Quote Originally Posted by rspears View Post
Bill, I'm so sorry that your physical situation has diminished faster than you'd expected, and I don't want to be negative at all, but while you say your list of parts you still need are all pretty high dollar pieces, and they comprise most of the rolling chassis. It sounds like you have mainly the engine, tranny, differential, front axle minus spindles, and body? The real problem is that any incomplete project gets dimes on dollars if it comes time to sell before it's done, and you'll hope to get 50% of what you paid for parts, and little or nothing for labor costs invested. I'd say you need to make an honest assessment on your ability to see the project through to the end, and if not then do you continue to invest more in parts, knowing that you'll sell them for a loss? That said, there is a lot of value in the positive aspect of having the project to keep your focus on something positive.

I sense the turmoil you're in about your project, and wish you the best as you decide how to proceed. I don't think anyone can make this decision for you.
If negative is what you see, so be it. Honesty is better medicine than false negativity or optimism.

I have more than you think, but you are right in that what is left is nothing to sneeze at. For me, the big question mark on the remaining list is the frame...it will have to be custom made, and there is no shortcut, but it is what is needed next to start making something of the conglomeration of parts I have. The rest, given time, I could acquire for a fraction of retail cost...as I have done for most of what I have acquired. Some of the stuff I have has taken me 2 years to track down at a price I was willing to pay...but until now I was functioning under the idea that time was the commodity I had most to spend.

Recouping has never been part of the equation. The money spent on this endeavour is the cost of pursuing something that has been on my bucket list before I was old enough to grasp the concept of a bucket list. If it comes to that, what ever the return on investment, would be a rebate on the price of doing something I love.

Thank you for your well wishes.