Young Person Rant

[Zachalanche]

Don't get discouraged. This is the internet where everyone is a mechanic with a 7 figure income. How many of your close friends or family have finished pro-touring cars similar to what you may have seen on this site. My guess would be zero. At first it seems like you need an astronomical amount of money to participate in this hobby, but what few understand is that you have to have the vision and stubbornness to see a project through to the end that may take longer than a decade. In time you will be able to afford the parts, but can you stay motivated when your project car is just a bare body on jack stands, but you are working on your daily driver instead just so you can drive it to work the next day?

Check the time stamps on some of the build threads on this site. You'll be surprised how long most of these threads have been going. if they are anything like mine, there was at least a few years worth of work that occurred prior to the first post.



Good luck, plan wisely and don't get in over your head, or someone else will be finishing your project and enjoying all your hard work. I've heard that it's frequently the third person that finally dives the project car that the previous 2 could not finish. Also heard that over half of all aftermarket parts purchased new, are not used by the original purchaser. So with the odds against you, go forth and conquer because you can have anything you want, just not everything you want.