On one hand I believe him, because at 18 I had been working for 4 years on my own car, a '55 Chevy... and had bought and sold cars and worked at a burger stand to make the money it took to fix it all up into a show winner... granted, this was in 1984-88... and I used to get a lot of the "Is that your dad's car" and "who bought that for you" comments when I had done most if it myself, and financially, all myself.
The day I bought it for $500... I was 14.
After rebuilding it... cost me about $8000 to build it up like this in 1980's dollars...
On the other hand... now that we have computers... it's even easier to bull shit your way into making people think you are more than you really are.
This thread could go on for days... and he's probably having the last laugh watching us get all worked up.
Sam