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Originally Posted by retyler
... Don't expect them, for the most part, to follow us older farts...
... if I was a sixteen year old today and I was about to purchase my first car, I would go out and buy a car that I could safely drive now ...
...Times have change and one day the kids of today will be asking the same questions when they are older...
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All your points are valid. I even agree with them.
The original point of the thread was
"not being able to find" old project cars, for that remark, I strenuously disagree. Again, they are out there, they can be purchased for less than a mortgage on your 1st born, you just need to put in time, money, sweat - pick two! 'cause if you want all 3, you will be disappointed. That's
if you want an older car. If someone expects a free pass (or discount ticket) to the wonderful world or hot rodding, resto-mods, etc -then he would be better off going with a Civic, Focus, or Subaru - I'm more than OK with that too.
The reason Hot rods are expensive is the talent, dedication, knowledge, skills and raw materials (junk cars, junk parts) are hard to find and even harder to develop today than they were in the past. I still find it hard to believe that Wyotech is making money off giving classes and training on building Hot rods? For American kids, thats like giving them instructions on how to play baseball, throw footballs or eat apple pie.
Car crafting never was a cheap hobby. Even back in the day, you paid for your project car on the installment plan. If I had had access to the kind o money some of the rich kids had, all in one lump sum, then things might have been different for me too. But it wasn't - as a result I learned a lot more about myself, backyard engineering and human nature than most of those priviledged kids ever did or ever will.
In the words of Tom Hanks, in "League of their Own" ... there is no crying -(
Whining) - in Baseball! Why is she (He) crying?
