Throw money at a project or buy a turnkey car? Options

[HeloMech]

Ok,

So here's the chicken/egg question...

My current car, dressed in primer, is a really solid car. I've got most of the interior worked out. The car has a Ford V6 conversion from the EARLY conversion days. Car needs some minor bodywork and new shocks/struts, seals, windshield, etc. It has 2 or 3 hoods/trunks, complete 4lug front and rear parts as extras, 4-5 lug adapters, extra tail shift trans, etc... It's running and drivable with the ford v6, though needs some gaskets for the valve covers at a minimum.

I've been told that I am on the most recent list for an all expense paid trip to Kuwait. A trip over there is a great source of a bulging savings account. So here's the question.

Do I store my primer buggy and throw money at it when I get home? Or do I sell it before I leave and then pick up a nice turnkey car when I get back. Guessing when I get home, I could spend about $5k on a car, possibly $6, depending on how much I want the car.

So? Thoughts? Suggestions?

Thanks!

[Todd Enlund]

What do you want? Will you be happy with someone else's idea of what a 914 should be, or do you have your own vision? You have to decide for yourself what you want, but if it was me, I'd rather build my own vision... even though I'll spend twice as much doing it. I'll have a better car for it, and I'll have fun along the way.

With the focus on paint in the previous posts... I plan on doing it myself. I'll save a ton of $$$, and I 'll be damn proud to say I did it (I hope). I plan on doing everything myself. If I don't know how, I'll learn.

My rationalization is that I will still come out far cheaper than a new Boxster, Elise, Miata, S2000, M3... even a friggen' Hyundai.