Its an expensive hobby. I just talked to an old friend who didn't retire but decided not to work anymore after getting fired from a job.
He looks at my cars and says "gee must be nice"
Yea, well, it isn't so nice when I am getting up at 4 a.m. and coming home late because I took a bunch of overtime to support my Mopar habit, or when I was out in the cold delivering newspapers as a side hustle before my regular job to hustle up some more mopar money.
Its worth it, we are the few and privileged to be able to have an old car and work on it.