New here from Bay Area,CA

[mattausten23]

Originally Posted by DFRESH

Dude, welcome to the site. I hate to offer you advice right out of the gate, but listen to what others are telling you here----learn from their experience--I promise you will not regret it. If your car is as nice as it looks in the pics, then by all means, do not sell it because something else looks more affordable. You will end up spending more than you can possibly imagine taking on a car that needs to get to the place yours is right now. Those items you mentioned you want to put into it are great parts and will make it an even better car, but don't sell this one to buy another one and put those parts in. Keep this one and do it. You will be miles ahead. My advice would be as follows---keep it, do one modification at a time--don't pull the whole car apart---there is a huge chance your life will get in the way of that big of a project and the car will never be enjoyed as much as it could have been if you had kept it running and done one mod at a time. Also, save up cash, be patient and look constantly for deals. I promise you they are out there. Ask me how I know--my parts list for my car is growing with some amazing stuff, and I can tell you it has been at a fraction of the full price by just being patient and waiting for the right deals to come along. Don't use credit cards ever---you will be surprised in a period of 5 years what you will be able to do with this car. Many of us here have made the mistake of overbuilding a car, making it a project that is way to big to manage in a timely manner and getting rid of a car we wish we never would have. I'm not saying project cars suck, it's just that we have seen the majority of them never get finished or sold off and never enjoyed. PM me anytime, and regardless of what you decide to do welcome to a fantastic site with some of the best people in the business represented here. Please keep us posted.

Doug

Very true Doug. Thanks everyone for the great advise! My car right now, I think, isn't the nicest. It runs and drives great but needs some body work, wiring, and some other stuff I believe which is why I was sort of leaning towards a project. The one I'm looking at has everything there ready to go, just needs a little body work and to be wired up and everything I need comes with the car. However I'm taking your guys advise and will probably end up keeping it! Thanks for reassuring me!

[killer67]

Welcome aboard! Hang on that beauty

[zbugger]

Welcome to the site. What part of the Bay Area are you from? We're trying to get some guys together and hang out, but failing miserably. Maybe if we finally get our act together you can come on out with us.

Originally Posted by mattausten23

...My car right now, I think, isn't the nicest. It runs and drives great but needs some body work, wiring, and some other stuff I believe which is why I was sort of leaning towards a project. The one I'm looking at has everything there ready to go, just needs a little body work and to be wired up and everything I need comes with the car....

So you're saying that the "project" car needs the same things your current car does? Does it run? You know what you have in your car now, and what it needs. Fix that stuff up and we can help you out with the rest. It currently drives well which means as you add parts you can still have fun with it and you don't really have to wait. Like I do.

[mattausten23]

Originally Posted by zbugger

Welcome to the site. What part of the Bay Area are you from? We're trying to get some guys together and hang out, but failing miserably. Maybe if we finally get our act together you can come on out with us.



So you're saying that the "project" car needs the same things your current car does? Does it run? You know what you have in your car now, and what it needs. Fix that stuff up and we can help you out with the rest. It currently drives well which means as you add parts you can still have fun with it and you don't really have to wait. Like I do.

I'm from the Santa Cruz county area. I would be really interested in getting together though! The project car I'm looking at doesn't run because it just needs to be wired. Everything is there on that car from what I can tell except for the wiring, brake fluids, and some body work like the two rear fenders need to be put on. He has everything it just needs to be put together.