There is no used car factory.....But that shouldn't stop you!

I often tell people "There's no used car factory."  I say that because the musclecars we love so much and lust after are all between 32 ( If you consider the 1979 Trans-Am ) and  ( Including '55 Chevys ) 56 years old.  The chance of you finding your dream car with the exact engine, transmission, axle-ratio, interior and exterior color, etc. is almost nil. However, you can build the car of your dreams. If you have to have everything numbers-matching, then your pretty limited. If your mildly flexible-i.e. you'll add options that were AVAILABLE that year on that car, whether yours had it originally or not opens up quite a bit of possibilities.  A couple examples-through Mopar Performance or Summit Racing you can buy a complete "Six-Pack" setup-the manifold, carbs, air cleaner, linkage, etc, for small-blocks or big blocks. That's a lot easier than trying to find an original Six-Pack Road Runner, or Challenger T/A.  You want the "Pony" interior for your 1965 Mustang? Buy it and put it in. Want "Snowflake" wheels instead of Rally II's for your '70's Trans-Am?  Year One has them.  Honestly, if you buy a Pontiac Tri-Power setup off  Ebay and put it on your originally 4bbl equipped '66 GTO you've probably increased the resale value, even though it's not totally original. See what I'm saying?  Now, if you don't give a hoot about serial numbers the sky's the limit on what you can have. Here's a few great examples-Buy a 2 dr 1970 Plymouth Satellite. Call Mopar Performance and buy a 426 Crate Hemi. There are a couple different companies that sell reproduction Superbird / Charger Daytona fiberglass front ends and wing spoilers. It might cost you 40 grand to build it, but thats way better and a lot more attainable than the $250,000 on up that "Real" Hemi Superbirds are bringing.  Buy a  base-model 1969 Camaro. Call GMPP and get a new "Turn-Key" 427. Get the trim pieces from Year One, and you've got a "Yenko" Camaro for about 1/10th of the $300,000 "Real" Yenkos are bringing.  Buy a 1969-70 LeMans or Firebird. Dozens of restoration companies sell the body parts and trim to make these base models into a GTO or Trans-Am. If it doesn't already have a 400 under the hood, find one. They were used in every Pontiac ever made from 1967-78.  Edelbrock sells aluminum RAIV heads, and the "Performer RPM" cam has the same lift and duration as the legendary RAIV cam. You'll have to buy round-port headers, but Hooker and other companies make them. Again, that would be a lot easier than trying to find a Ram Air IV GTO or Trans-Am for sale at any price, in any condition. Ford fan?  Edelbrock and Trick Flow offer performance cylinder heads and intakes to make "Boss" 302 and 351 engines, that would make any 1969-72 Mustang fastback way cool.  I could go on, but you get the point. When your smoking the tires or banging through the gears, or stopping work in the drive-thru, you won't be worrying about serial numbers.  Mastermind