K.I.S.S. keep it simple stupid or overkill?

I see a lot of guy's new to building cars going way overboard with part's purchases or expectations of a cars build on limited funds only to see the project rot into the ground or be sold for pennies on the dollar.Nuthin wrong with wanting a ten second car until the big picture comes into sight.for most guys startin out it's best to work on the car starting with brakes,then steering suspension,then paint and body work then interior and upholstery then move on to what the engine and trans needs to be road worthy.after that moving on to upgrades to the rear end(gears,suregrip,stronger axels) transmission(shift kit,manual valve body,stall convertor) then engine upgrades(endless list of goodies) or to a diffrent engine trans altogether(needing k frame,torsion bars,disck brake setup,upper control arms,transmission,engine,bigger radiator,bigger rearend,headers,exhaust system,and all those lil' things I forgot to mention.meanwhile the car is now in a kazillion pieces all over the yard and dad's garage and interest will soon go away and eventually so will the kazillion pieces parts due to cmplexity of the puzzle that has been created due to lack of focus on the little thing we call the "big picture" the point being is when you want a nice car,focus on the car in little pieces and keep it as together as you can while those get finished up and make it nice and roadworthy the upgrades can come later and you can keep the car in driver condition and keep the interest high and the complexity of the project low...... some people work best with cars taken down to nothing and putting them back together that way a piece at a time.if you have limited funds or limited experience K.I.S.S. Hope this is helpful...Wagg's
P.s. theres nuthing wrong with a project that runs and drives.especially when you don't like pushing it in and out of the shop to work on the other stuff it needs.