Project Cars Are a Terrible Idea… So Why Do We Keep Buying Them? | Ep. 30

Project cars start innocently enough. Brakes. Suspension. Maybe paint. Then the engine comes out, the car is stripped to bare metal, the budget disappears, and somehow another project car appears in the garage. In Episode 30 of Shifted Opinions, Paul Kramer, Casey Parkin, and Dave Van Epps tackle the reality of project-car ownership—from their own Porsche builds to listener-submitted restoration disasters and expensive decisions. Casey revisits his Porsche 914 project, including the brake failure that caused him to lose confidence in the car and the question of how much money makes sense to put back into it. Then the guys take listener questions covering Porsche 915 transmission rebuilds, paint colors and resale value, sports-seat conversions, engine provenance, restoration decisions, removing old window tint, and what each of them would build with a $150,000 project-car budget. They also confront the question every project-car owner eventually asks: Would I have been better off just buying the finished car? Because as they point out, sometimes you can buy someone else’s $150,000 project for around $55,000. And yet somehow…the projects keep multiplying. Follow the hosts on Instagram: @autokennel @sonderwerks @groupccuration Business inquiries: paul@autokennel.com dave@sonderwerks.com casey@groupccuration.com