Randy: I earned my first Concours Gold when I was 27 and my first Thoroughbred Gold at 39. If someone is willing to put in the time, learn the cars/parts, go to the shows, do restorations, it will pay off. Getting involved in judging will accelerate the learning curve. This has always been a hobby for me also, I've had a regular full-time job/family/kids and other competing priorities.
I've learned a lot about patience from Jeff. In today's world, folks want information and they want it now, at their fingertips whenever they do a google search. Just the way it is. We've been saying for years there isn't an easy button when it comes to restorations. One of the goals of creating sites like concoursmustang.com was to help capture as much information as possible so that it would be useful for searching later. The site has been online for just about 10 years, so hopefully others have found it useful and maybe a little entertaining.