Norcal Shelby T-Hill Oct 14/15th

[Try2paz]

A lot of it boils down to time is money.. I've made more in the last three years financially then the previous 5 but with that came the disappearance of time. I travel nationwide for work, had two babies and got married during the last five year span.

Three years ago I was doing track days with a CTS V... It was pretty low stress I picked up the lines quickly on tracks, the car made plenty of power 550HP..upgraded the brakes and intercoolers and would drive to the track with music on with the AC seats cooling my A$$ and run the car all day.

The 20-30 min break in between sessions was for driving review, water and chopping it up with friends. It was low stress... it was fun

I've yet to have a day like that with the Mustang.. I leave more stressed out then when I arrived. I've also realized I'm not an ASE mechanic I'm a hobbyist and frankly I'm there for the fun not the work.

I've always had a passion for old cars though and thats what drove me to build the 66.

The smells, sounds, design it cant be re-produced with new cars. I rent new mustangs, camaros, friends let me drive their Porsches and vetes and while they are all great they just don't excite me like the 66 does.

I live in what id call middle to upper class neighborhoods. The Blackhawk C&C is my local show and I've seen every variant of GT3's, Mclaren's, Ferraris... and I just walk right past them. I pull in with the 66 and a crowd gathers and goes right past the 200k Porsche.

The smart move is go buy a Zl1 1le Camaro...66k and has camber adjustments built into the car with marks...how simple is that. Pull into the track grab a wrench and adjust to "track mode" leave set back to street drive home.

I'm sure once I catch a breather from all this I'll figure out the next move..I might just take a year or two off focus on the family..happy wife and then get a gt350r or Camaro..while boring and bland it gets me on the track day one.

thanks everyone for chiming in...good to hear I'm not alone