What do you do when you have no garage?

[mikec4193]

I was gifted a 1953 Morris Minor (parts car) in the October...it is a total rot box

I am on leave from my shop as I decided to go to a warmer climate for the winter months. I am a gear head thru and thru, I currently have 3 older vehicles I am working on...I am in South Carolina for the next 3 1/2 months. I was of sick shoveling snow so I made the decision last winter to not shovel snow this winter. There is no garage and no projects down here (just a small efficiency apartment).

I have walked the neighborhood and up and down the main streets too...I do have a part time job but not enough to really keep me busy...

I journal and I read and play on the internet but I am grease under the finger nails kinda guy...I love working on rusty old crusty cars...

I am going thru garage withdrawals.

What do you fellow gear heads do when you don't have anything to work on??

Any insight for me for the next 3 1/2 months?

Cheers MikeC

[panky]

Trawl eBay and buy stuff, usually car related Dangerous place on a Friday night after a few beers. that twitchy mouse finger can cause all sorts of problems

[philipkearney]

If you don't want to risk ebay and all those potential purchases, scour youtube for interesting videos, it can be a bit of a rabbit hole. You can still enjoy cars but leave the cost and pain to other people !

[mrs.smith2012]

Different scenario but I do understand what it’s like to suddenly not be able to do what you normally do. Covid forced me to give up my nursing shifts and although nursing wasn’t something I enjoyed - it was hard and it was work… it was all I really knew… so yeah, I was a bit lost for a while.
But then I started to pick up on new hobbies and interests that I never had time for before, because I was always on shift.
Not saying you have to go and get a brand new hobby, but the gap might be an opportunity to explore something else.. even if it’s still related to cars!