Hey everyone,
Thank you very much for your thoughts so far - please, by all means, keep them coming!
I won't deny that building a vehicle is a huge and can be a laborious process. Part of me does wonder - could I do it? Maybe it is just better to just buy with it said and done - I dunno ya know?
Bryan, I will absolutely give you a call sometime in the week. I work noon to midnight at WPAFB today, Monday, and Tuesday, so it'll be a lil' bit before I call - but I absolutely will! Any advice is welcomed!
To tcrist - absolutely - you are totally correct. We have some Cobra owners here in Dayton; I really would like to talk to them some more and get some time with them on the road. Obviously, I would be willing to pay for gas/lunch/ compensate for their time and putting their cars on the road for me. I strongly believe that when people do something to help me make a decision, I have a commitment to compensate in any way I can to show my gratitude.
And thank you mrmmustang and twos for the ideas about getting with everyone in the local Ohio Cobra Club. I definitely know what you guys mean about budgeting; I never thought the tab for the DeLorean would "still be going" so to speak. Definitely a good call to have a bit more than expected for the car's budget when the time comes to build/buy.
I have so very much to learn. I have no problem admitting that the full building of a car may not be for me; I may choose to buy years down the road. I would love to try to build with something like the Cobra - either that or something like a ratrod from the 1920's-1930's. I am very open-minded, and like I said - definitely want to do this right this time.
Thanks again to all who have replied so far. Keep the thoughts coming, please! One thing I've learned in life - if it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. That, and you'll always have either enough money and time to do something - just never both at the same time.
Oh, and that picture I forgot of Jessica and me! This was when I was in my final semester of my BSEE - right before going to OTS and being a baby bar (2Lt) for the USAF. I look a bit different now
. She still looks amazing though!
