I understand.
Just don’t wait too long.
Saddest story I know is an old neighbor who’d collected the major parts he needed to build a ‘30’s Ford coup: steel body, custom box steel frame, engine, “top loader” transmission, rear end.
He never put it together. It all set in the third slot of his garage and gathered dust. He got old and frustrated and cranky, his wife left, his boys grew up & moved out, and the old dream just withered up & died.
Made up my mind to NEVER be that guy. Wait for the right car, but put a time limit on the “wait for it” part.
That 65 Willys Jeep has definitely been a parts hog but I make some progress every so often.
Jeep stuff is high, doubly so if Willys.
Willys did a great job of making sure that nothing non Willys would adapt without a great deal of difficulty.
Mine as a 32/36 Weber which was an adventure for non-machinist me.
I went with it because those aftermarket Indian one-barrels were crap. The reproduction boat anchor fuel pumps are lousy too. I went with a $20 electric pump, check valve and Holley regulator to get it close to right.
Friday I hope to tackle the worn out steering box. I think I have all the parts in.
The steering wheel at present is somewhere to put one’s hands. The jeep will wander wherever the universe wills.
After steering is suspension and brakes. All that stuff is old. The springs have no life in them.
Then tires.
I acquire small things for the CJ7 and throw resources at it periodically. Ditto my old K5.
My dad is holding on to a vintage landcruiser for a widow lady that was fine with letting it rust in a field.
The deceased did a lot of nice interior work and some sprucing up. It’s missing an engine.
She will not sell it. The lady has some deluded idea that her son will do something with it. He doesn’t care about it from what dad can find.
Even if he did, the guy would probably destroy it.