help me juggle where to put new projects

This arrived at a bad time.

I found a chassis I REALLY want to snag as a possible challenge car, seemingly at a perfect time right when I'm out of school; except my property is at an incline and I haven't yet fixed my back gates to allow car sized things into the backyard, let alone have a tractor that can pull them around. I'd rather not put it into the garage because the space is currently taken by an inoperable lawn tractor and what was to be my AW11; but I might not have a choice now.

It's an old muscle car chassis with no engine or transmission so it'll be light; where would you put it? I'm thinking on the strip beside the "no outlet" sign which I do own, but I want GRMs opinion.

My neighbors are very patient but I wouldn't want to test them with a chassis in the front yard.

How long does it need stored before you can move it someplace better?

How long would it take to adjust the rear gate?

I'd park it as close as possible to being in the driveway in a legitimate parking space, then cover it with a real car cover (not a tarp). Make it look like you are protecting something valuable.

Then get it it the back yard as quick as possible. 

Is the back gate / fenc that bunch of pallets in the back of the first picture?

A tractor isn't always necessary. I have a decent winch on my trailer with a really long cable, and with the help of a snatch block I can winch it around corners, etc. 
 

A couple solid trees and a snatch block or two, and it will roll. 

Yup.  Winch is your friend here.  Be safe.  If it has brakes, put someone in it.  If it doesn't have brakes, have a couple people with chunks of 4x4 ready to shove them under the tires if something breaks.

You could also look into a storage unit for a temp solution.  I rented a 10 x 20' unit for about $110/mo in a sketchy-ass part of town for a few months to prep a spot for a car.  It added $330 to my costs, but it was one of those deals that couldn't be passed up.

SV reX said:

I'd park it as close as possible to being in the driveway in a legitimate parking space, then cover it with a real car cover (not a tarp). Make it look like you are protecting something valuable.

Then get it it the back yard as quick as possible. 

I second this idea.

Or get a temporary storage space if you can swing it.

Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) said:

If it doesn't have brakes, have a couple people with chunks of 4x4 ready to shove them under the tires if something breaks.

you could rig up a couple 4x4 blocks on ropes or bungees or chains or whatever, that drag the ground an inch or two behind the tires (relative to direction of travel), so the wheels would chock themselves. ie traveling *up* a hill, the blocks would be behind the tires.  traveling down a hill, yeah, you'd need a helper to chock a breakaway.

In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :

That's a pretty amazing idea!

I usually use more than 1 set of ratchet straps.  Loose, so if anything bad happens, the ratchet "catches" it after only a few feet. 

I vote for garage - because then you might actually work on it! Clear that space out ASAP because the 2024 Challenge is only 10 months away you better start documenting your build now for my own enjoyment.

I read the following:

1. Arrived at a bad time (timing is everything).

2. Really want (not need).

3 Possible challenge car (you're not even sure what you will do with it).

If the compulsion is to much you either need to spend the day/weekend getting in the backyard or stash in the garage. 

My .02