Trying to finally get my first Muscle Car - I’m nervous

"The GF giveth, and the GF taketh away"

No disrespect intended; this is supposed to be helpful advice: if you have to ask your GF for her permission to spend the money the way you want, what happens if you put a lot of time and money into the car, and then she decides it's costing too much? Do you have to get rid of it then? I know your mileage may vary from mine, but you can't have a wife or GF calling the shots when you're trying to restore a car because they're not a stakeholder. They're not paying for it, and they're not doing the work. That's why I always tell car guys they've got to keep their wives and GFs in their place: out of the garage and out of the financial decision-making process. I don't play the "good provider" game, wherein the guy has to make all the money but his wife gets to decide how to spend it.

And maybe that's why I'm single, but I wouldn't have any of the nice things I've got if I had to run every financial decision past my woman. But I would have granite countertops instead. Just food for thought.