What's your thoughts on "Built Not Bought?"

[Grnova]

I try to do everything I can but when I come to a point in my build that requires something I cannot do I try to source it out. I would rather have some one who has spent 40 hours or plus a week perfecting his or her skill than try to do it myself. The perks are I do not have to buy the expensive equipment that they already have and do not have to go through the oh **** process. Then there is the bought I love to look at new parts and see how I can incorporate them into my build by modifying them some shape or form. The process of looking at already created parts gives me ideas. So I am for both I don't think one can survive without the other. My 2 cents

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by rustomatic

I blame society! This applies to the following:

1. Paid-for awesome hotrods



I've built perhaps 20 complete cars - some for friends and family... I've enjoyed the builds of my high dollar hot rods just as much or more....



2. Fake boobs/butts/faces/stomachs/turkey neck mods/whathaveyou


Is there something wrong with someone that just wants to look as nice as their car? Do we not enjoy a nice looking woman (or man)?




3. Extended stays at the graybar hotel



Some of us have turned these "stays" around and are the better for it. I can still tell you how many CMU blocks there were in my solitary cell.


4. Wrecking your awesome Ducati at the back of the pack



Everyone learns -- and there are few that are mistake free.....




5. Bitchin' tats that changed meaning (or gravitational reference) over time (tramp stamp, etc.)




Personally I had mine 7th grade "tat" removed.... but I'm still thinking I'd like to have colored flames up at least one arm or leg... I know I'll never do it - but like it when I see 'em.






6. Jobs you hate (but keep because of good pay or simple convenience)



What if you could do a job you hate and retire early?? Would that make it worthwhile?




7. Girlfriends/boyfriends/spouses who are physical accessories



When aren't they sometimes physical accessories?? I've been married 35 years -- together since she was 14 and I was 18 -- I like her being a physical accessory some times. LOL





8. Perpetual denial of temptation






I want a jet bigger than my neighbors and I'm not denying that one bit.








9. Financial failure masquerading as success



Can you spell V I S A card?




10. Add more fuel as necessary.




...... as long as it smells like race gas!







Have fun at your own expense. Create opinions based upon what you know.

It's okay to respect and appreciate an awesome car for what it is, regardless of who built it. If you want one like it, find money and the person who built it, or try to do it on your own, via education, blood, sweat, failure, and little bits of success at a time.

For some, it's fun to have a car that gets ignored or overlooked. For others, it's about being a focal point. Whatever--it's about fun when your brain is seasoned with gasoline.

Cliche, platitude, blah, blah, blah.

I vote republican.... but I'd be willing to post my income tax returns that show I GAVE AWAY (donations) double or triple your gross income last year. Not picking on you personally --- just saying that a person can be a "democratic republican". My wife packs food every other Thursday at the Hunger Coalition where we are most likely also the largest financial donors.... I still drive my pro built hot rod down there to work. :>)

[GregWeld]

I wonder what would happen if we apply the built it bought to our houses?? Or any other thing that's not a hot rod... Is the thinking different then??? It's a rhetorical question.

[BMR Sales]

Originally Posted by DBasher

How about the guy that claims they built it when you know darn well they didn't. Years ago I helped a buddy with his 58 Pontiac, mild custom with bellflowers, Watson style scallops all over and some Mooneyes goodies. He got bored with it and traded it off to a dealership. Some ass clown bought it from the dealership, slapped a "street rod" emblem in the grill and told people he did all the work....sure pal!

I've heard the BNB saying in the off-road world as well.....seems the dude who built his bad ass crawler in the garage doesn't like seeing the tastefully modded Defender 90 or new Jeep at the top of the trail. Whatever.

Same thing applies to Real Estate too. Before I bought the house I live in now, I looked at a House I lost in my Divorce. When I looked at it, the Seller said we did this, we did that, etc - it was all stuff that I did!

[57hemicuda]

Its funny, as long as this stuff has been around, someone always finds something to whine about.

I have probably built at least 20 cars and trucks through the years, some budget, some high end. The thing is, I build them because I want to build them. How they get built is inconsequential, usually it is only my 2 hands that touch my stuff, probably because I enjoy the build so much. If I had someone else building it with my vision, is it less cool, I don't think so.

I learned most of my car building skills out of necessity, in my youth I couldn't afford to pay someone. I still wanted to go fast, so I learned how to rebuild engines, transmissions, rears. I now can afford to pay someone to do these things for me. Yet my love of all things mechanical won't let me.

I find myself this very weekend installing a 383 Roadrunner engine in a 1954 Dodge M37 military truck. Why, when there is an AMX right next to it needing to be finished? Because, that is what I want to do right now!! When the mood hits me , I'll be all over that car, but until then I'm going to do what I want to do.

[dontlifttoshift]

For years and years I have been looking for anyone that did their own root canal......

[Vince@Meanstreets]

My uncle and my grandfather did. They were both dentists. Guess who did all the work on their cars.

My father once told me, you either spend the money to learn how to do it or you spend the money to have someone do it for you.

[dontlifttoshift]

Wait, your Grandfather did his own root canal?!?!?......

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by dontlifttoshift

For years and years I have been looking for anyone that did their own root canal......

Excellent example.

The whole discussion is ridiculous. In my book = if you're in to cars - it's all good. Some guys race - some guys just like to watch the races.... some can do some work - some can't do any of if - who the hell cares.... I don't know sizzle about race suspension - that's why I hire Ron Sutton.... I've built many motors - I wouldn't tackle the motor in my race car... that take a higher degree of skill than I have... I drink water - you drink Bud Light - who cares....

[rustomatic]

The three toilets I've installed in my house work perfectly. My car slides around an autocross course like a rollerskate on ice. I take the blame for both realities. I like to test my own potential for failure, because it makes me considerably angrier to pay to test someone else's...