Update:
I am now fully retired and in decent health. In April I will turn 75 and have too many projects to complete. We have 2.4 acres in rural Lakport, CA that demands lots of my time and I have too many cars. I have a 2008 Chevy Colorado (Little Red) with only 70,000 miles that is my favorite to drive car. Unfortunately, or fortunately, my daughter wrecked her car so I loaned her Little Red. It is at least out of the California sun and spending this winter in Bozeman, MT. Little Red will probably be there into the fall and maybe longer. One less to deal with here. In my garage is my 1965 Skylark convertible. Very nice original yellow with black upholstery. Right now the carburetor is visiting Tom T. I will probably change the steering column and install a quick ratio power steering box before it is back on the road. Seriously considering sell the convertible. Also in my shop I have a 1972 Ford F-250 (Bruce). Had it going on twenty years. Rebuilt engine (460), transmission (C6) and rear end. New tires and it is a good looking truck for its age. Bruce is my driver now, but may go on the auction block too. Now the fun stuff.
On the other side of my shop is my 1965 El Camino that is setting on a 1965 GS frame and running gear (four speed) I am currently fixing a leak in the cross over manifold between the heads and hope to have that resolved as soon as the parts arrive from Bestoffercounts which include gaskets, hose nipple, and the thermostat housing. I don't want to have to do any rework, so I am changing everything that might have been leaking. All flat surfaces for gaskets and cleaned and have been lapped with a bastard mill file. I almost chalked the file before doing the flat scrape, but decided that was too old school. I have decided to put this ride back together and get it on the road as a driver revenge car. Chevy with a Buick powerplant! All window channels, front and back, and floorboards have been repaired, just need paint. Another reason to put it together is I have all of the glass, upholstery and most parts to put it on the road as a Chevy. I am going to have a 1965 Chevelle four row 396 radiator modified for the 401 inlet and outlet locations because the radiator install was a problem with the Elky when I bought it over 15 years ago. There is more to this story, but I won't bore you with the details. Oh, the paint job is nice.
Then comes my major project that will take years. I keep going back and forth with building a 1965 Bucamino or a two door wagon. I have most of the body parts to make either. At this point I am leaning towards driving my existing Bucamino and making the wagon. It will have El Camino door frames and one long side glass. Will decide later if it is going to be another 401 stick shift, or a 300 with a inexpensive 5 speed. AC is also a big issue as it gets a little hot around here. Still thinking about that issue. When it is completed I plan to only have the Bucamino and the wagon. I will drive on half the year and then switch. This will give me time to make modifications and repairs if needed. Neither vehicle will be a show car, just nice drivers.
That is my update for my projects. What I don't understand is how I had time to work 40 hours a week.....
