I agree with Greg When I was 16 I met the guy who is going to paint my car for me. I'm 54 and he's been doing paint work before I knew him. I used to hang around his garage all the time . I did masking block sanding and other small stuff for him , not for pay but it was where I hung around. What ever he needed I would be glad to help. I was away from his garage for quite a few years until I got back into the hobby. When I went to see him and show him my car it was like I never left. I sliped back in like it was 30 years ago. These people will be my friends for the rest of my life whether we see each other all the time or not.
When I started my build I was working 26-2700 hours a year. My wife and I talked and decided I would keep anything over what we needed to live our lives, for the car. It was easy to pick up parts for my build. Then I had to quit what I was doing because of my health, luckely I had a good pension to fall back on. It will definately slow me down but anything I got or had done to the car, I had the money to pay for it. So if it has to wait it will. The money I've spent so far I could have had it done back to # match for less but its not what I wanted. Someday I will make it to a Powertour with my car but that will have to wait too, which will make it that much sweeter when it happens.
Home and family comes first and the hobby has no experation date. I hope it works out for all who have fallen on hard time.
Wayne
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