It’s hard to let go and move on to the next stage. You question if you are really ready and done all the task to be done before moving on. Is the quality of work sufficient? Have I missed any detail. Should I redo something. Change something. Stare at the project, gazing deep into at intricacies. Then….think a little more. Stare at it some more. Eventually though after pondering long enough you’ll know that it’s time.
My original vision for this project was to do every aspect of the build myself. Time passes though and maybe you don’t have the tools or don’t have the proper space or adequate environment for the task at hand. I made the decision it was better to send the car out to be striped to bare metal and then epoxy primed rather then do it myself. I was very eager to actually do these steps myself, yet the more I thought about it, and the closer I got to that stage it was apparent that the best thing to do is send it away. Plenty of stripping and painting to be done on smaller items, so I feel as though I will be able to up my skill set still. Even better, I can hone those skill on a much smaller scale without feeling overwhelmed buy such a large item and still all the techniques would apply if I ever feel like stripping and painting a whole car in the future. So off to the painter it went.
I was able to rent a covered trailer when taking the car to the paint shop, this worked out great as it kept the car clean. Unfortunately I was unable to get a covered trailer for the trip home when it mattered most it seems. So it’s industrial plastic wrap to the rescue. I took a moment before moving the car out side of the paint shop and thoroughly wrapped the whole car. Then I proceeded to packing tape the whole car to really secure the plastic wrap for its 40 min highway winter journey. Traveling on the highway would take its toll on an ill wrapped car, so I made sure everything was very secure.
Once home I unloaded and unwrapped it, like an amazing gift on Christmas. It’s one of those moments when taking on a project like this that allows you to see the progress. To feel it, as if a goal has been achieved. It is without a doubt a big motivator to forge forward with the project. So with all this excitement and new drive to move forward it is the time aspect that holds me back. Finding the time to spend with a project like this can be quite hard. A very busy work schedule and often other more important obligations have as of late made it seemingly impossible to find the time to work on this project. A project I find allows me to centre myself, relieve built up stresses and clear my head. Part of the problem too is that the project is a good two hours away from me, making it a weekend affair most the time, when I have the time. With that said I recommend that if your time is hard to come by, having the project like this close so you can go at it for a few hours here and there in between a busy schedule would prove beneficial. I must also note that my original goal for this project was 3 years. a labor of love it is and forever it may take. The out come just as rewarding though. Now, I don’t really put a time frame on it and looking back to when the first picture were taken its coming up on that 3 year mark. Another three years it may be, and I’m ok with that. Like life, great things take time. You must work hard at archiving the goal and along the way plans may change. In the end though the reward will be above everything else.
Robot Rabbit 
