at what point is it a sickness?

[mosquito13]

just ordered $1500 in parts... I did the mistake of pulling the receits last night. don't get me wrong love my car, but the cash going in it is sick. the 440 conversion went way over budget(and now i keep getting all fuzzy when i look at heads and mister kits) , the 727 rebuild with mods was over a grand to get a push button for a big block... the rear end build was fun to build but still big $ even with lots of boneyard diving, and it had to have disc brakes didn't it? oh and front wheel locks so the rear end can do proper smokers at the shows. whats the point of big exhaust with out cut outs, so a set of doug's , buddies says while we are here lets put flame throwers...then it was a welder so i could install the frame ties. now i am looking at the interior and the paint. car is got way more $ in it already then i could recoup. should have picked up a crack pipe instead of my dodge.

 

[Budnicks]

:iamwithstupid: I can relate, I do for the love of cars, fun of the build {well it use to be fun, I'm getting older, it's not as much fun on 30* cold concrete or hot 100* days}, but I do it for driving a much better car, that fits my taste & needs/wants & not for resale thou... Way too many people think they can buy a rust bucket/basket-case, actually restore it & make money, it usually won't happen {especially if your paying someone else to build it} , even if you do all the work yourself, then it better be high quality build with high quality parts, just to recoup the build cost... It seems the parts are worth $0.50 cents on the dollar, as soon as you purchase them...

 

[moparcanuck]

I don't drink, smoke or screw around - any more ;). So I gotta have something to spend my money on to stay sane in an insane world. I suspect you are in the same boat. I've spent as much on my GTX in 5 years as I paid for it.

 

[snakeyes]

your first clue should of been mopar

 

[wedge69]

Its only Money ! You ever hear someone say Hay Thats a Great looking Wallet you have ?
If you don't have fun with it you will only let someone else have fun with it when you die.
Me I am going out Broke and laying rubber !

 

[Hemi Rebel]

Its only Money ! You ever hear someone say Hay Thats a Great looking Wallet you have ?
If you don't have fun with it you will only let someone else have fun with it when you die.
Me I am going out Broke and laying rubber !

I agree. I've never seen a hearse towing a u haul trailer. Safe to say you cant take it with you when you go. Besides, restoring a car is a labor of love. If you are doing it to turn a profit you will be sadly disappointed. Regardless of what you see on tv.

 

[usaroadrunner]

just ordered $1500 in parts... I did the mistake of pulling the receits last night. don't get me wrong love my car, but the cash going in it is sick. the 440 conversion went way over budget(and now i keep getting all fuzzy when i look at heads and mister kits) , the 727 rebuild with mods was over a grand to get a push button for a big block... the rear end build was fun to build but still big $ even with lots of boneyard diving, and it had to have disc brakes didn't it? oh and front wheel locks so the rear end can do proper smokers at the shows. whats the point of big exhaust with out cut outs, so a set of doug's , buddies says while we are here lets put flame throwers...then it was a welder so i could install the frame ties. now i am looking at the interior and the paint. car is got way more $ in it already then i could recoup. should have picked up a crack pipe instead of my dodge.

a sickness...damm i thought that was normal!!! oh well!!!

 

[conv67bdere]

a sickness...damm i thought that was normal!!! oh well!!!

X2 . . . cough . . . cough . . . but I don't have any plans of getting "over" it . . . ( smile )

 

[Pops1967GTX]

So what is question here?..How do you justify spending money on an old car? You Can say it’s a hobby... I will get the money back on resale....But we all know owning a mopar’s more than that.....Most of us have gasoline running through are veins..A High Octane passion for our mopar’s... More than just a car....They become a living entity.....My bills are in a draw & my GTX is on the road as much as possible......It’s a passion & a costly one.....

 

[ws27]

Sickness... ah 11 B-bodies and one A body... never crossed MY mind. LOL



Maybe others' minds, but never mine.

 

[1962polara]

No more than having children (never ending expenditure!!), going on holidays o/s.
you can spend 1000's with what return ? Memories

Owning these cars is a love .simple.
It isn't an addiction ...more a labour of love, and you spend what you can to enjoy regardless of future return.It can be taken from you at any time so enjoy the trip!!

 

[1970GTX]

Terminal Illness here. But my GTX is getting better by the $$

 

[mosquito13]

It was just a rant. Will never again look at old receipts and a calculator together again. On the high side looks like there is lots of other residents here at the nut house.

 

[conv67bdere]

Terminal Illness here. But my GTX is getting better by the $$

LMAO . . . 1970GTX - I'm going to have to remember that one ! ! ! LMAO ! ! !

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It was just a rant. Will never again look at old receipts and a calculator together again. On the high side looks like there is lots of other residents here at the nut house.

LMAO . . . looks like we're all room mates ! ! !

I just took a BFH to the calculator to fix that urge - worked like a champ ! ! ! ( smile )

 

[Richard Cranium]

I'd say that posting here is a sickness. Just look at me; I used to be normal before I came here.

 

[HawkRod]

I must be terminal then. :tard:

With the restoration in full swing, I just dropped $1700 on my Classic Air AC, and I haven't even started buying sheet metal for the car or paying for the body work! I'm going to the poor house with my car, and I have to start cutting corners somewhere because the money I saved for its restoration is going to run out real quickly.

...Correction. I am going to drive to the poor house in one of the coolest cars ever made!!!! :3gears:

 

[Pops1967GTX]

Terminal Illness here. But my GTX is getting better by the $$

It’s always a waiting game.........

 

[george68hemirr]

It never ends.....and like said its a mopar......chevy /ford a dime a dozen

 

[WileE]

Its only Money ! You ever hear someone say Hay Thats a Great looking Wallet you have ?
If you don't have fun with it you will only let someone else have fun with it when you die.
Me I am going out Broke and laying rubber !

... and I don't think "Bank Account Cruises" or "401k Shows" would be all that interesting, either.

 

[eric383]

I think we have all been there. You buy one thing and all of a sudden it snowballs and you are on a first name basis with the UPS delivery guy. I always remember Props statement how his BB stroker build turned his bank account into a funeral pyre.