So roadkill is ruined for me.

"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
07/14/2017 at 15:12 • Filed to: None

Because now I feel like a loser.

Sigh.

DISCUSSION (37)

EL_ULY > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 15:16

porque?

My bird IS the word > EL_ULY
07/14/2017 at 15:23

Work on my car has.... stalled. (no pun intended). On the plus side I took off work so I will have most of two whole weeks to work on it in august. However, confidence is at an all time low. The olds motor has been very uncooperative, and I have spent too much free time on it already.

EL_ULY > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 15:25

Overkill makes it seem so easy. You got it doe duuuude :] Just keep chuggin at your own pace.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 15:33

I’ve only watched the MCM - Roadkill crossover episodes. Very entertaining.

But I gather it’s for personal reasons it’s ruined, not something the show did right?

I’ve stalled on my project a little bit, I’m remodeling my kitchen. But I think I’ve regained some will and determination to work on it. I just had a week or so where I was unmotivated, maybe you just need a break?

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 15:35

You weren’t the losers literally shoveling shit out of a junkyard Mustang.

My bird IS the word > EL_ULY
07/14/2017 at 15:37

RIP one year worth of nice weekends.

My bird IS the word > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
07/14/2017 at 15:39

I’m taking one, mostly because now I don’t even have free time like I did. It’s mostly because I feel like a bum while I watch it. This shit is hard, don’t make it look easy! Damn.

My bird IS the word > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
07/14/2017 at 15:41

Its just the whole “oh, we’re gonna take a muscle car that’s been abandoned since the 80s and get it running and driving in 48 hrs” meanwhile I get a car that is running and driving, drive it three hours home, and can’t get it inspected within a year and a half.

Sweet Trav > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 15:42

Time to giver wha. Get on the the horse that threw you. You can only piss with the dick ya got. Get at ‘er

uofime-2 > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 15:43

you might notice that many a difficult problem on roadkill is quickly solved via throwing money at it and getting new parts

arl > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 15:45

This is why I’ve come to the realization that I can’t own an old car. I’ve romanticized the ownership of cool old cars. I just don’t have the time, tools, or patience to maintain and fix them.

I’ll take a whole Saturday to detail my car, but at the end of the day, I just do it for the instant pleasure. The car would run fine and take me to work even if it was dirty.

Anyway, hope you get it running!

My bird IS the word > arl
07/14/2017 at 15:47

It will get done eventually. But this is the last old car I buy. I like wrenching, but not when the car is fighting me the whole time.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 15:47

Haha true, I love how they just tossed a Chevy Bigblock in a 60's Impala in a couple days (MCM episode), like that’s NOT a big deal.

Home reno shows haven’t made me feel like a bum YET, but we’ll see, maybe I’ll get there too.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 15:47

Don’t forget - these guys started out as noobs with more dreams than wrenches just like the rest of us. FInnegan once took up his parents’ entire garage while taking apart his mini-truck and it took him months to get it back together. And most of Freiburger’s junk hasn’t moved since the first Bush administration. THere is a LOT of TV magic and there has to be some extra hands on occasion. Don’t compare yourself to them too much. Not unless you can get a couple grand’s worth of cash on demand and summon up some free parts at will. This is still TV, not reality.

My bird IS the word > uofime-2
07/14/2017 at 15:48

TBH that’s probably the right way to do it for sanity reasons.

My bird IS the word > Sweet Trav
07/14/2017 at 15:49

Oh, believe me, I am one stubborn mofo. Just wanted it to be driveable like, last year. Now I am not even sure it will be done this one.

Pickup_man > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 15:50

If it makes you feel any better my dad and I have been trying to restore his ‘69 Chevelle for the entirety of my life*. So far we have the engine painted and assembled, and the frame painted and assembled, and that’s it. Granted we’ve built and worked on lots of other things both together and alone, both auto related and not, but this has always keeps being pushed further down the list. We’re slowly getting there but it’s being set aside yet again, although this time it’s so we can build a shop to work on it in, along with my 1950 F3.

*this is not an exaggeration, he bought the car a few years before I was born, tore it all apart, put it in the garage, had kids, rearranged priorities, and didn’t really start working on it until I was in high school. I’m nearly 27 now.

My bird IS the word > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
07/14/2017 at 15:51

At least then it is understandable because home DIY isn’t a primary hobby. Car stuff is my jam.

My bird IS the word > Pickup_man
07/14/2017 at 15:53

I’m not trying to restore (yet D:), I am just trying to get it down the block without it falling apart or getting impounded. I actually kinda like that it looks like crap.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 15:55

I think I’m almost equally as passionate about kitchens as I am about cars. I’ve been obsessed the same way I’ve been obsessed with my cars, haha.

I haven’t had a project car yet, so that’ll be the true test!

My bird IS the word > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/14/2017 at 15:55

I guess that’s true, I don’t know of any projects Freiburger has finished that the magazine hasn’t paid him to finish lol. Man needs to stop buying junk and start fixing junk.

StoneCold > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 15:58

As someone restoring a ‘70, their method is pissing me off a biiiiit.

You can pull that engine in like an hour and have the engine rebuilt in about a day. Starting it while full of crud really pissed me off.

StoneCold > StoneCold
07/14/2017 at 15:59

Pressure washing the interior.

I am so triggered right now.

My bird IS the word > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
07/14/2017 at 16:01

maybe not then lol. Good luck, kitchens are always one of the best rooms to renovate when they are done. Probably not the most fun to do though.

My bird IS the word > StoneCold
07/14/2017 at 16:03

Yeah, that is a great way to start a fire. And it definetly took me more than an hour to pull my engine lol.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 16:03

But thats the part that makes him so relatable!

Pickup_man > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 16:09

I’m just saying don’t get discouraged because it’s taking longer than you would like, things happen, priorities get rearranged, you’ll get it done. As another example I’ve had a dirt bike and and a 3 wheeler apart for close to a year now, all they need are new pistons, the rebuild is super easy. I just brought the cylinder to the machinist yesterday. Seeing them just sitting in the garage depressed me and I wondered if I would ever get them done, but I finally got a little extra cash and should have them done next week.

Keep in mind to that this is what the Roadkill guys do, basically for a living, they’ve got tons of support, all the right tools, and loads of experience. When playing with cars is your day job you tend to get things done. Like you mentioned in another comment too, Frieburger’s personal projects move pretty slowly, Finnegan on the other hand....

BigBlock440 > uofime-2
07/14/2017 at 16:11

Ignoring it and breaking down several miles later is another of their favorite methods.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 16:21

Thanks! Best of luck regaining your motivation, I think it’ll come back!

My bird IS the word > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
07/14/2017 at 16:22

Once the motor is apart and back together I think I will feel much better. too many unknows I think at this point.

My bird IS the word > Pickup_man
07/14/2017 at 16:26

Yeah. No way am I ever going to give up on this thing. I just got a lot of what ifs hanging over my head right now. I do feel as if I know enough to get the job done, but it may be out of my hands and the car may need to wait for a new engine. Once the motor is back in one piece I think I will be better from that point onward.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > My bird IS the word
07/14/2017 at 16:42

Yeah, I bet the next big piece of progress you make will be motivation

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/14/2017 at 19:13

I really struggled to watch a lot of the more recent ones because of this. It lost a lot of the relatable feel and became much more “our sponsors gave us thousands worth of parts that we throw into a crappy looking car”

Nauraushaun > StoneCold
07/15/2017 at 20:35

The car was ruined, that’s why it was sitting in a junk yard so long. And it’s not in their interests to restore it all properly. They wanted to get it running and so they did!

Nauraushaun > StoneCold
07/15/2017 at 20:35

It was fuuuucked

Nauraushaun > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/15/2017 at 20:37

And it’s damn fine TV ;)

I think Freiburger is just a patina guy. He likes them a bit beat up. And he’s not the kind of guy to spend $10k on paint and bodywork, at least not for the majority of cars he wants to keep.

Which is cool really. If you want to own old muscle without spending millions of dollars...getting over them needing to be perfect is a big step along that path.

uofime-2 > BigBlock440
07/17/2017 at 10:09

They’re fine with sketchy, but if it is clearly (or at least apparently) stopping them from running, they tend to utilize the parts cannon