Building a classic from parts is like burning £20 notes.
When i was building and prepping race and rally cars i remember someone had said that running a racing car team is as pleasureable as standing in an icy cold shower while setting light to a big pile of £100 notes that you have to burn one by one and really watch each one burn to nothing.
I was also helping a chap that sold classic cars. Sometimes they were his and sometimes he was being a middle man. Devote yourself to the wrong car and you can lose ALOT of money.
There was a Triumph Stag that came in , which was immaculate, after a lengthy top to bottom resto. There were two folders of receipts and photos and you would not have found a better job done.
Over £40k spent and the owner really thought he was going to get that back because he had spent that amount. He just couldn't seem to accept that fashion and demand decide these things. I think the best offer was about 8k , after a couple of months, which is 7999 more pounds than i would pay for a Stag, and the owner took it back home. A home without a wife as she had left him over the amount he spent on that car. It was some outrageous colour, too, which cut its appeal.
With objects like bicycles and cars; unless you come across an absolute and definite bargain/freebie it is healthier for the mind and soul to spend what you can afford to lose and just enjoy the process and then use the bloody thing.
I get to do it for a living
