Restoration insanity

[purple gas]

I got my '67 GMC from a buddy for $350.00. ( $50 less than the receipt for the new windshield I found in the glove box). This was about 20 yrs ago.
He got all inspired by a project I had done on a VW beetle.
( Complete tear down, gobs of new parts, real nice car when I was done, Magazine car some co workers called it).
He got as far as smoking a few doobbies, taking the truck apart, loosing lots of stuff, other things got stolen. Then it sat in his yard with some other " projects" until the City sent him a bylaw letter telling him to clean up his yard.
I dragged it home, it was a shell. I bought a donor " hippy van" my kids called it and had it running & driving in a few months.
I'm of the mindset it's not " where do you start" but " when do you stop" when approaching a vehicle.
You have to be ruthlessly honest with yourself.
What is your skill set?
What is your budget?
Do you have the ambition?
What is your finished product goal.
My truck is all about low budget, summer part time driver, no worry about parking lot door ding level machine.
That was my goal, that's what I got.