I try to do most of the work myself because I cannot afford to have somebody do it for me. But I also want to build a car myself which is the reason I sold my Javelin and bought the Nash. All of my "toy" cars have been AMC. The Javelins, the Nash, a Metropolitan, the Spirit and even my Chevy cab will be powered by AMC. I grew up with AMC and Hudson and so that is the path that I take. That alone could cause me to stand outside the box because I will not use Chevy for power. It isn't me and my friends will give me grief because I have a Chevy pickup cab, but the 401 should give them reassurance that I have not completely lost my mind. Bottom line is that I have started to do the work myself, making mistakes and figuring them out, but am building what I like for me and my wife lets me do it.