1. Spent weeks prepping my '67 Firebird for paint (it was a simple repaint). Decided the paint booth in my shop was not adequate and rented one at a local shop. Sprayed all the base coat, masked the stripes (painted as a '69 T/A), sprayed all the blue, sprayed one coat of clear. Just as I finished, I disconnected the air line from the gun and and found out their compressor was leaking oil into the air lines when it sprayed oil all over my fender and hood. Ended up starting over and repainting the entire car.
2. Many years ago I jacked up a car with two floor jacks, one center front center, one rear center. That was fine till I opened one door and sat in the drivers seat and the entire car fell to the left.
3. Paying someone upfront to weld quarters on a '67 Firebird. Ended up picking the car up months later when it was still not done and had to remove the one that was on do to the horrible job. The other hadn't been started.
4. Thinking I could weld in a small floor patch panel without removing the entire interior and almost caught the firewall pad on fire.
5. I think my biggest mistake has been starting on one project and then buying a new one and thinking, "Oh, this will be simple. Let me just whip this one out and I'll get back to the other one" It's no wonder I currently have 5 cars in various stages of restoration. The last car I bought I swore up and down I would not touch it till the other projects were out of the way... and I haven't.... but it's also been sitting there untouched for 8 years. Will I ever learn?
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