One of these days I'm going to be sitting here with little to do and then take out my receipts and add up how much I've spent for a 'driver' but with all good/new pieces. My guess is that when done, it will be in the $60K+ range for a '31 Brookville bodied, TCI w/IFS framed, SB Ford powered Model A roadster. Nothing spectacular, but everything except the powder coating on the frame and upholstery will have been done by me. My wife gets on my case occasionally about getting it done - and it will be soon. There have been several years of enjoyment building it - deciding how I want it to look, searching out that special part, installing it the way I want it. This has been my enjoyment. And before I retired, my stress outlet to forget about that guy that was PO'd because his power plant wasn't running yet!!

I really feel for those guys with the fat checkbook who commission a car with one of the big builders. For the most part, he doesn't get his hands dirty. He is IMO, really missing out on a lot of personal pleasure in creating something - but.....different strokes..... My previous post say what I have found at various shows about those individuals and what it does for the industry/pasttime.