Very well said. Not everybody has metalworking skills. I learned a lot from my dad when i was in my early teens. For this i am fortunate, i developed my welding skills on my own with some practice. A wire welder is like soldering, but with steel so i picked it up pretty quick.
My brother jokes that he makes arts n crap, he is an exellent mechanic, but a bodywork, sheetmetal fabricator, welder he is not. Thats why he had me weld in new floors in his monte carlo SS.
If you are not capable of fabricating these parts there is no harm or shame in buying something already made, or paying somebody to weld it up for you. This hobby is unique as you can get into it as deep as you want and build up a.shell into a complete and running car, or buy a nice clean one and update it a little at a time,.or anything in between.
Hell if i could make up a jig to build up and sell parts for these cars i would. Obviously some people did so others that dont have the fabrication talents can do the same things to their cars. That my friends is free market enterprise at work.
