Jeep Therapy

Enjoy it, driving them are half the fun. I really miss the work I did on mine during the restoration.

I love working on cars when I want to... I cant STAND working on cars when I have to-

The 2A is therapy cuz its always a want to

I agree...the only solution is to build another!

Upon completion of my first build, there was a huge 'hole' in my life.  I was lost. The only cure was the next project.

Stan, thanks for the positive thoughts. Just to clarify though....it would take a BIG stack of hundreds for me to get rid of Frankie....maybe too many in most peoples opinions BUT I'm not hanging on to it with the hopes that a future friend or family member is going to build a shrine out of it after I'm gone either.

And also you have to understand that Frankie was 8yrs old this month (the initial crank and drive) so its been together for a good 5yrs now and in the street rod circles (I know its not but its closer to that than anything else...it just happens to have a transfer case)  5 years is kinda approaching 'old news', which is really how I view it now.

The 'showing off ' of a new project is the fun part and to get there you have to have the 'journey'  not that that's neccesarily FUN but you have to do it....to get to the DESTINATION (the showing it to people)

I still like it, I still enjoy it but like you said, it doesn't control my thoughts anymore....AND it's old news.

In short, its starting to show a little 'show wear',  it's 5years or so of Reunions down the road, people have seen it so its just not as interesting to me as it once was......(and probably not as much to them either)

I stumbled up on it (one of the first pictures of the semi complete) on Pinterest the other night....somebody had pinned it from another site (jeep forum I think maybe) with some other guy as builder.....oh well, what do you do....can't correct misinfo on Pinterest.

Sorry for the ramble.....its raining, can't cut grass.

My co-horts at the fire department would always laugh at me when I brought my 2A to work because they knew I was headed out for my "Dirt Fix" the next morning after work.  What a fantastic stress relief, riding around in the mountains getting every orifice full of dirt and dust was just the BEST!!!   

All so true fellows. Like Lays Potato Chips: I'll bet you can't eat/have just one.  The hole in your life becomes a obsession. Fatal Jeep Disease.  Watch out for Green Disease also.  Vacation soon becomes going and driving them at meets. That is the icing on the cake. My sister asked me why so many people seem to like Jeeps. I told her they are the true "Back Woods Sportscars".  John

Oops, sorry Katie, I should have said: Well Guys and Gals, all true.  You are the only lady that I know who removes her steering wheel going down the highway. True grit!  John

Just about finished with my build, still getting some of the last bugs out of it.