[96z28ss]

If you want to start a shop. Go ahead and start one. It will take you years to build up to a full build for a customer. Your going to start with small jobs, to keep the lights on. You most likely will have to do a shop car build to get your name out there. And a talking point for future customers. That will give you plenty of time to hone your project management skills, before you get into big builds.

$250k keeps getting tossed around here as a pro-touring build. I don't think I saw a car at SEMA built by a shop for that cheap.
I personally think that high end shops are oversaturated here in the U.S. I think you'd have more success opening a shop building nice quality drivers.