I believe alot of the most projects problems are two things:
1) We have alot of high profile cars on this site and not very many times is the true price of what those cars cost to build shared with the public. A guy just getting started or not very experienced wants to build a car like we see on this site and has no clue of what that will cost him to fully complete. Most have no idea how long it even takes a shop to assemble a car after all fab and paint is done. This leads to my next point.
2) In the last few years we have had a bunch of new shops come to the table and try to build these cars for our members. Most time the new shop is not experienced enough to accurately relay to the customer what it would cost and low balls just to get the work. Then half way through he has burned through the guys budget and the car is not anywhere close to being done and most of time is not done right. I have seen several cars that guys have spent hard earned money on and have to pay someone again to fix the problem. We have a couple on this site that have been bit by this. So if you want high end go to the guys that are proven. It costs alot of money so just understand that.
This is a great thread and could go on forever, just some input!
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