Can I rant

Without reading all the other comments I thought of this:

I know when I was that age I could not afford jack scrap as far as money to restore a muscle car.
I got married at 19 to a very financially savvy girl.
I respected her opinion although I really wanted to build this car but as life goes I quickly realized that once I had the money saved for a certain car part, something in the house would break or I needed the money for other bills.
After several dozen of these episodes I realized that I need to give up on the hobbies and concentrate on the home, bills and family so I sold my project car.
I came to the conclusion that I would have to save up my money, become more financially stable and give it another shot when I'm older.

For years I drooled over other peoples mopars then finally picked up my barracuda from a coworker about 12 years ago.
It still took me 10 years to restore the car as time/ money allowed amd did it such a way that did not take away from the family, meaning that the car was last on the list and it still is to this day.
I would sell it in heartbeat and not bat an eye if it meant keeping my family first.

One thing about Women is that they will ***** and moan for a day or so and then get over it especially if you ignore your project car for a week or so.
Then one day she will say " Hey honey, why don't you go work on your car or something."..... Never fails.

I think it's just because they get to feeling a little insecure and unappreciated at times......don't take it too personally.
I have been married for 22 years and still can say I have not figured out Women and can never predict when their attitude is going to go from all out psychotic to gentle, little, content kitten.

I say give the car a break for a bit and see if she don't encourage you to work on it in a couple weeks.

Now if your finances are super tight I can understand her concerns and so should you.