But I only had ONE day!
“Anyone who tills the land will have plenty of bread!” Proverbs 29:19 NRSV
Last time on The Adventures of the GMW
No time? No worry! Last time on the Advenutres of the GMW, I highlighted the importance of working like an ant to tackle that big project — not with one knock-out punch — but by pummeling away little by little each day. “Gone in 60 Seconds” highlights some big progress by taking little steps each day.
September 2, 2024
Shannan and I were back in Arkansas over the Labor Day weekend. House projects were in order so the fun stuff — working on the Green Machine and the GMW — would have to wait. Each car would only get one day!
Just one day?!
Builds take months, even years, and this trip I had just one day. What should I do? That decision was easy!
When we bought it, the 1975 BMW arrived with serious skin rash, and after sitting for a year with no beauty treatment, it was looking like the Tinman before his trip to Oz. My ride needed the equivalent of the Emerald City Beauty Parlor.
As Solomon reminds us, bread on the table comes from work in the field. Tilling, or “working the land” is hot, monotonous, tiring . . . and leaves little to be admired at the end of the day, except the certainty that the ground is ready, there are good things to come.
I felt that “tilling feeling” when I got started on stripping the paint and rust off the hood, roof, and trunk. This was going to be a monotonous run of back and forth with my metal conditioning tool; but I had to get er done, mask if off, and lay down some primer before the end of the day.
This was going to be a dusty job. I pushed out the Econo and the BMW, turned on my tool, and went to town.
This video captures a few seconds of the SEVERAL HOURS spent removing the ugly.
Paint and rust removed, it was time to give that freshly treated metal the Emerald City treatment, but first I had to tape it off.
Once papered and taped off (pretty well), I mixed up some high-build primer, masked up, and laid it down.
Lesson Learned: Don’t let “I only have one day” keep you from one very productive day.
Shannan and I loaded up our van and took to the open highway — bound for PA — about 9 p.m. It was nice to know that back in the shop, one project would not be nagging me for the next few months. Till the land!