David, Phil and Josh are three guys that have a dream of restoring a 1961 Ford Econoline Van (A.K.A. Betty) in time to travel to the 2010 Cochella Music Festival and camp next to their dream van. They quickly dismissed their dream when they realized that funding the project would be impossible given their current financial situations. I suggested that they ask for help by accepting donations from friends and family, in return they will track their restoration progress for everyone to enjoy. If you've ever had a dream project that you wanted to undertake with your best friends, then you can certainly relate. Read our blog, comment our posts, and put on your seatbelts cause its gonna be one hell of a bumpy ride. Please do your part in helping these guys accomplish their dream by making a contribution through the Paypal donate button located at the bottom of this page.
Any contribution and I mean ANYTHING will be of huge help. Thanks!
Over the past couple of days we've put a lot of work into Betty. Last weekend with some help of a good buddy from San Diego we started pulling apart the engine. WE had high hopes. We figured we might take a weekend max getting Betty's engine to purr. Boy were we wrong. It might have looked like everything we needed was in tact, but who knows how long she'd been sitting around. Parts go bad! First on the list was the starter. This piece of junk caused us a lot of trouble. A starter generally isn't such a big deal. $20 - $30 gets you a brand spanking new one for most cars. But not this one. Not that easy.
16 HR Shift...
After putting serious thought into it and spending some serious dough on parts that wouldn't work. WE came to realize it may not be possible. 30 days left? We don't even have our damn tickets to the show!!...
To make matters worse, I got screwed over big time. My boss from work f'd me over. After doing some work for him a couple of weeks I was finally making some cash. Not a lot, but just to get by every weekend. Then one day he just stopped. No more work. He hasn't payed me for over 2 weeks worth of labor. Just what I needed!
Now I'm fucked!!! I can't get a hold of him. All I have is his name, phone number and e-mail. What can I do? I should of figured this guy was sketchy right from the start. Now I'm only working 4 measly hours a week.
What a low blow. Can you imagine this asshole? Making me work for him while he's in his office making the big bucks. Then after he got what he wanted, he still has the balls to cut me off? Naww man thats not cool.
Now I'm broke as a joke. I had nada, zip, zilch. I was even forced to sell my baby. My beautiful bike!
Screw that man.... He forced me to sell her!
Considering the circumstances we're in, we came to realize it wasn't going to happen. If you want to get things done quick and the correct way, its going to cost you hell of a lot of mula. After a good talk we decided to change our plans. Forget Coachella. If Betty doesn't make it this year, shell deff be there the next. Were in it for the long run now! New target date? Summer of 2010.
So keep giving us your ideas, help, and suggestions. We need your support now more than ever! Leave us comments. If you like what were doing here, tell your friends. Forward our link to anyone!
These next few months are going to be an adventure. I leave you guys with a little bit of my inspiration. Heres to a great summer!
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So, what is the status of Betty? Has anything been done since your last post?
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So, what is the status of Betty? Has anything been done since your last post?
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