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Go to the local car shows, especially Cars and Coffee if you have one. There won't be a Cobra owner there that won't talk your ears off about the cars. Not only the car but the decision making process that got them there.

Unless you have a passion for the mechanical work, building a car is a lot of work and can be very frustrating - there have been lots of uncompleted projects sold here and other places. A car that is already done will still give you hours of "tinkering" pleasure as you mold it into what you want it to be and the maintenance of the purely mechanical nature of the beast.

Congrats on your degrees!