I think the 8 weeks was "Honey, stop procrastinating and work on it if you
are going to work on it", get it 80% complete. As for parts I do have most
(85%) things needed for the reconstruction. The biggest thing is info and
that is wheat this really cool list is for. Besides my wife knows if I have
deadline my hobbies don't turn into unfinished projects :-P
David A. Templeton
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Massey [mailto:105671.471@compuserve.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 1:34 PM
> To: David A. Templeton
> Cc: Triumphs@Autox Net (E-mail)
> Subject: TR3a Rims
>
>
> Message text written by "David A. Templeton"
> >I was also asked why the sudden rash of questions, well the
> wife ( the one
> who is so wise ), has given me 8 weeks to get this car
> together at any (
> well almost ), any cost. Here is the list that I have already:
> <
>
> I thought this was supposed to be a hobby? What's with the deadline?
> Forget about getting it done in eight weeks. Even if you can
> schedule it
> out to eight weeks it won't happen. There will be a part not
> available.
> There will be a body shop that won't deliver on time, or a
> machine shop.
> Something will get overlooked.
>
> And besides, this is a hobby. it's supposed to be fun. Working to a
> deadline is not my idea of fun. When I rebuilt my 8 i missed
> my target
> date by about a month. I thought I was doing really good at
> that. (of
> course it's still not finished but they never are)
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Dave
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