Anyone who likes classics will be used to this scenario. You may have stumbled across a half-finished project in a garage, beneath a tarpaulin tucked out of sight or in the undergrowth with weeds growing up through what was once the floor and the story is often the same: time, money, kids, jobs… they are all valid reasons for restorations going from a "it’ll be on the road next summer", to "yes, I think I’ve got one of those somewhere".
And I know first-hand about a project going from an all-encompassing labour of love, to something about which you make regular and quite frankly rubbish excuses for ignoring. Yes, I’m talking about the AC Buckland.
“It’s very cold in the workshop in the winter”
“I’m concentrating on sourcing engine parts right now”
“It’s too warm to be working on cars in the summer”
“Did you say lunch is ready? Be right there…”
They’ve all been trotted out and as much as I’ve hated them coming from my mouth, I feel that it’s time to admit my downfalls in the hope that, a la alcoholics anonymous, admitting my problem will be the first step in addressing it head on.