If you won the lottery tommorrow- what project would you take on?

[masraum]

restomod a 1965 Chevy Impala 2dr with a stick. Maybe a pair, one for fun, and one more mild for cruising. It was older than I was, but my first car was a '65 Impala 2dr.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

I'd buy the next presidential election and put most of the current residents of Washington, DC into a gulag.

[onewhippedpuppy]

You guys and your boring altruistic answers. You aren't answering his question!

I have so many project ideas, it would be awesome to never have to worry about making money on them. Here's a sample:

Lightweight RS/Clubsport inspired 996
Lightweight 987 Spyder inspired 986
FZJ80 Land Cruiser with a JDM Toyota turbodiesel swap
Finally finish my Mustang in a resto-mod driver friendly theme
Z32 300ZX refresh similar to my RX7 project
Manual swap 500E
Simplify a W463 G500 similar to the classic models
Hemi swap into a Wrangler Unlimited

This is why I don't worry about getting bored when I retire......

[Jim Richards]

Whatever works for you, Matt. At my age, things are less important than experiences.

[Jim Bremner]

vintage race a Can-Am car!

[WolfeMacleod]

I'd completely bypass the Kickstarter campaign I'm thinking about, and go straight into production with these, after launching a nice advertising campaign.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/901760341/2112333682?token=7faf925d

[VincentVega]

Too many cool projects. I would love to sail my boat to bermuda. Doable but I need some work, so does the boat. Taking classes with expert craftsmen would be great, improve my carpentry, boat building, sailing, shooting, engine building, welding... so many things I'm interested in. Study with culinary experts to make better food. Learn to make some good hooch. Finally get decent with the guitar. Lots of simple thing to most I guess.

[herr_oberst]

Oh yeah, I want to build a chopped 34 Ford three window. Genuine Henry sheet metal. Boxed rails. Big motor, Tremec 5 speed, quick change, finned brakes, speedway steering, oodles of louvers, you get the gist. A real hot rod.

And a real Meyer's manx.

And a 59 El Camino

And a 550 replica.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by WolfeMacleod

I'd completely bypass the Kickstarter campaign I'm thinking about, and go straight into production with these, after launching a nice advertising campaign.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/901760341/2112333682?token=7faf925d

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Very cool sound! I wish you the best.

[WolfeMacleod]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

Very cool sound! I wish you the best.

Thanks, it's been a long journey. It was supposed to happen earlier this year, but several surprises hit, and sales slumped horribly. I'll be speaking with one of my suppliers abut the tooling costs at the NAMM show in a couple weeks, and I have a few more quotes lined up at well.
That design solves a problem that has existed since 1957. The kind of pickup pictured isn't supposed to fit in the kind of rout I've fit it into...

[SilberUrS6]

I'd sail the Caribbean, explore Hawaii, and buy a small house on a beach somewhere near a major metro area - but not too close. I'd try to live simply and fully. I'd love to outfit a woodworking shop so I could build really nice furniture. Yeah, I'd do some automotive projects as well, especially teaching myself how to do good bodywork and paint. I suppose I'd also have to spend some of my time managing my money so that I could grow what I have and make sure enough is left over for my kids to have good lives.

[aigel]

Mine would be a 4x4 exploration vehicle / RV built to my specifications. Then take off for a year or more. Come back with a plan for a charitable business / non-profit and start that.

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[Porsche-O-Phile]

I'd immediately take 50% and plow it into my own architectural practice (probably back on the west coast or in Hawaii) with an emphasis on "redefining suburbia" (see the "micro housing" thread). I'd like to focus on a master plan for creating sustainable "lifetime villages" which are ecologically sustainable, thoughtful, balance work / industry / life / recreation, etc. There are so many problems with the conventions we have adopted in American / western living it's hard to address them all but as a general goal I'd really love to work on taking things that work and adapting them in an effort to realize a new community model - one that that takes current expectations and trends and blends them with new / emerging technologies and methods of creating better ways of life for people.

I'd fix up and sell both houses and design / build myself something I really like (again probably in HI), no more mortgage or debt. I'd pay off my student loan and set up my parents for their retirement (get them the hell out of New England), my kids' college funds and my own retirement fund. I'd probably buy myself a couple of toys (sailboat, airplane, a couple of cars) and a "live off of" fund / salary for the next projected 30-or-so years of my life at about $100k a year after taxes. Anything left after that I'd probably either set up a charity (I've always liked the idea of a "no kill" cat shelter in memory of my dearly departed former feline companion Charlie) or donate to one (scholarship funds, perhaps a program to help the kids of LEGAL immigrants to get college educations)...

So much I want to do and so little time to do it! It'd be great if I didn't have to waste so much of my life on stupid corporate minutia and having to work a job / pull a paycheck! It'd be SO liberating to not have to and would open so many doors to being able to do things that actually matter. Unfortunately having a job is the single biggest waste of time I have (although unemployment / having no income at all is FAR worse - BTDT too!)

[look 171]

Buy an early car, crash it and post it here just to piss you guys off to no end.

Seriously, I am not sure what I would do? Work a little less, pick up my kids from school (really enjoy that and don't know why?)and take lots of trips with my family when school schedule allows. Restore a Dodge M37 to a daily driver condition and drive it to the market or to a small cabin in the hills couple of hours from LA.

Buy out the houses on neither side of me, flatten one and build me a good size garage but it has to be architecturally sound to the neighborhood.

Take Jim Richards and his lovey wife out to lunch if he ever makes it out here for good cuzz' he's actually all-right.

[look 171]

I think it would really fun to live abroad for 4-6 months waiting tables part time just to absorb the culture and use the place as base and travel to other countries. Of course, dress like siht. You know, the typ. American tourist with shorts, long white tube socks up to my knees, brand new Nike tennis shoe and a fanny pack. I just can't leave my family and my folks for that long. Something I really shoulda done when I was younger but started my business way too young and too damn responsible. That time is gone, but it would be nice to dream of adventures.

[rwest]

I would tube frame a Yugo, keeping it looking stock, put in some huge 12 cyl engine, dress up like a nerd and taunt guys in muscle cars- then smoke them at the green light!

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by rwest

I would tube frame a Yugo, keeping it looking stock, put in some huge 12 cyl engine, dress up like a nerd and taunt guys in muscle cars- then smoke them at the green light!

WOOHOO

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Jim Richards

Whatever works for you, Matt. At my age, things are less important than experiences.

I'm not arguing the value of charity, I make my contributions today and that would only increase if I came into a lot of money. That simply wasn't the theme of this thread. For what it's worth, the experience is why I enjoy a project car. It's also part of why I tend to sell my projects, so I can move on to the next experience. I really enjoy improving things, that's why project cars are fun for me.

[ckelly78z]

My project would probably be to find 100+ acres near Lake Cumberland in Southern Kentucky to build a nice horse ranch with a heated indoor riding arena for my wife and daughter, and a spacious heated shop with a checkerboard floor and a car lift or two. I would grow and harvest our own hay for the horses, with all the cool John Deere equipment to do so.

The house would probably be a 2500 sq ft log cabinesque type house, with a full basement that has a pool table, and home theatre. I would then have a heated indoor/outdoor pool attached to the house. This would be our retirement home, with enough property that our kids and parents could also build a nice place out of site, but still nearby.

I have always wanted to go vintage racing, so I may have a shop dedicated to the race hauler, and cars (not sure if I would race Datsun 240Zs, or Porsche 911s).

I also think for a neat project, it would be to surprise deserving people in desparate need, with anonymous donor help, via home makeover, or car refurbish, or medical bill wipeout.....kinda like a secret santa.

[jhynesrockmtn]

I'd expand this which isn't quite done yet.



Then quit work and start this project which has been on the backburner since 2006 - 1972 911 frankencar




I've got plenty of stuff, just need more time and $'s to work on and enjoy