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Other Hobbies/Money drains...

37 posts · Started by lobster · 13 Jul 2010

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Post 1 by lobster,

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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

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few days later...lol
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well its raining out.... I should be working on this beast...

Post 2 by samba,

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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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Post 3 by Stupid Luke,

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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
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on track with the other half of my track wheels! (:lol: half green, half black....)
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err... yeh..... narrowly avoided a full spin, just did a 90 and drifted across some grass
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and her normal look
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Post 14 by Colonel_Klinck,

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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.

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Oh yeah, and Vegas Baby!
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Post 15 by lc4,

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My pc....stands me £2,500 so far....

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And my workstation which now has a even bigger monitor (24")
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It's just a never ending cycle of upgrading.

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Post 26 by Stratkat,

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

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Post 35 by Ya Mother,

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

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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

Post 36 by BASH69,

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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.

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