Thanks for the good words guys! My biggest motivation (or, is it the smallest?) is my 4 year old son. From day one he has called this HIS "blue hot rod truck". He was just devistated when he saw the side bashed in and the front bumper peeled out. He cried about it!
He has been a lot of fun to have in the shop, and has actually been some good help in the teardown stage. He is having a blast helping Dad work on the "hot rod truck", and I'm having a blast having him help me too.
Now, I just have to keep working on him to call it his "
RED hot rod truck".