Thanks guys. I'm actually rather insulted that you guys seem to think that the "off topic" forum still has to refer to "Mopar" vehicles or else you're going to fill it with crap about a stupid Alaskan bimbo who chickened out of her position as Governor because "the media kept making fun of her."
Tell ya what - she SURE would have been a great choice for Vice President, wouldn't she have?!?!
You're all right though. I am certainly NOT a Mopar fan. I mean, after all, I ONLY have a 2001 Dodge Stratus, a 2000 Dodge Viper, and owned a 1973 Barracuda. My family in it's past has owned a Jeep Wrangler, a Dodge Dart, a Plymouth Cuda, a Dodge Durango, a Dodge Dakota, and currently my parents own a Sebring Convertible and a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Oh and I gave up a Store Manager position for Goodyear Tire & Rubber company to be a service advisor at Brenner Chrysler Jeep because, well, I certainly don't like Mopar. My first car-related job EVER was as a lot detailer at Milton Ruben Chrysler Plymouth Jeep Eagle in Augusta Georgia. I drove Dad's 'Cuda to work and saw my first Viper in person there in 1997. I guess by now you can tell that I'm actually a FORD loyalist, right?
HP2 - again you ask the kinda questions I need to be confronted with and I appreciate your insight.
Yes, "build" a car is about as precise a term as the word "rice"...
In this particular case, I
only refer to building in the realm of "building a kit car." That is to take a bunch of big-boy lego pieces and after years of work and a bunch of money, having a car that I can drive out of the garage and zip down the road with the wife.
See, I'd "build" a muscle car, (like, I dunno - maybe a 'Cuda, but again - I don't like Mopars that much...) but first, the body would have to be in great shape, and second, I'd only want to start with the car already assembled, so that I can properly document and track the disassembly of pieces to make sure everything goes back where it should. Old cars are SO much different than new cars, and the new cars are what I'm more familiar with - even though I worked at a restoration shop a few years ago. Also, a kit car comes with an instruction manual! (The GTM has a 600-page manual.) Such detailed instructions don't exist for an old 'Cuda! Granted I could pick Chrycho's brain any time I needed, but I'm sure I'd become a burden real quick!
And so yes - you're right. My options are limited. I want a unique vehicle - not a copy - that I can construct/assemble/"build" from the ground up. To me it just seems like the ultimate automotive challenge, and as one article put it, not a lot of people can walk up to a car and go "see that? I BUILT it..." So far I found the Rossian Q1 - $100,000, the K1 Attack - $100,000, Nobles, which will run at least $80,000, and of course the FFR GTM, $40,000(+).
And BTW the discussion about registering/titling the car is kinda moot in my opinion. I mean, if getting a kit car registered is "too hard" to deal with, than one certainly wouldn't have the ambition to actually build the car, now would they?!
I think I'm going to sit on this idea for 5 years or so, and see how things look then. Obviously my body work budget is going to be much higher than I expected - probably twice. I flat can't do it myself - I won't even try with fiberglass panels - so I'm going to have to make sure I can afford it.
Guys, I have BLED "Cuda-Challenger.com" for over two years now. How any of you can tell me that my posts don't belong on this board and that I'm not a Mopar Enthusiast... ...I'm honestly offended. I left Carlisle this past July with
tears in my eyes after selling my 'Cuda. I dare any of you to say to my face that it didn't mean something to me.
I just... ...I'm speechless.