[csstrux]

You are farther west than I thought, but still not to far. Northeastern IN seems to have a vibrant car culture, and I have seen in my travels a lot of older cars for sale that looked awfully clean from the road. I am assuming that you are young, probably haven't been too far from home. I would check out some bone yards over towards South Bend. It is only a couple of hours away. My wife and I were looking to move in that direction and it was a big draw...for me anyhow. She didn't mind either. You can still find stuff reasonable, even cheep, if you take your time. Decide what you want to do, make a general plan of the order you want to do things in, and collect the parts to do it as you can. sometimes your best bet is to buy a battered old car for parts and sell off what you dont use. So keep and open mind, and your eyes peeled. One piece of advise. Don't sink everything you have into a car. They are wonderfull toys, and nesacerry tools. But that is all they are. Even oldsmobiles. Not status symbols or any other somthin somthin that we era told to think. That way you can keep your priorities straight, because the car will go away at some point in the future. The relationships you develop, who you are now, and who you become. That will last a lifetime. sorry if I preach a bit, I had to learn this the hard way.