dgollem hits the nail on the head for me, though. Every time you read about a feature car it goes something like this...
John Smith bought this 91 LX from some old lady, and decided after six months he didn't have enough power. So, he shipped the car off to such and such engine builders to build and install a 347/393/408 take your pick here. Then, after he blew up that combo he decided to upgrade to a 408/427/460 and also paid someone else to install a blower/turbo and tune the car.
After that, the car went to the
suspension shop where the owner dropped another 8K for some other people to work on his car. After all this work, John finally decided to do some body modifications and dropped it off at yet another shop for some more friendly people to do more work to his car. John did pick out the custom color that was from a Porsche though.
John is so proud of his car because it runs 8's in the quarter mile and wins at all the shows. John doesn't own a screwdriver. The end.