[Bob Carriere]

.... and price is relative to how horny you are for the vehicle....

Some of life's realities.....

They don't make CMP any more...

The fewer they become the higher the price.

It's 2011..... I cannot expect to purchase a rolling frame with engine for $300 like in the early 2000.

When you see some of the rusted out hulks antique car collectors purchase and totally restore.... some of our overlooked CMPs are very complete and worth doing....

Two cases come to mind....

Some funny individuals ( they are all funny iof they come from TO)tried selling a beat up old F8 with the engine in a cardboard box for years with no success...... suddenly some lost soul from the US of A decided to pay big bucks and haul it home to Arizona (or far remote area) of all places...... now all of us sane Canucks felt it was not worth the effort...... the poor guy did not know it could not be done...

Well he now has a fully running F8 that will be shown around for years.... and the poor guy was not a mechanic and his handicapped.....and he did it....
The reality is we were more handicapped than him....

Second situation..... guy near Ottawa tried to sell a cab 13 Ford (poor guy did not know no one wants Fords)..... tried repeatedly..... asking $650....turned down $400.... reposted... no luck... he puts it on Ebay and sells it in a few days for $1600......

Last reality about our hobby..... if you do it for the money you are fooling yourself.... in fact even trying to break even is a pipe dream....

Being part of the older "hippy" generation I like to believe we do it for love...LOVE is everything.....

Last weekend I knelt inside a HUP for over 3 hours trying to get the engine to run..... cold, bent over I had to stand up to stretch and relieve muscle cramps..... at one point one of the guy said.... are we having fun yet......?

Hell yes...... you could not pay me enough money for me to to do this for a living..... but for the love of it....YES !!!!

Geez my poor knees are still sore from the pattern on the diamond plate not to mention Artee Writus.....

So what do I do tonite...... spent 2.5 hours outside recovering an excellent 261 engine and froze my tushee....... but I loved it....LOVED IT !!!!!

Boob
..... yes slightly insane!!!