What is the real outcome or goal that you are looking for with your car restoration project? Do you want to restore the vehicle 100% or only partially? Is this going to be pretty much a lifetime project for you or are you looking at a specific time frame in which to complete the restoration? Are you intending on spending a big chunk of your life savings to complete this task or are you constrained by a hard budget? Setting your goals at the beginning will help you to answer all these questions and more and put you on the path to a successful restoration.
Create Your General Restoration Strategy Document
Every successful restoration project needs a strategy for getting to the end of the project. To increase the odds of it being successful, your strategy should be in writing. A major part of your strategy should include your implementation plan for reaching your goal. It describes, in detail, the major tasks that are to be done on the automobile. As accurately as possible, it gives a ball park estimate of the costs that will involve. It also gives an honest estimate of the funds that are available to the project. The strategy document should also have a paragraph or two which justifies the project. The justification doesn't have to be monetary, it could solely be self satisfaction. Knowing exactly why you're doing something is always helpful for reaching your goals.
You should end each major task should end with the deliverable that you expect to have at the completion of that task. This deliverable ought to include the expected task end date along with the name of the person who will perform the task. This person could be you or someone to whom you outsource the task.These deliverables will also act as your progress report when you actually begin your implementation and help to keep you on track..
Create Your Detailed Restoration Strategy Document
The sole purpose of this document is to divide the main projects listed in the general restoration strategy document into sub-projects. This has the benefit of breaking down your main goals into more easily attainable sub goals. As you complete each sub-goal you automatically are taking small steps towards completing the main goal as well.
One of the most effective means of detailing and tracking your progress is to use a computer spreadsheet. Create a grid including heading for all of the task details that you want to track. These will include details like task name, task description, expected start date, actual start date, completion date, person assigned to and anything else that you want to track. Don't make it too complicated. The easier it is to fill in, the more likely you are to use it.
Almost certainly, once you begin the implementation, you're going to miss some of the target dates and deadlines. Family emergencies, unexpected money problems, and so on happen to the best of us. You also may find that you need to add additional tasks to the documents that were unexpected when you begin. As long as you are making progress and not missing too many of your target dates, you are doing fine. Simply adjust the dates and tasks as necessary and continue your forward progress.
A viable restoration plan does not have to be one exactly as described here. If you have a plan that you're more comfortable with or have a successful one that you have used in the past, by all means use it. If you want to have a successful restoration project, the important thing is that you have a plan and use it.
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