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Originally Posted by elmariachi
The ONLY reason Pat likes me is because I took his advice on FE timing. Oh, and I finally stopped bashing him about storing his car for the winter in a ziplock bag. Can you believe that, a ziplock bag? 
Hey Rusty, from March 24-27 the Texas Cobra Club is having its annual rally in San Marcos. Go here: www.texascobrameet.com. You should come over on Friday afternoon and look at cars and talk to owners. No charge to come look and visit.  |
Not too far from me, hell to be honest San Marcos is roughly 90 miles from where the ground is at. So it wouldnt be hard to make it. Problem is though working at a State Inspection shop I gotta see if he is ok with me taking one of those days off. If so then I will come down then.
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Originally Posted by patrickt
Naah, you proved your mettle with that overheating thing.  When you sit down with Rusty, somebody's gonna have to break the news to him that he needs to wait a while before spending his hard earned dough on a stupid hobby like this. Tell him about the Cobra rule outlined here ERA or Superperformance 427 Thoughts and Observations and here SOHC Kirkham and countless other threads. You know "I will only buy this car if I am in a position to take the purchase money and throw it off a cliff and still suffer no ill effects in taking care of the people for whom I am responsible." There, that's your mother talking to you... dad too. |
lol truth be told what hobby isnt stupid. Coin collecting can be stupid to some, Gun collecting can be stupid to some, Antique collecting could be stupid to some.
Way I see it, I have a interest in cars and to me I rather spend the money on a FFR Coupe and build it than fork over $60,000 for a DMC 12 from DeLorean of Texas like I was looking at before I came across FFR.
$60k in a FFR Coupe would get me more than the DMC12 in my book. Just have to wait and save money up though. Not going to dip into savings and blow all my money. Gonna take alil money out of each paycheck and put it to the side for the kit.
My only problem is trying to keep from going off the deep end on my ideas. I could skip the whole A/C idea by running fresh air vents. I could probably scrap the idea of the Accusump
oil reserve system and maybe even the
oil cooler idea I had. With all the time I invested in freetime doing layout plans for my ideas I would like to have all but alot of that stuff will add extra money. Like I ask myself do I really need a IRS over a solid 8.8" axle. Would I see a difference in ride and handling on the street and the track over a solid axle even though all my cars have been solid axles. Upside is I can do an alignment on the rear axle but with a solid axle I cant. That extra adjustability is a plus but just dont know about the cost. I can cut corners to save some money by going with the Thunderbird CV axles from a local parts house for $25 an axle vs the $60 an axle for performance ones from Summit. Downside to the oem replacement ones is Ive heard at high speeds on tracks the boots have melted and failed which if I planned to do track racing some like I would like to then I should justify the extra expense of the performance axles. But I could also save money by going with the OEM ones and swaping the boots out and come out cheaper.
In the end I fully agree though. I am not one to waste money. I dont do credit cards cause you always end up paying more than paying cash. I also make sure I have the money on hand before I go to buy something. The biggest thing though is I dont buy something unless I need it. I have not bought something I wanted since I bought my 1939 M91/30 rifle back in 2010. So I feel my next "buy what I want" buy will be a kit.
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