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[skatinjay27]

save that crap for pt.com... we dont like controvery over here and youll get the boot pretty quick if thats you intensions.
as much as people say its different reasons in the end its always jelousy and envy, just give it a rest... if you dont like that someone didnt build thier own car the fine, but that doesnt mean you need to run your mouth about it or make assumptions that they know nothing about cars. most of these guys just are older who have the money and not the time to do it, and they have higher expectations and wants for thier car beyond a "bolt on car" and they know they dont have the skill set to do it...nothing wrong with that.

[awr68]

I would say that many of the contract builds are for people that own/run their own business and have the money but no where near the time needed to put into a garage built car. Perhaps they have garage built in the past and can afford to pay for that higher quality build now. Really every car enthusiast has their own story and reason for sending their car to a shop...whether it be for paint or a complete build....nothing wrong with either.

[camcojb]

You cannot build a car for the price you can buy one for, apples to apples. So those that buy done cars are actually smarter than those of us who build them..............

I enjoy building cars (for the most part ), but there have been many times I wished I could afford to just go buy what I wanted already done. Don't think it would make me less knowledgeable or less of an enthusiast.

Jody

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by camcojb

You cannot build a car for the price you can buy one for, apples to apples. So those that buy done cars are actually smarter than those of us who build them..............

Great point, Jody. Whether building it one's self, or paying someone else to build it, many learn this lesson the hard way...

[Josh69]

I agree with Jody and Flash, I've learned one thing building my car...it takes alot of damn time and money starting from scratch! I learned alot, but I doubt I'll ever learn enough to build a car as nice as I wish it could be at the rate I'm going. I don't have the money to commission a build either, so I'm stuck in the middle. But if I did, I probably would! Have an open mind about it. Maybe I'd be less frustrated with the all consuming process and have more time to enjoy life itself.

Peace,
Josh

[COYBILT]

If you want it done right do it your self, or as much of it as you can.

[Musclerodz]

Originally Posted by motorheadmike

That's what I am hoping for... I find vendor driven sites and their members to be a little irritating and to be easily butt-hurt. I may have already touched a nerve with Mr. Adams as he has had more than a few cars built for him in recent years.

The misconception is that I don't like expensive cars; I do. There is no denying the innovation of the artist who built it. I just can't hold a conversation with a person that doesn't turn their own wrenches, as there is no common ground or stories to share.

Your not going to make many friends over here either with comments like that. I deal with owners building cars and owners having cars built and just because they are having it built doesn't mean they don't know their sh$t.

[Musclerodz]

Originally Posted by camcojb

You cannot build a car for the price you can buy one for, apples to apples. So those that buy done cars are actually smarter than those of us who build them..............

I enjoy building cars (for the most part ), but there have been many times I wished I could afford to just go buy what I wanted already done. Don't think it would make me less knowledgeable or less of an enthusiast.

Jody

well put Jody

[motorheadmike]

Originally Posted by pontiac65

If you want it done right do it your self, or as much of it as you can.

Exactly. Who is speaking in absolutes? I didn't suggest I was making my own spark plug wires or refining my own engine oil. Get a life with the semantics.

Could I have bought someone else’s project and been ahead of the game? Sure. But, at the same time I'd end up back tracking and fixing the many things I couldn't stand in order to personalize it; and that costs.

This is where the true enthusiast lies: https://lateral-g.net/forums/show...=garage+builds , the men and women who have busted their knuckles and made their mistakes, the ones who have really experienced their cars and the satisfaction of completing them with their own hands.

You know who you are when while sitting around on a Summer night bench racing and the conversation sounds like this: Remember that time we were dropping the new long block into the Camaro on Christmas Eve during a snow storm...? and not this: Man, remember that time that we were polishing our cars with diapers at the car show...?

If I sound a bit like a proletariat-elitist… good.

[Fluid Power]

Beat it Dude,

Darren