A status update on the car...
After my son was born last year in June, I really pushed to get the car done. Well, at least what I had started. My last couple posts were around that time. As soon as I got it useable I basically stopped posted. With the kid and work it just got hard to find time to work on this.
Everything did work out though. The SharkBite Suspension is freaking awesome (the alignment shop was really impressed with it) and the TH-200 overdrive transmission makes cruising super comfortable (the 2nd gear shift kicks you in the back though). As for the brakes. Holy crap. The car stops on a freaking dime now. It can easily beat my 2013 Charger R/T Road & Track with the Super Track Pack in stopping power. The interior turned out great. The Vintage A/C is ok, but I would consider not buying a kit next time. One of the biggest surprises was the seats. I ended up with Mr. Mike's Fiero seats. I got black leatherette with black embroidery and they look and feel fantastic. No one can believe they're from a crappy 1985 Fiero that I found in a junk yard. The audio system turned out good, but I definitely have some lessons learned that I should share, but that's for another time.
Ok, so what have I been up to instead of the car?
Well, for one, entertaining a little boy that's almost a year and half old one (crazy). And two, building a new house! We decided to build a new house at the beginning of the year because we were planning to expand our family further and frankly we were tired of having the garage dedicated to my project.
I designed the new house and had a professional designer tweak it. In the end, he didn't change a whole lot. I ended up with a 4 stall wide garage with two of the stalls extra deep and two sized to fit two full size F150s side-by-side. It's over 1600 square feet of garage! It's awesome... I can't wait to get started working on the car again. I'll have to post more pictures of the garage setup once I'm done. Looks like a good place for a lift don't you think? =)
Congrats on the baby! Totally jealous of that garage!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Been a stressful year.
DeleteUnfortunately my time is going to be taxed even further pretty soon. We've got a little girl due April 9th and I've finally almost got the garage cleaned out from the move. The first kid has started wanting to help with EVERYTHING dad does, so I just need to figure out a way to make his "help" actually helpful. =)