In: Dreamin' bout how fast it'll be when I'm done.
Out: The car has been in two major pieces (front subframe, rear shell) since 2002.
In: Still dreaming 'bout how fast it'll be when I'm done with it anyway.
Edward Mitchell
USMC
Camp Lejeune, NC
In: Having the fastest car where you work.
Out: You work at Super Street (Derrick Yee, '73 Maverick).
In: Getting done with your brother-in-law's project so you can get back to yours.
Out: It's been so long you don't remember where you left off.
In: Being able to teach someone about cars.
Out: Them trying to help more than you want.
In: His project consisted of rebuilding his engine.
Out: It's a Dodge Shadow.
In: Finding a good machine shop in your new area.
Out: All the other ones you had to go through till you found it.
In: Getting a free small-block 327.
Out: It turns out to be a 283.
In: It's still free.
Out: Finding performance pistons for a 283.
Heath Wilson
Deltona, FL
In: Buying a shiny new air cleaner to finish off the engine bay.
Out: Not being able to shut the hood (yes, I forgot my tape measure).
Anonymous
In: The new Ford GT.
Out: The $140,000 price tag.
In: The '05 Mustang.
Out: Econo-bubble cars.
In: Big, burly burnouts at the stoplight.
Out: Big burly tickets for said burnouts.
In: 400-plus hp, union-built, American iron, cement-sizzling, straight pipes melting the plastic off the fenders on the rice-burner you just blew the doors off of...
Out: Forgetting what you were ranting about.
In: All the great information I get from Car Craft.
Jerry Blair
Prescott, AZ
In: Having a classic '67 Caddy ragtop.
Out: Having a Honda Civic hit you in the rear.
In: Finding out it only tweaked your tailfin.
In: Finding the Honda's motor has moved itself under the dash.
In: Big, huge, gas-sucking American steel.
Out: Big, huge, gas credit card bills.