Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Everyone talks about resolutions....

Its about time I follow through on one. 


This year I happen to have two resolutions to tackle. One may be quite a bit easier than the other. The first is to finish off an old resolution. Last year we managed to join a gym like the rest of America. Well 12 months later that resolution is done for. No, I didn't tackle my gym membership throughout the year. Truth be told I haven't been back since April. So my first resolution of 2012 is to cancel my gym membership. See, that's an easy one.

Task #2: Get This Old Stude running by the time the NW Nationals come to Puyallup. I fully believe that this is something that I can and will do. My goal is to have it running and driving on down the road. Heck, I would love to drive it down to the car show. But lets tackle one thing at a time.

List of to-do's for 2012:

  1. Get it Running... If this means engine rebuild, then so be it, I want to tackle as much work myself as possible. I do have some people that are quite knowledgeable around cars who can help with this lofty task..
  2. Get it Geared... ie I want to either rebuild the Transmission since it is missing 2nd or mate up a newer Automatic. I would prefer to find an Automatic with overdrive as I have mentioned in previous posts. 
  3. Get it Stopping ... Power brakes would be a bonus since no one in Seattle really knows how to drive. I saw 1 wreck this morning and was a part of 2 or 3 near misses/tire screechers. 
  4. Take more pictures!
I guess that I should include a 3rd resolution for 2012:
Convince my uncle to sign the title over finally... 
or hand him the bill for all of the work that I have done!