Other Hobbies/Money drains...

Just wondering if anyone has any other money draining Hobbies...

I am currently building a 1976 Jeep CJ 7. I initially started to do the project as a gift to my father (was his), I was going to give it to him fixed up.
It is currently in as many pieces as it could possibly be... "Frame off" so to speak. It has been a long project since I torn my arm apart 2 months after starting the project...and it took three years to fix my arm. For a year after my first surgery I didn't know my arm was still broken and just held together with screws...So I sort of worked on it during this time, although anything I did cause me immense pain. I also kept purchasing parts for it here and there over the last few years...

I'm basically just building a mild V8 (Factory) ,automatic turbo 400 (factory)4"-5" lifted CJ7, 35" tyres. It is the "Levis" edition in Tan. This Jeep has been in our family for 32 years. It has a few nice Factory options i.e boxed frame, wheel well style headers to side pipe.

Now suddenly everything seems to be coming together mechanically and suspension wise. I still have a bunch of body work to do....
My motor is rebuilt, I need to assemble it (next couple of weeks). My Transmission will be ready for pick up at the end of the month. I hope to have my frame done in POR15 in the next couple of weeks...I have the suspension ready to go....


I just took three weeks vacation and when I'm not riding i hope to be working on the CJ........ and according to the wife ...the fooken yard....



Here is how it looked when i brought it home..lol



few days later...lol




well its raining out.... I should be working on this beast...

Wife, 2 year old and 6 litre Vauxhall Monaro all consume vast quantities of cash.......all fun though....

I'll let you guess which one this is.
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Had my Accord Type R for four years now and she gets better by the day. Best. car. ever. (for anything less than £10k that gets over 30mpg... )

with track wheels and my old bike


on track with the other half of my track wheels! (:lol: half green, half black....)


err... yeh..... narrowly avoided a full spin, just did a 90 and drifted across some grass


and her normal look

My money drains are... Mrs. Duke4Dirk and her love for yellow cars, Mr. SD, Mr. Dirt Bike, Ms. Freeplay, hunting, and my love of flying.










Oh yeah, and Vegas Baby!

My pc....stands me £2,500 so far....







And my workstation which now has a even bigger monitor (24")


It's just a never ending cycle of upgrading.

you may want to replace the waterpump seal while you have the whole thing apart!

Before ill health stopped it all my passion/money drain was Bodybuilding -



Constant routine of training, eating, supplements, drugs etc etc etc, an average 12week diet running up to a show would cost anywhere between £2500 & £3000 so by the end of a year id probly of spent somewhere in the region of £8 - £10K, times this by the 6 years i competed and you can see it was a huge ca$h drain for very little return

Would i do it all again - FUK YER dude! and as soon as my health is bak il be back in the gym pounding iron, il never compete again and my goals have changed but i still luv the banging and clanging of heavy weights

I have been into bodybuilding for around 24 year now...and yeah it's not cheap....people think you just go to the gym and lift weights ha ha.....if only.
I met shaun ray, berry de may, bertil fox, and the main man (uk) dorian yates back stage at the england show....that guy was a monster.