My number is coming up at ERA, options / order advice?

[twobjshelbys]

OK, I've read this a little more carefully.

I don't want to be Debbie Downer, but someone has to say it. I'm sure others are thinking the same thing.

If you are so strapped for money that you can't afford to have the body mounted to the frame and have to wait to buy a steering column and wheels, I would say that the chances of a successful build are practically nil. Do yourself a favor and instead of buying pieces and parts over time, put the money into a savings account until you can afford a complete kit. Too many other things will happen in your life over the 5 or 6 years it will take you to pull all the pieces together, and I'd wager that in 3 or 4 years we'll see an uncompleted kit in the for sale section.

Whatever your decision, good luck.

[patrickt]

There is one other way. Fly to either Atlantic City, or Las Vegas, and take a cashier's check for every cent that you've saved up for this build. Talk to the croupier and tell him "I want to bet this on one cut of the deck, double or nothing, and a tie goes to the house." If you win, then you'll get the car that you wanted, and if you lose, well then it just wasn't meant to be.

[Bearwolf]

To clarify, I am not throwing every cent I have at it, I'm on this budget because after looking at my numbers this is what I'm comfortable with while keeping some in reserve for things that come up. Though the advise to not follow through with my life long dream is probably solid advise, I'm still going to go ahead and follow through with it. I've built other cars on a tight budget and still managed. I could probably sell my 23 t bucket, 62 impala ss, 68 camaro or 67 GMC and build the thing with cash, but for now the plan is simply to build the Cobra on a budget, little by little as finances allow. I'm definatly going to look into the 12v hair dryer approach. A 12v electric blanket probably would hi old be way better for the wife than a heater.