Thinking of giving it up (a bit of a rant)

I can feel your pain after 3 years and a lot of money I'm almost done. My obsession is a 1969 Dart GTS. I first fell in love in the Spring of 1978 fresh out of the Navy I heard the rumble and went to the front porch to see what it was expecting a GTX or a Road Runner only to see a strange looking triple black 340 swinger.

Fast forward to the summer 2012: my wife and I were walking through a cruise night when she popped "THE QUESTION" if you wanted an old car which one would you want, without a thought 69 Dart blurted out! so she said show me one...it took almost a month but finally showed her one at the Syracuse nationals. after looking on the internet and several trip out of state looking at them I finally bought a 383 big block car which I drove as was for a summer.

There were several very expensive rare pieces and parts to be had like the original exhaust manifolds, tail finish panel, 4615S carb to name a few.

Needless to say I was lucky to have an old Mopar junkyard (Forkey's) Just over an hour away with a resident expert Jack who I have became great friends with, not to mention several members of the local MOPAR club that have truly kept me sane! Its very hard to navigate through the people that are in this HOBBY to make money and the many good hearted folks that are there to help you. Please don't feel like your alone. I'm sure this site is here because of guys going through what your going through, there hasn't been a day that B-body goes through my mind during this restoration process... from almost buying a body shop in 1980 it was 33 years since I even changed oil and yes had several cars that I personally never popped the hoods of...I guess what I'm trying to say is there more to building your Ideal dream car, my patients have been tested, my wallets empty, I spend countless hours on the internet, and my hands are always dirty...dam I missed this stuff! if this was easy everyone would own a classic MOPAR!!