If you build it - he will come....

I'm sitting here tonight....its raining out. Haven't felt too ambitious to work on anything the past few days. Flipping through the channels I came across a movie I haven't seen in a while. Feild of Dreams......
Now I'm not too much of a baseball fan.... I appreciate the history behind it, what it meant to people, etc...
But this movie, its not really about baseball. Atleast not for me... not tonight.....

Its about the vision, the voice in your head, whatever it is....

I wonder if this is the voice that we hear when we get inspired to build old cars. A voice that just whispers, but we can hear it loud and clear. A voice thats making us stick so strictly to the past.

If you build it, he will come.....

Think about it..... when that car's all done. You didn't do it for "you".

I keep telling myself lately that I'm tired of all the showiness of these things.... I'm building for me and me alone... But I'm lying to myself. Not one of these cars is built for me. They're not mine. Even a car built from scratch, sheet metal and tubing. Its built with a soul driven by that little voice.
These cars belong to the ghosts of the past. Thats why they're built, thats who they're built for and those are the guys coming back the first time that motor fires.

The next time you spin the starter and that motor roars to life with a Winfield grind on the cam... That goosebump feeling that you get (yeah I know you get it!). Thats not just excitement due to motorvation... Thats old Ed standing there beside you.....

Stick to your guns, listen to the voices... keep up the good work...

Just like a baseball field in Iowa, these cars......well...... These ghosts are smiling too!