There's no profit in it...

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Originally Posted by alexiskai

Lots of posts on this thread saying it's not about the money, and I suppose that's a helpful thing to tell yourself after spending a lot of money, but it is not unreasonable to care (a lot!) about opportunity costs. $40,000 spent on a car is $40,000 you can't spend on travel or grandkids or retirement.

I paid way below market rate for both of my cars and I'm pretty happy about that. Everyone has a story about the NOS item they bought for a song at a swap meet. Bargain-hunting has been an undercurrent in the Model A hobby from day one. Often that leads to making short-sighted choices that the next owner of your car will have to cope with, and we try to discourage that and that's fine. But it's unrealistic to act as if people don't get satisfaction out of saving money. Trying to get the best restoration possible for the least money is a perfectly reasonable way to participate in the hobby, and ideally it motivates you to learn new skills so you can do things yourself.

Very true!