen231:
Don't take title wrong. If you have race car and pay someone to build it and you show up and drive.Thats cool because you are still a racer. Just pointing out that the build is 90% of the fun IMO.

Ok legal disclaimer done.

gregm784:
I enjoy working on mine, but being 45, owning a house, having a kid, and other hobbies, it cannot dominate my time like it did when i was 25, no kids, rental house, and a wife i hated to be around. 

It's all a balancing act.

glofria:
Our '57 was home?shop built. Worked on it for years to get it to run right and now, because we choose to run an index of 7.60, we primarily maintain the car.  Same can be said for the other cars we run out of our shop that we didn't build ourselves.

For the last two years, I have been spending much of my free time restoring an old 1981 Chevy C60 Toterhome with a 38' triple axel Chaparral trailer  that was given to us. It said to once belong to Larry Minor Racing. Pretty much having to do everything as it sat idle for some 10 years. Seems every time I go to buy something for it, it's $100 and the thought goes like, "why am I doing this?"

Here's a shot of one of our crew members Kevin applying some paint.

opa1:
Kool looking rig! I'm just getting started at FED's. I have had more than my share of door slammers. So always wanting to go faster is catching up with me. :) In reality I just want to compete at the 5.50 1/8 level at the moment. Not sure I'll get there with the current combo but, that's ok. More power coming soon!

I do all of my own work. Engine, trans, electrical, etc. Hands on for sure. BTW: I'm sixty and still pushing! 

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