Originally Posted by Jdm-Mcc
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So back from the dead. In more ways than one.
This had been a dead thread for a long time. And there has been a lot of happenings since, though very little having to do with the ke.
I can only update from my phone for now, so the story will have to skip a few years lol.
Basically we moved to tassie. Met some great people. Met some real cunts too
But basically from the days I arrived in Tas my health started going pear shaped. We bought a Small hobby farm half way between Launceston and Devonport.
I started an apprenticeship as a metal fabricator for a small time racing fab place. Sounds awesome. But it was the start of a very bad run.
No details but eventually I moved on to compete my apprenticeship with a stainless steel fabrication joint specialising in chemical and food n beverage stuff.
Loved my job and was having a blast. Then the health issues stepped up a bit. Spent a few weeks in hospital and was diagnosed with epilepsy. A bit weird being 35 and diagnosed, but all the signs were there including a family history.
Had ongoing problems with medications and such, but just carried on, knuckled down and tried to finish my apprenticeship in one piece.
Then in September 2014 it all came crashing down. I spent a total of 6 months in hospital. I've had to relearn how to walk, how to talk, how to eat. Basically everything. I "died" a total of 3 times. I've had close to 20 operations. There isn't much left of me these days.
I don't mention this for sympathy. But it gives context to the rest of this build. During my illness, literally in the middle of everything, my son was born. And, in all likelihood he will grow up without a dad. My illness is stupidly rare. But basically the doctors give me a few years at most.
So first and foremost this car is a legacy for my baby boy. (poor kid. All the other cool kids Wil have electric floating cars to pick up chicks, Leo will be stuck with a pos corolla his mum won't let him sell lol) it's a bit nostalgic for most, but I really want to leave a tangible something for my boy. My dad passed when I was 15 and I have very little physical to remember him by. So while Leo won't "know" me as such, hopefully a silly little craps corolla will give him some insight into his dad and the things I loved.
Secondly, this also explains why I am doing a lot of the things I am doing. And how I'm doing them. Now despite what you may have heard on the bookface and from today tonight, the disability pension is not a gravy train. Lol far from it. So finding spare dollars to play with cars when I have a 2 year old and my wife has to care for both me and Leo, meaning the household income is literally below the poverty line, is very hard.
So EVERYTHING I do is based around repurposing and making the most of what I can and what I have and what people have been kind enough to donate(there have been one or 2 purchases along the way, but I'll cover those later)
Nothing you see in this build will be shiny and new and fit perfectly lol I'd love it if I could. But it won't be. It is a culmination of parts and things I had gathered before I got sick. And making the most of them primarily as a form of rehab. I've had a fair number of strokes and various damaging events, and while I have. gotten off very lightly in terms of side effects, they have slowed me down somewhat. So solving little problems is a good challenge, and helps me progress in a rehab way.
Sorry for all the ramblings.mm
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