Take the summer off,the water isn’t going anywhere.

Man Dan, you had me worried . Can't wait to see it finished . After reading this thread I think we should start a support group for Classic Offshore boat addicts . The upside we can hold the meetings at a bar or virtually with cocktail in hand, until of course we need need to join AA . At that point we could save time and form a consolidated support group . Now if we could only find a way to make some dough on that we could all afford to buy fuel . Cheers RG.

Looks like Jason is doing the intakes, I’m sure they will be done well.

Jason is amazing Mike.
The stuff he does with those old cars to duplicate the panels is crazy .

I appreciate the support , I`ll be honest , I never knew folks cared for what the hell I was doing over here with an old Flat Deck and I really appreciate the Pm`s and messages, sharing of similiar stories . It does help to bring me out of this dark place I`m at .

THANK YOU GUYS! !!!

also a shout out to my wife, she`s keep me going , never complains about the money and supports me in everything that I do along with Brittney her friend.They keep my motivation up.

Keep it up you are so close to be done compared to me...:)
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Glad to see your going to push through. It is an awesome project definitely my favorite Cigarette.

the blonde? Lol

Now that's the spirit!! This way you can keep us in pics of hot women and Cigarette's!!

Good for you. (keeping it going). I've had customers say to me things about my Apache and they see a finished product and think that it happened overnight. They also see me boating and think it's a turn-key package that runs for 100's of hours. We'll they don't see the late nights working on customers engines and figuring out a way to keep up the maintenance on my 36. All they see is us out boating and think; "must be nice." It has been a long time in the making on my boat and it's never finished. Last year was top end refresh, this year is new upholstery... Next year maybe paint and EFI or maybe EFI in two years... Don't kill yourself.

Glad to hear you are going to take a step back. Honestly seeing other people go through some of the same stuff I am with mine helps keep me going. It does get to you at times when the money never stops flowing and sometimes the progress and enjoyment seem so far apart. Unfortunately I am pretty hands off on my build, I just don't have the talents or abilities necessary and I know what what I don't know. So I put in extra hours at work and make other sacrifices to be able to pay for the boat. I keep hanging on the hope that it will be worth it someday. That's where seeing you and some of the other guys on here that keep posting their progress and showing the end results keeps me hanging on. Do what is best for you and your family, just make sure you don't have any regrets either way.