When is it a Project Car? (Advice Sought)

[TimeMachinE30]

I have desires to make my 89 vert into an ACS tribute/copy. Ideally an M30, everything refreshed to OEM+ with ACS bits.


At what point do I just park the car in the garage and rip it all apart and rework, refresh, touch everything

OR

Keep driving it and do things here and there.

I have new springs and shocks coming in. I am thinking while there rework all.. new bushings, CAs,etc.

Those with project cars... how did you decide?

[DrJosh]

Really it depends on the original condition of the car and how far you want to go with it. I bought a nice stock one, and built it up from there while driving. I have also had cars where I strip it down to the shell and start from scratch.

[Ether-D]

I don't like my vert dd to go down for very long. About a month at a time is all I can stand. But a lot can be done in a month. A lot can also be done on the workbench while the car is still on the road as well.

[TimeMachinE30]

I think my plan is to junkyard find the parts I want to replace..I gain the knowledge in searching for and removing the part, can redo it all on the bench, and then minimal downtime once ready to install.