"Project Off-Brand?" It might be cool.......

I was thinking that since all the buff magazines do "Popular" cars for their projects- i.e.-Camaros, Firebirds, Mustangs, Chevelles, Road Runners, etc it might be do neat to do something not so mainstream. I'm thinking maybe a '68-77 Buick Skylark / Regal / Century. Any suspension or brake upgrades that fit a Chevelle would fit these cars so you could make it handle or hook for the dragstrip. A 400 / 430 / 455 Buick V8 has a ton of torque to begin with, and there is fair aftermarket support-Edelbrock heads and intakes, Crane Cams etc. Or-especially since were not doing a '70 GSX-were talking a garden variety Skylark 2 dr-maybe go really low-budget and swap in a 472 or 500 Cadillac engine?  Another good one would be a '73-79 Olds Omega. A 403 would drop right in place of a 350 or even the later "economy" 260 V8s. Or you could get a 350 Olds Diesel block and stroke it to 440 inches.  Any suspension or brake upgrades that fit a Camaro / Firebird or Nova fit these cars, and their about 700 lbs lighter than a Cutlass. It would be both unique and fast.  The last choice would be a '71-77 AMC Gremlin or Hornet. Stop laughing-their light weight and short wheelbase makes them good drag racers. A 304 V8 version would be the way to go. Since AMC's are like Pontiacs-their all externally identical you could easily infuse some serious power. 390s and 401s are scarce, but 360s were used in Grand Waggoneers until 1992 so there's plenty of them in junkyards. Edelbrock offers performance aluminum heads and intakes and there's cams, headers, etc out there. One of these would be a great sleeper-stock looking wheels, dog-dish hubcaps,-until you hit the loud pedal and surprise some arrogant "Real" musclecar driver from a light. Something to think about. Maybe one of the buff magazines will see this and run with it......Mastermind