It was the first time I remember selling a piece of gear to buy something other than another bit of (photographic) gear :-)
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Doug Brewer <d...@alphoto.com> wrote: > I've rebuilt and/or modified two motorcycles and an early '90s E-Class Benz, > and you're right, it has nothing to do with sanity. Nobody would do it > otherwise. > > In my case, it was to have those things, but also to challenge myself. There > is also a good feeling to have an escape place, the garage, where I could > run to and not think about anything but the manual task at hand. > > Would love to have a Sprite or something similar with a dead simple engine > and a rag top. Good times would ensue. > > on topic content: The first bike was paid for with funds from selling my FA* > 80-200 f/2.8. > > > > On 9/9/13 8:18 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: >> >> it's like the old joke: "i started my jaguar this morning." >> >> :-) >> >> but, yes, this buy had nothing to do with practicality or sanity for >> that matter. i'm just one of those weirdos who loves to restore old >> things and this car was ripe for it. i could've spent another $1500+ >> for a runner, but where's the fun in that? also, i really wanted to >> rebuild the engine myself as there are few things more satisfying to >> my way of thinking. >> >> in the end, i may never get my money back out of it and that doesn't >> bother me in the least. i've already learned so much that it's its own >> reward. my whole life i've wanted to restore a car. granted, i thought >> it would be 67 Camaro with a Turbo Jet 396, but hey, you gotta start >> somewhere! what i'll end up with is a cool little car that gets 35 mpg >> and is so easy to work on that i'll never have to bring it to a >> mechanic or get it smogged. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- "Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn to speak the language too long before they have anything to say." - Will Connell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
