{"id":68460,"date":"2023-02-13T08:41:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T13:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=68460"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:19:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:19:54","slug":"the-project-that-never-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/showcase\/2023\/02\/the-project-that-never-ends.html","title":{"rendered":"The Project That Never Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Hank O\u2019Hop pulled an abandoned 1969 Dodge Charger out of a field when he was just 17 years old. He knew it was salvageable, but quickly realized he had bitten off more than he could chew and spent years putting off the bodywork. O\u2019Hop taught himself along the way, and says that he learned \u201cmost jobs are bigger than they seem.\u201d We\u2019ve all been there. O\u2019Hop replaced the rotted-through rear end and got to work on the floor &#8211; patching up the inner, quarter and subframe panels. O\u2019Hop has let go of aiming for perfection, and instead has his expectations set at \u201cgood enough to drive.\u201d <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Find out what\u2019s next for this rust-covered \u201969 Dodge Charger and the biggest challenges the owner is facing with this project.  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/features\/1969-dodge-charger-project-car\" target=\"_blank\">Find out what\u2019s next for this rust-covered \u201969 Dodge Charger and the biggest challenges the owner is facing with this project.<\/a> Tell us about your first project car in the comments!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo credit: Hank O&#8217;Hop &#8211; thedrive.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hank O\u2019Hop pulled an abandoned 1969 Dodge Charger out of a field when he was just 17 years old. He knew it was salvageable, but quickly realized he had bitten off more than he could chew and spent years putting off the bodywork. O\u2019Hop taught himself along the way, and says that he learned \u201cmost jobs are bigger than they seem.\u201d We\u2019ve all been there. O\u2019Hop replaced the rotted-through rear end and got to work on the floor &#8211; patching up the inner, quarter and subframe panels. O\u2019Hop has let [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":68462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[638],"tags":[2948,561,943],"class_list":["post-68460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showcase","tag-dodge-classics","tag-restomod","tag-restoration"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ProjectCarDiaries_Feature.png","social_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ProjectCarDiaries_Social.png","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68460"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68460"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68510,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68460\/revisions\/68510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}