Building A Muscle Car Help Me

ppl my dad owned american cars, he learned on them, those were gud times, never ever owned a american v8 in ma lifetime, never seen my dad own one, now i have some money up my sleeve, i am thinking of getting a scrap old muscle car from the 60's, 70's era, put a engine into it, make it ion condition which is driveable.does quarter miles enuff to beat local 11-12 sec rx7's which i really hate.i dont care if it is a sedan , its a buick or anything, all i want it to accept is a one of those brand new engines, tranny, those small blocks or anything. so my question is wat chasis wud u ppl recomend me to buy , i know everyone has different views, i want u to suggest me that chasis which will alow a engine to be put in widout much modification.pls recomend something for which i can find some restoration parts on ebay, and also only those chasis whose engines i can find on ebay.

you are going to want to put weight into perspective. I am a camaro person, so obviously I would say to look into a Camaro. However, the costs of the best older camaros (67-73) are pretty high right now. If you are looking to build a cruiser that can swap as a brawler, look into an Early Nova(62-67)! They are lightweight and you can fit all kinds of stuff in them, not to mention the awesome aftermarket for them! The first year for a V8 in the Nova was either 1964 or 1966.

ah we dont have restored version as in america , as i said id be buying scrap versions with diesal engines already fitted to them, there i a nova with a small block 350 in my country and does quarter mile in 11 secs, plsu ppl common i need more input these r the best forums i cud find.

the novas weighed less than 3000 pounds, where the Camaros were around 3500

what country are you in?

any links about the nova's like enthusiast pages and stuff.

pakistan, now pls dont start to hate.

http://people.smu.edu/acambre/nova/
http://www.novaresource.org/
http://www.chevytalk.org/

pakistan, now pls dont start to hate.
LOL...Just because you live in Pakistan does not make you a terrorist. No hating here. We are all here for the cars!

so nova is the way to go, wat else wud u recomend if i dont find a nova, ford galaxie,buicks or anything.

I am a chevy guy, so I am Biased. There are other cars that would be great, but off the top of my head all i think of are the camaros and Novas...

chevelle's also.

Good light cars I can think of: Ford Falcon (and family). First generation Ford Mustangs were pretty light. Camaro/Firebird, early Nova, and similar. Most of the AMCs were pretty light in the early to mid 70s, but I would imagine they're pretty rare over there.

All of those are pretty light and have good availabilty of aftermarket parts (if they ship that far :)

I'm personally a heavy car guy, I have a 73 Impala wagon, a 96 Impala SS, a 66 Pontiac Bonneville, and then the random little car; an 87 BMW 325 convertible.