How long has your longest build taken?

I've had 2 true project cars - not dailys.

The 1970 428SCJ Mach1 took about 3 1/2 years.

Surreptitious is ongoing, but in use - 7 years

Y'all are making me feel better. I've had a miata that's been "about to be turbo'd" for 7 years now.

Definitely makes me at least feel like I'm not alone. And a little less guilty for having so many other projects pass her by.

I'm in my fourth or fifth year with the New Year's resolution of "No New Projects (any type)". Haven't been perfect, but it did help me get my 67 Alfa renovated in a 6 month period after about 20 years off the road. My dad originally bought the car in 78, and I built the engine and painted it then. He drove it for about 40K, then the clutch blew up. So it might be 39 years, or maybe only 20...or 18 months that it's been sitting with a noisy trans.

Huckleberry wrote: Is OP under the impression that it is possible to finish a project? I'm not even sure that is the point of starting them.

I was going to say, I think we've started off on the wrong foot using the past tense in the title "How long has your longest build taken?"

One facet I'm not sure that's been touched on is the "how long have you been restoring Grandpa's hammer?" My 2002 is headed toward (roughly) its third engine and on its second body, 25ish years in. Er, two engines have been installed and one of them was transplanted into the current body. A third body was never driven and its engine was rebuilt and put in the first body before my first drive of this car... The second body is also sporting the first body's subframes. The third engine is as yet a matter of some conjecture.

The transmission count is a mystery.

^Ship of Theseus. 2002's always remind me of boats for some reason.

2 years, longest I've ever owned any car by a year. On track to finish this July, or at least "complete this stage of the build for now and drive it".