{"id":4682,"date":"2019-06-02T03:48:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T10:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=4682"},"modified":"2022-12-05T07:20:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T15:20:09","slug":"what-do-you-have-in-your-project-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/06\/02\/what-do-you-have-in-your-project-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do You Have In Your Project Bank?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"There are more ways to measure wealth than money. Sure, traditionalists rely on a strict net worth approach, adding up the figures on electronic statements in a system where the winner is whoever has the highest number. You can count all sorts of things, though. You can count friends, you can count grandchildren, you can count experiences: These are forms of wealth that won\u2019t show up on that balance email from the bank.<\/p>\n

When it comes to future projects I am a very wealthy man. I\u2019ve got them lined up out the door and around the corner. And my account keeps growing; with compound interest my Project Bank doubles every seven years. Most of these projects will never see the light of day but they remain secure in my thoughts, if not in my actions.<\/p>\n

\"\"On of my largest assets is the 4-speed Suburban project. When I bought the \u201990 \u2018Burb it came with a malfunctioning automatic transmission. I hate automatics and malfunctioning ones even more so. The 700R4 works in Drive and Reverse but not in 1-2-3. The truck runs fine and it will tote a 3000-pound load without complaint but that boring automatic has got to go. It\u2019s a rare Suburban that came with a 4-speed from the factory and even rarer to see a \u00bd-ton version. I\u2019ve only seen one 4-speed \u2018Burb and it was \u00be-on. This project keeps earning interest and I\u2019ve been training a weather eye on Internet sale sites for a cheap, manual transmission, 4X4 GM truck to steal the guts from. I found a late model, 4X4-IFS 1\/2-ton truck with a 5-speed and a nice FI engine that ran well but the transfer case and transmission housing were broken and besides everything was on the wrong side for the old straight axle suburban.<\/p>\n

\"\"The chalky blue, 1974 MG GT came with Tinfiny Ranch and was listed as an out building on the deed. This car was on the chopping block until I started reading about MG\u2019s with Buick 215 cubic-inch aluminum engine swaps. I really have to stay off the internet. The Buick engine triples the horsepower, doesn\u2019t weigh much more than the iron 4-banger it replaces and sounds cool as hell revved up to 6000 RPM. This is one asset I kind of wish was not in my Project Bank as I\u2019ve never been that interested in cars. Still, it\u2019s there waiting on me.<\/p>\n

\"\"Tinfiny Ranch itself is a huge source of endless work, but beyond the physical plant The Ranch continues to deposit surprises into my Project Bank. This Merry Tiller project revealed itself as I was hauling away two, multi-panel garage doors. The doors sections were stacked with spacers in the popular rat-paradise fashion and I gave chase to a couple fat rats but they got away from me in the thick brush down by the ravine. The Merry Tiller looks like it will come in handy for the raised-bed vegetable garden (yet another deposit in The Project Bank) I\u2019m planning for the back yard. The engine on the tiller is not stuck and being a Briggs & Stratton I\u2019m sure it will run so I\u2019m leaving it in The Bank for safe keeping.<\/p>\n

I will never be bored or lonely. My Project Bank is overflowing with cool things that need time and attention. After I level the back yard I\u2019m going to build a shear wall for the shed, then I need to get back on the Zed. After that I\u2019d like to pop a 6-cylinder + AX15 transmission into Brumby the Jeep. The Suburban needs new paint; I\u2019m going to change it from black to white so it will be cooler inside. Better yet I\u2019ll fix the air-conditioner, it\u2019s all there except for the compressor. I really need a second rain barrel, too, as I\u2019m leaving water on the table with only 2500 gallons of storage.<\/p>\n

The projects pile one atop the other and the magnitude of the undertaking gives me a great sense of importance. When I die I want to be buried like a Viking in his ship except my grave will be filled with all the unfinished projects that kept me company while I was alive. You really can take it with you, mainly because no one else wants your junk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are more ways to measure wealth than money. Sure, traditionalists rely on a strict net worth approach, adding up the figures on electronic statements in a system where the winner is whoever has the highest number. You can count all sorts of things, though. You can count friends, you can count grandchildren, you can … Continue reading “What Do You Have In Your Project Bank?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[235,96,66,138],"tags":[383,129,726],"class_list":["post-4682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amazon","category-feel-good-stuff","category-joe-gresh","category-new-mexico","tag-chevy-suburban","tag-mgb-gt","tag-tillers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20078,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4682\/revisions\/20078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}