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Originally Posted by ccracin
I was talking to a board member last night and we started discussing the fact the we are seeing more and more unfinished projects showing up for sale. What's the deal? I understand the economy is bad and all, but I'm looking at this in a different light. Alot of these projects were started way before any of this happened. Some were already stalled before the bust.
My question is: Is it better to have a finished 40-70K car that you can drive and enjoy or an unfinished 150K+ car that you have to sell because you are 40-70K in and can't see the end of the tunnel?
Is this a product of poor planning up front, lack of knowledge in what it takes to get to a particular level of build, or was there a reasonable budget in the beginning and then things went south after spending many hours looking at build threads saying I want that or I need to get rid of this to get that or something else?
We are victims of my last scenario. We changed from a Big Block we had to an LS mostly due to my time on this site. LOL Is it going to be cool, hell yeah. Is it going to be alot more money, Hell yeah! I find myself now trying to treat our project more like I treat my projects at work. What is needed, what is wanted, what's the budget? I don't want to have a 50K pile of parts that I have to sell for 30 2 years from now.
I just thought I would throw this out and get some input. Maybe people starting builds or progressing along will be able to gain or keep some focus as they move forward.
Remeber, You can't have 1000hp TT taste on a 350hp Q-jet budget!
What's everyone think?   |
Im one of "those" But Im selling for health reasons. In a year or two I could finish it but I just hate to have it sit. I bought parts for the time were in. In a couple years who knows what new parts will be out. Then what are my parts worth?
I look at it like this. I dont have to sell it. If I dont Ill finish it later. But Im giving someone else a chance to build a car with top of the line parts for thousands off!