Ryan,
there is nothing wrong to start a fundraiser....but maybe, so young you are you have not seen that the moment to ask here at Landracing was a very unlucky timing.
Your bad luck was, that two, not very popular fundraiser, was still in the mind of the users from Landracing.com.
I think I know your dad and he done a great job on the streamliner, also you can see the influence of my old buddy Jack Costella.
Running at the salt is a dream......sometimes it needs a little bit longer to turn this dream into reality...and so it needs patience......I can tell this from my own experience...
Your dad isn't that old.....for a salt racer he still young......and sometimes it helps to wait a little bit....pressure was never a helper at the salt.
And maybe your try opens a other door......the spirit of Bonneville shows up in the strangest way.......
I wish you all the best luck and don't be frustrated about the current result.....you had just a bad luck with your unfortunately timing....but time will tell you if it was really a bad timing....
and as you wrote, who not ask will get no answer.....only that sometimes the answer can be different than your hope......it is like the salt.....you run....and after the meet you go home with a record or a pack of experience.....but important is, that you have give a try.