[WIDESIDE72]

Here's my two cents worth....if you can't do at least some of the work on old vehicles yourself, you better have extremely deep pockets. It's not a poor mans hobby. I learned to work on vehicles by necessity. My dad was/ is an all around handy guy. He was trained as a pipe fitter and welder (high pressure pipe line 100% X-ray stuff) and learned carpentry from his father in law, my grand dad. He picked up auto mechanics by necessity as well. Im a master electrician, one of my brothers is a refrigeratoon hvac mechanic and the other is an airframe powerplant (AP) crew chief for American Airlines so between the four of is we have a few tools. LOL Luckily now it is more of a hobby. We have done two complete frame off builds and countless "driver" quality builds. We're more of parts swappers than fabricators, though with the exception of pipe bumpers, roll bars/ headache racks, hitches and such.