his initial "budget" was supposedly 22K (though he didn't have the full boat, like half was gonna be bank financed).
for darn near that i bought two running, driving, tagged and titled rust free, mint interior cars for just under that and drove them home. and one of those was more than a 200mi drive.
if i go the other way on it i scooped up one running driving minty car with a damn near perfect interior, a some what serious project with a solid, straight, rust free body and TON of kick *** parts on it; AND a super straight roller that's got awesome patina with great interior, some really good parts and a very straight, clean rust free body. for UNDER his budget.
so the stuff is out there if you're willing to put on your johnny hustle pants and scoop them deals when it's time to party and turn the wrenches to get the finished product you want.