[Hydroglen]

Clyde,
My suggestion of the term "misguided" is exactly what that word means. As
you correctly say, if you know what you are doing and are happy with the
results then go for it and you will definitely NOT be misguided. My
suggestion was not about any specific car or person. Having or creating your
own Private Car is great!

However, I have seen many so called "collectors" invest heavily in a project
and then moan that the end result was well short of market trends and values
and or performance. They must have been misguided.

Ex: Master Blow has a nice 403 for sale at an asking price of 25,000 with
new paint. I am not current on UK paint / body prices, but I will guess at
least 10,000 for a respray maybe much more. If somebody were to purchase a
scruffy example of the same car for say 18,000 he would be misguided. He
would have 18+10?+ mechanical service work. That might total over 30,000
plus the aggravation / cost of getting it done. Not a good investment of
time and money.
If you go to a Casino with $1000 with expectations of winning, and you lost,
you were misguided or foolish. If you went there with the idea of fun,
excitement and meeting pretty girls..... and it all happened that way, then
it was money well spent!

Dorien