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Originally Posted by Smittys67
Make a plan and stick to it! Do not buy parts 2 or 3 times because you changed your mind or there is something new. These cars are a blast but pricey.
The one big thing the do it yourself guys don't usually add up every $20-$100 dollars part they buy. They add up fast.
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Right on Smitty!! That was also the reason for my "tools cost money too!" post. If a guy has a "budget" --- there's so many budget busters that people just don't figure in. Small parts - hard to find parts - shipping costs - specialty tools.... and then the "I wants" part of the build comes into play. And the OOPS -- didn't count on that issues creep in...
So you have two things going on --- MONEY FATIGUE..... as there are just other things in life that a guy wants to do and have besides the car.... and HOURS FATIGUE..... a guy can only just grind so many hours before it just flat ass gets old. Usually those "breaks" get drawn out longer, the longer the project takes.... or the more ambitious the plan was to start with.
The most FUN I've had doing cars -- was building cars with buddies! Their build - their dreams - my shop my tools.... but it was doing stuff together that made it all fun. Some Saturdays we'd just give up and say F it and go to a car show instead. Some days we just shopped or chased parts all day. Some days we did a bunch on the car.... To some of us THAT is the hobby. TO others it's having a done car and they wax it every Sunday and take it to a show. Whatever.... It's the DOING whatever that doing represents --- that's the part that makes it all worthwhile.