A second look at often ignored project cars

[Hdesign]

I'd say, the moral of the story is: Hire me to design a killer version of a worthless POS on the cheap, admire the rendering forever and never sink a penny into actually building it. Therefore, you'll never be disappointed in the return.

Seriously though, Ron made the point that I was trying to make. If you're building a car as an investment or a "me too" project, hoping for a good return, these aren't the cars you should start with. If you're passionate about a particular uncommon car and you don't care about pioneering some mods and spending some extra money build it how you want, the sky is the limit. That's what these concept renderings are about. At least you won't have to worry about pissing off know-it-all purists that gripe about having the wrong jacking instruction sticker on the trunk lid or the wrong color grease pencil marking on the firewall.

[Ron Sutton]

Originally Posted by Hdesign

At least you won't have to worry about pissing off know-it-all purists that gripe about having the wrong jacking instruction sticker on the trunk lid or the wrong color grease pencil marking on the firewall.

That's funny ... because it's true.

[hp2]

Although sometimes ticking those guys off is fun too.

Ben, thanks for these renderings as they do prompt some out of the mainstream thinking about "what if." It may also help some of those who can't afford the popular models to look outside the box at potential instead of whats commonly seen at the local show and shine. If that prompts more Gen Y and Millinials at taking up the car hobby, then that is a good thing.

In the few examples of these I have owned, I discovered I could buy a much better condition, more complete car that required less in the way of paint, body, interior, at a significantly lower price point which allowed me to concentrate more on performance parts and end up with a lower total cost for the same performance level as a more preferable car. So the bang for the buck was actually higher.

But being a cheapskate to start with probably helped me with that.

[aidanfancystang]

Bringing up an old post, I was given a 76 Cordoba, maybe I should try out the brown beast you have there (actually I have always had that idea in my head since I saw these way back when, just dumb luck that someone at work would give me one)

[Hdesign]

Audi has a really nice brown/bronze that could work. If you do it, post pix!