Just buy the damnded car you want!

The title to this post seems like a no-brainer, but you'd be amazed at the number of people that buy a small-block Chevelle, with the intent of putting a big-block in it, or a car with an automatic and talk about changing it to a stick or vice-versa. It's like they get excited and think their never going to find another car, ever, other than the one their looking at. Two guys I know both had 1970 Pontiac Firebirds. One was an Esprit, and the other was a Formula 400. However, the Esprit had a 400 under the hood, and they were both blue with blue interior! The Formula was a 4-speed and the Esprit was an automatic. These geniuses decided to trade transmissions. Me and everyone else that knew them- said "Why don't you guys just trade cars?!!" No, these idiots tore both cars apart and swapped transmissions. Pretty pointless if you ask me, because now neither car was original. I knew another guy who bought a 1971 318 Charger with the intent of swapping in a 440. He did it, but he spent a ton of money and time doing it and chasing down parts. And shortly after starting this project, he ran across a 1973 Charger that had a 440 in it from the factory, was just as nice as the the other one, and was priced only about $1500 more than he paid for the 318 model! And believe me, it cost him way more than $1500 to convert the 318 model to 440 power! Same thing for a guy who bought a four-cylinder 89 Mustang and tried to convert it to V8 power. Why? The V8 models are the proverbial dime a dozen, and again, he could buy a nice "5.0" for way less than the cost of converting a 4-banger to V8 power. It just seems to make more sense to take the easy way. Mastermind