1970-81 DSE Frame "Extras"

[GregWeld]

Funny -- building a car actually takes some skill.... there's no catalog that lists all the parts numbers and suppliers for your particular build. Sometimes you buy parts and then you must modify them to fit your application -- or for clearance... or maybe it's because nobody really makes a part for your combination.

I'm not trying to be mean or rude or pick on you... I'm just making an honest statement here.

Building these cars is HARD.... it costs WAY more money than you'll imagine. It takes WAY more time than anyone can allow for. Sourcing and waiting for parts is all just a part of the process. Suppliers can't possibly know everything there is to know. Sometimes you have to mock stuff up - measure the hell out of it - and then find some part (or combo of parts) that is close... without knowing measurements etc - that's nearly impossible. You won't have measurements or know what you're going to run in to until you've mocked stuff up about half a dozen times. Even then something will go sideways that you didn't allow for or see or think of.... That's when you get to undo the modification you made to some part and do it over a better/different way.

If it was easy - everyone would do it and their car would only take 6 months to build and cost half as much as they told their wife it was going to be.


Don't get frustrated -- it's a hobby.... enjoy the trip... pat yourself on the back when you mastered some stupid little "problem" -- don't make it a problem -- be the solution. You'll enjoy it more. Stand back and know that you solved for "X".