8 Simple Rules
I have friends who chase after anything that moves. It doesn’t matter what’s going on under the surface—If the outside looks good, they’ll drag it home with them and deal with the consequences in the morning. I’m much more selective in the trash I invite home with me. When it comes to either making the cut or remaining a wallflower, I employ eight simple rules for something becoming my project. 1. It’s gotta be under $1,000. I’ve paid more for vehicles, but I’d estimate at least 90 percent of the projects I’ve built in the past 20 years (and there have been a LOT of them) were purchased for under $1,000. 2. It’s gotta have papers. There’s no executive amnesty for a ’51 Cadillac ambulance or a ’73 C104 Commando. Whenever I’m…
