I am also a novice coder, but I decided to try to take on something even larger... It could possibly be integrated with the Timeslip Database, although it really has its own already.
I am looking through the code for the Fusion Scripts "Garage Module" (
www.fusionscripts.com). We had this when we were a phpBB forum and the members loved it. There are already a couple of sites that have it ported (
www.fordforums.com and
www.dodgetalk.com), but I haven't had any luck getting anything out of the site admins. Eventually I'll have to get final permission from Fusion Scripts to finalize the port, but I don't see it being something I finish in the near future. I have plenty of work, family and other site issues to keep me busy!