D- there's nothing wrong with dreaming.
Ain't that the truth?
If Pig's could establish calendar holidays, they'd have 'Dreamer Day' which would be revered in the same light as our "Winter Celebration" ('cause I know there are so many of you PC'ers out there that HATE Christmas in spirit and text) as we dreamers are their light and salvation.
I've had more than one Pig dream. Regardless what the world may believe, I posses the ability to view it through rose colored glasses, while basking in the light of optimism and hope.
One such dream, similarly to yours, a '76 Pig. Although the year pure happenstance, since the 'very minimal rust in gutter' and 'good runner' were the main selling points. A bucket 2 mentality at time of purchase.....all representation complete and utter lies.
Dreams become visions and for the strong willed, ignorantly or insanely so, eventual realities.
One such, now ~3 years in the making:
No, she's not gorgeous on the outside, not yet refined, either.....that process to become another multi year phase of transitioning to reality, but her heart and soul are what dreams are made of......well, for an idiot idealist, at least.
One of four or five 'casket' options for my survivors, having an embarrassing amount invested in this vision, so much so I won't think about, much less admit.
So, back to my point, as it relates to the thread topic......albeit like saying China is on the way from OK to CA.
We all dream and in this specific forum, of perfect Pigs, however that form may present itself to us each, individually, but the fact of the matter is that a perfect Pig is imperfect and has been since the day it took its first breath, in your case, thirty nine years ago.
In the time frame, many have handled, fondled, molested, irreversibly altered to a degree. Coupled with the toll of time and the elements, there's more 'character' (aka-imperfections), much of which is near impossible to heal the scars of, even when throwing fistfuls of hundos at, which mound to mountainous piles of cash for the bull headed idealist that suffers from swine flu.
In other words, at $4k you're just buying less of a POS than you are at $10k, but even at $20k (given market history as I've followed and participated in) it's still going take a lot of work to complete, and why we see so many partial projects turn from dream to nightmare, parlayed to the next steward.
Be prepared, the extent of what I'm saying (in a roundabout way, like China on the way from OK to CA.
) because just like our prefect dream woman, once the initial lust wanes, it takes a lot of work to keep the love alive, be her the hottest woman on earth that can stir fry like Ghengis Khan, make money like the U.S. Guberment, and be the best F/H/B/HZ/FZ mechanic on earth.
We are forced to live in reality and it always falls short, requiring more what we could ever envision possible from a dream state, and it's a brutal awakening when it comes to Pigs, kinda like waking up with a hangover and realizing you married a bearded woman the night before.
