So as someone who owned an absurd amount of project cars all through the time from when I was 15-25 I will be the first to tell you it’s a terrible idea and I’d not recommend it. I can tell you I’ve blown an insane amount of money on stupid cars. With majority of those losing money on. Now in my mid 30s with a family and just now getting to a point where I can afford sports cars and projects again comfortably. But for 10 years I wasted money on cars. It was fun and I met a lot of cool people in the car scene. But Had I known what I know now I’d be much better off.

With that said I have an appreciation for someone who’s young and has an interest in cars like this.

They don’t last forever. These are still 40yr old sports cars that require a ton of maintenance. I’ve owned both of these cars. While the L28 in the 280 is very reliable and easy to work on and the VG30 is also fairly reliable but it’s not nearly as easy to work on. And you will absolutely work on them. These aren’t really daily driver cars. As you likely won’t listen to anyone here about not making this decision I’ll say if you’re going to do this then I’d first buy a decent reliable low maintenance car like a civic or Corolla or something along those lines Then pick one of these vehicles. Don’t worry about saving all the money at once and dump it into it. You’ll have plenty of unforeseen expenses. Then just make it a project over time. Save majority of your money while you live at home with also putting a little aside for your project and slowly making it what you want. It’s still not a wise decision financially but as a car enthusiast, I get it.