A lot of great raw material is still out there.......If you lower your sights a bit

I hear a lot of people whining that they can't find a musclecar to play with, and price isn't always the objection. "There just isn't anything out there."  I beg to differ. Yes, if you must have a 1969 SS396 Chevelle, then your options might be limited. Although only 86,000 SS396s were built in 1969, nearly 400,000 Chevelles and Malibus were built with V8 engines. Now some of those are obviously four-door sedans and wagons, but it also means that there are a good quarter-million plus 2-door Chevelles out there that can be bought reasonably and are just waiting to be restored, or turned into an SS clone. And that's if you absolutely, positively have to have a 1969 model!! If you can live a 1968, or 1970-72 model, there's literally millions more. This is not an isolated example. While GTOs and 442s command a king's ransom, 2-door Cutlasses and Tempest / LeMans models from 1964-77 are out there by the thousands.  Road Runners are scarce, but 2-door Satellites and Belvederes are plentiful. Ditto for 2-dr Coronets- ( Think "Instant Super Bee" ) .  Your not going to find a deal on a Shelby or a Boss 302, but there were literally millions of 289 or 302 Mustangs built from 1964-1970.  Trans-Ams and Z/28 Camaros might be pricey, but again, there are millions of 1970-81 Camaros and Firebirds out there, and there is probably more aftermarket speed equipment and restoration parts on the market for these cars than anything else on the planet.  You might have to do some work other than write a check, but you can build your car anyway you want. I may be too much of a gearhead, but I'd rather have $20,000 in a Malibu with a Fire-Breathing 500 hp 502 inch Rat motor, than the same amount in a numbers-matching SS 396 that still needs restoration. Mastermind