What Kit and why

[Joe Wicked]

Originally Posted by fsstnotch

Who says you have to have all the cash up front to build the car start to finish? I know as far as hurricane, they request the initial deposit and give a delivery date of 2-4 months. Pay the final amount upon pickup or delivery. From that point you have a TON of things you could work on over a years time. No point throwing it all together in a month or 2! The build is half the fun!

I am exactly as you when it comes to my cars! I bought my last notch off my best friend... He got mad at me a few times because i wouldn't let him drive it! haha Heck, I even hid the keys for it when I was on deployments so that NOBODY would drive it! It was too much car for most! One time My wife called and said they were about to get hit with tornados and hail and wanted to move it into the garage. I gave her VERY strict instructions on the distance my best friend could drive it to get it to the garage since mine was full at the time. It's not un-natural!

at least I am not the only one. Are you as bad with your tools as I am? For a long time, my wife was scared to ask me to use a screwdriver. I gave her explicit instructions that no one borrows them, if she uses them, clean them and put them back in the same drawer, in the same location. She ended up just getting a little cheap house tool kit for herself, so she didn't have to try and keep mine in order.

[Madmiles442]

Hey Joe,
The Dallas area club meets the first Saturday of each month. Yesterday, there were 12 cars there and 25 folks for breakfast. Check out the Texas Club Forum on this site. There's a car show coming up in Garland that a lot of people will be attending. You can see a lot of different makes at both the monthly meets and the shows. Seeing them side-by-side helped me see the differences and what level of originality I was looking for. There are contacts and builders of almost all makes in North Texas and we can give you some recommendations. You could work with them on what level of completion you can afford. Maybe leave out the parts and pieces you feel comfortable doing yourself. I shopped for about 3 months, attending monthly meets and gatherings to gain info.