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The Post Overhaul Blues...Tired, will I ever Top This?
Whats exciting now? Ever get that feeling?.
Last year, this spring and summer was spent industriously ripping apart and tearing down & rebuilding my aging 85 300D and after months of sweaty and dirty and exhausting work the project is finally nearing completion... and I'm depressed... Man what a job! Where did I get all this d--- energy?- New engine, transmission, I powder coated the wheels, swapped the front coils and rear coils, welded the floor, swapped interiors ( a Huge Job..), swapped steering boxes, new tires, new bearings, new brake calipers, new control arms, POR 15 ed everything, new shocks, rebuilt the AC..replaced the dash and winshield and radiator .........the car runs like new and the Powder Coated rims are the best things I did and make the car look new--I just need to paint it now... Suddenly I am depressed because, well, what next? I guess, just drive it..but sometimes I wonder, whats exciting now? Ever get that feeling? Suddenly the weekends are boring.... |
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im going to be swapping the interior out of a 79 240D into an 83 300D... sounds fun eh
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Plenty of w123s on the internet to keep you busy for awhile. Or do this on a semi-professional basis and repair fellow w123 owners cars for a reasonable price(not free). Plenty of them around too. I'm in need of extensive rust repair and living in an apartment I have no acess to a welder or garage and so a body shop is the only way to go for me but would cost me an arm an a leg. So count me in as your first costumer. But there is certainly no need to feel sad, depressed or bored. Hanging on the forum here and telling us in detail about your fixes and restorations should make you feel so much better. You can count on all of us for moral support and words of encouragement to help you get thru this. Louis. |
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I like driving them too much - I'm much rather spend the day driving aimlessly than being at home working on them.
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Heck, the answer is obvious..... You need another Volvo diesel!!
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Jimmy L. '05 Acura TL 6MT 2001 ML430 My Spare Gone: '95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black '85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White '80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed '81 300TD 240K "Smash" '80 240D 230K "The Squash" '81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John |
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its the middle age thing
i'm 45 now, i'm not getting any younger, maybe grey days ahead, man, all my life has been fixing cars...........i remember when i was 26 and did my little Toyota Corolla...
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on the other hand, trying to be positive
on a cloudy day, either its the hemingway thing or the pause before i try to paint it myself..which is a huge job,,,,after all i read people need sleep or else their brains would melt down....
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We may not be getting any younger....but we getting better!
Happiness is a choice no matter what your lot in life! Don't make the choice of depression, it's well,,,, depressing. Get a grin on and enjoy the fruits of your labor. I once read where you should never set a goal for yourself WITHOUT having set another goal to be accomplished AFTER the first one (and so on, and so on). Reason being just what's happening to you right now...and that kinda makes sense. You're sorta lost, set a new goal, be happy. We are happy for you, so the least you can do is not spoil it for us!!
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Your dpression is now over!
Come on over to my place....I have loads of welding, interior swapping, motor/trans replacing you can do for free!
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82 300D....went to MB heaven 90 350 SDL....excercising con rods |
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now maybe you can get some sleep at night instead of working till all hours of the night.
Danny
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I went through the same thing when I graduated from grad school, then I bought Maxine (1990 420 SEL) slightly neglected by her po 7000.00 worth of neglect and thats not the body work either....
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I'm just the opposite, I'm over the hump with the SDL. Just need body work, new wood, redo the front seats, and a few projects. Nothing nuts just the high dollar cosmetic stuff left.
I ask myself if I will ever take on another project like this. At this time no, at this point in my life I am more interested in doing other things. I'd rather not spend my weekends or week nights working on a car. So for now no more projects, I'll probably do a boat next. But no time soon that’s for sure. I can't see myself doing another car for a very long time, and it would have to be something really special. Like an old 911, Ferrari, XKE ect. I want something I can actually get a small part of my money back.
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Well, if not having anything to work on the W123 makes you depressed, there are options.
1. What else interests you? Find something to do related to that. Like for example, I like aviation in addition to MBs, so sometimes I'll go to the airport and do some plane spotting. 2. There's always meds? (legal ones!) 3. Purposely break stuff so you'll have to repair it (whoops! silly me, I broke the windshield with this hammer).
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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later! -German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123. |
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I'm taking up golf! You should give it a try, very relaxing and hard enough to keep me interested.
Plus since you have a MB its the perfect car to take!
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Carrameow, how was it swapping out the steering box? I might be doing that fairly soon.
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"spreading a trail of obnoxious where ever we go" 1981 300sd w/ 341,500 miles http://www.wecrash.com/pics/ddda_banner.gif |
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