Leaving well enough alone

[b4uqzme]

Yep Greg. Your stuff and Bill's passion for resurrecting broken items is an inspiration to us all. Yet I find myself wandering too far into the "change for the sake of change" realm. That's when I feel the need to tug on the reigns a little.

I'll never lose my desire to tinker. It's mainly fueled by the desire to be unique or make things unique. As I grow wiser, I am mostly focused on meaningful change. Your stuff certainly qualifies as meaningful IMHO. And cool.

[gb6491]

Yep Greg. Your stuff and Bill's passion for resurrecting broken items is an inspiration to us all. Yet I find myself wandering too far into the "change for the sake of change" realm. That's when I feel the need to tug on the reigns a little.

I'll never lose my desire to tinker. It's mainly fueled by the desire to be unique or make things unique. As I grow wiser, I am mostly focused on meaningful change. Your stuff certainly qualifies as meaningful IMHO. And cool.

From one Tinker to another, I would like to thank you for your kind words....I really don't warrant them, but they are very much appreciated (I must say I'm blushing a bit as I write this).
Regards,
Greg

[b4uqzme]

^^^ it's probably the whiskey...

[gb6491]

^^^ it's probably the whiskey...

Tekillya out this way

[AJBert]

As for the cool factor, and very, very few of us are actually born with it (I can only think of Steve McQueen and myself at the moment), I myself never had to strive to be cool. That is why I have always gone for function over form and usually turned that function into being cool.

Probably why I never got into fads but I have set many of them over the years.


Truth be told, I learned many years ago to never "altar" any firearm from original that could not be returned to original. Not to say I've never done that but I wouldn't do it to an older firearm in original condition. Easiest way to dump the value REAL quick. Something new that is very, very popular? As in a gajillion made every day? Go for it!

And speaking of Jeeps? I saw modify to your hearts content. I've got a 2000 Chevy Blazer that I've modified to my likes over the years, and I bought it new. I've made it more capable offroad which leads to less capable onroad, which is what I wanted and still do. I still have more mods planned in the future but need have the funding approved through the War Department (read as wife). I don't plan on selling it as I have had it for going on 17 years, maybe pass it down to one of the grandkids one day, much that same as my firearms.

So I as do as you please. If you plan on keeping it for the long term, do what you want. If you plan on selling in a few years, cool only goes so far but function holds its value better.