- City
- Vero Beach
- State
- FL
My only caveat is exactly what you've just stated. I restored an 83 FJ40 (which I had since high school) so perfectly that I rarely drove it. I would only take it out when I checked the weather and there was no forecast rain anywhere in the northern hemisphere.
I took it camping a few times after the restoration and it was so stressful that it was some of the worst camping experiences I've ever had. I became so emotionally invested in it that I wound up selling it after owning it for 16 years because I no longer enjoyed it.
What I have done with my Scrambler is restore it to be mechanically pristine, reliable, and durable yet esthetically decent. I do still stress a bit about rust living in Florida but I have convinced myself that I'm looking forward to it rusting so I can get an aluminum tub (fortunately I'm not real bright, so I believe this).
I hope that you can enjoy yours once it is done. It will be an amazing vehicle which will be dependable and a part of your family for many many years if used carefully but regularly. I wish I could tell you how this can be accomplished but I don't think that I can. I can say that I think you are doing such a thorough and complete job that you really will be able to enjoy this thing for what it is.
Maybe just think of it as a new car that you've just bought and use it as such with the knowledge that you can always do a light restoration to it in the future and it will be right back to where it is now. After all, even Christie Brinkley got out of the house occasionally for a date night.....
And as for that blue one. I could not agree with you more. Wow! I wish I'd found that one years ago before I completely rebuilt mine.
I took it camping a few times after the restoration and it was so stressful that it was some of the worst camping experiences I've ever had. I became so emotionally invested in it that I wound up selling it after owning it for 16 years because I no longer enjoyed it.
What I have done with my Scrambler is restore it to be mechanically pristine, reliable, and durable yet esthetically decent. I do still stress a bit about rust living in Florida but I have convinced myself that I'm looking forward to it rusting so I can get an aluminum tub (fortunately I'm not real bright, so I believe this).
I hope that you can enjoy yours once it is done. It will be an amazing vehicle which will be dependable and a part of your family for many many years if used carefully but regularly. I wish I could tell you how this can be accomplished but I don't think that I can. I can say that I think you are doing such a thorough and complete job that you really will be able to enjoy this thing for what it is.
Maybe just think of it as a new car that you've just bought and use it as such with the knowledge that you can always do a light restoration to it in the future and it will be right back to where it is now. After all, even Christie Brinkley got out of the house occasionally for a date night.....
And as for that blue one. I could not agree with you more. Wow! I wish I'd found that one years ago before I completely rebuilt mine.