Thread: Out of "Tradition" Build. What are your thoughts?

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Ryan,
The lipstick comment was out of line , but my point is that building what you want for a car/truck you're building for yourself is one thing, and going for the unique/different is great (within reason....I hope that shopping cart was built on contract to HEB, not as a speculative build). My concern is that you've clearly said that your plan is to build one, sell it to fund another one, and repeat that process. All I'm saying is that if you're building for the collector/hobby car market that's already limited, then going with something unique and somewhat radical you need to be prepared to hold it for a while. Finding that one buyer who actually has the cash and wants something that looks & sounds totally different from the others out there may be tough. Finding the second and third buyer could be even tougher (the unique factor has now dimmed). I think it's a great idea for a one-off personal car. I only question your idea that the world's going to be lining up to buy them from you and I hope I'm wrong. I believe that if you put two identical Deuce coupes side by side priced equally, one with the diesel, and the other with say a SBF or 5.0 Coyote the one with the spark plug motor will sell first. Maybe this just says I'm not a good one for your test market. Don't let me discourage you. I'll follow the build with enthusiasm!

Originally Posted by rspears

Ryan,
The lipstick comment was out of line , but my point is that building what you want for a car/truck you're building for yourself is one thing, and going for the unique/different is great (within reason....I hope that shopping cart was built on contract to HEB, not as a speculative build). My concern is that you've clearly said that your plan is to build one, sell it to fund another one, and repeat that process. All I'm saying is that if you're building for the collector/hobby car market that's already limited, then going with something unique and somewhat radical you need to be prepared to hold it for a while. Finding that one buyer who actually has the cash and wants something that looks & sounds totally different from the others out there may be tough. Finding the second and third buyer could be even tougher (the unique factor has now dimmed). I think it's a great idea for a one-off personal car. I only question your idea that the world's going to be lining up to buy them from you and I hope I'm wrong. I believe that if you put two identical Deuce coupes side by side priced equally, one with the diesel, and the other with say a SBF or 5.0 Coyote the one with the spark plug motor will sell first. Maybe this just says I'm not a good one for your test market. Don't let me discourage you. I'll follow the build with enthusiasm!

It wasn't out of line. I was expecting stuff like that anyhow. I'm sure a spark plug engine deuce would sell first too. The hard part may be me actually selling it when I got it done. Haha Wouldn't you be mad when I did a burn out past you in it?