Help me pick my next project! Give me engine and vehicle ideas!

Let's have a talk while I drink my tea. Yeah, tea. So... I've gotten to the point now where social media, YouTube, TikTok, all the stuff I'm out there doing is starting to pay dividends. I'm starting to have income coming in that is going to allow me to do things that I haven't been able to do in the past. One of those things is a new project car. So I need to know from my audience, from you guys out there, what project engine, because that's going to be the first step. I'm going to buy me an engine and I'm going to completely tear it down, rebuild it, do it all on camera. Which engine should I get and which car should I put it in? And let's make some no-no's out there. I am a regular working guy that does YouTube and TikTok stuff on the side. I'm not going to be able to afford a Porsche, Lamborghini, anything fancy. We're talking 60s, 70s and muscle cars and pretty much the ones that aren't going through the roof like fastbacks. So let's put it this way. No super expensive cars. No small block Fords and mid-60s era Mustangs. I've done so many of those, I want to do something new. So I want to delve into the realms of Dodges, Chevys, even something else that you can think of that you think I might be able to get pretty inexpensively. I've got companies out there that have expressed an interest to work with me when I start making these types of videos again, like Summit, Evil Energy, a bunch of them. So we're gonna be able to get some really cool stuff from some different companies during these projects. But the first thing is gonna be the engine. So keeping the 289s, 302s, 351s out of it so that I can do something new and learn something in the process. What engine do you think I should do, right? And then once I'm done with that engine, also include what you think the best project car to put that engine into would be. And something that you think I can find for a reasonable price out there. At the, in the market, I'm talking 5,000 or less because remember, this is the whole point of this is it's a project car. I don't want anything that's already in perfect condition and running great. And I mean, why touch one of those? Um, I want something that needs some more, maybe does missing the engine. Uh, so, uh, be on the lookout for me guys. And if you see something that you think would make a great project to do here on YouTube, uh, let me know. Right. So, uh, Most of this is thanks to you guys. The people that have been watching my videos, I'm starting to actually see a little bit of ad revenue coming my way from YouTube. Thank you, too. And it's not a lot. I'm getting around $100 a month, but I've been saving this up for a while. TikTok shop, I annoy a lot of people on TikTok shop because they see Charlie's Garage and they think they're going to see the how-to videos like I do here on YouTube. And most of the TikTok stuff is... Hey, look at this wrench, buy one, but I do make some money off of that, and that's been going into my pool too, so right now I'm at that phase where all the money I'm making off of social media is going back into being able to make more on social media, buying tools I can review, buying tools I need to use for projects, buying engines and cars and parts for projects, so I appreciate you guys' help with coming up with some ideas for me. But I figured this is something that everybody could participate in. I have some good teeth. Thank you. And, you know. I just want to say thank you. Thank you to everybody that's made this possible. When I started doing YouTube videos in 2021, it was because of COVID. I was bored. I wanted something to do. I figured, why not teach some people about diesels and cars and stuff? And the channel took off. I've gotten monetized. And that's all thanks to you guys. If you guys become a channel member, this also helps me because the channel membership is only a couple of dollars a month. And that couple of dollars a month. With enough members adds up into me being able to buy the stuff to do the videos for you guys. I've also got some. contacts where I've reached out to some companies to get access to big diesels and heavy equipment to start doing some more, get back to my normal videos on here where I can take you out to a row grader and show you how it works, show you some of the things that goes wrong, how to fix certain things, maybe even have access to some of their technicians that they can walk us through a project like how to rebuild a cylinder or what the PM process on a backhoe looks like, you know, things like that. That I think will be really fun in the future. So again, thank you guys for watching my videos. Thank you for those of you that are channel members. I only have about four of them right now. But those guys are so cool. And they make the world of difference to me. Every time I go into my YouTube analytics and I see those members, I feel really good that those people are willing to pay. You know, it's only a couple of dollars a month. But they're willing to do that because they know it helps me make my videos. All right. I don't post a lot of members-only videos. I just don't because I don't think that's fair to everyone else. But membership should be that you want to show your support and want to help me do more stuff on here. So if you can become a channel member, I'd appreciate it. What? My dog is telling me that I forgot to say something, but she's not telling me exactly what. But, um, Oh, no, you just want to go outside. All right. Give me a minute. All right. So dog wants to go outside. So I'm going to cut it here. So yeah, let me know. Engine. What engine? Come on. Let me know. What engine? Right. What car? I'll tell you what I'm leaning toward right now is like a dart. Uh, something, uh, kind of cute. Uh, if I did have to go the Ford route again, I'd probably want to go something a little bit different, like maybe a Maverick or a Ranchero or, you know, um, if I was going Chevy route, I think a pickup truck, I've never done a pickup truck, uh, restoration. So that might be kind of fun. Um, but yeah, so let me know guys. I appreciate it. I'm going to go outside and enjoy the rest of my, um, tea with my dog.