How about some base or full-size models done in retro-racing style?....

Popular Hot Rodding built a 1975 Chevelle Laguna like Darrell Waltrip's '70's NASCAR racer. It was wildly popular with readers, and PHR and other mags featured other cars done in NASCAR style. Here's some ideas I think would be really cool for low bucks.  #1. '60's style "Gasser" Drag Racing tribute cars. The obvious candidates here would be '64-72 Chevelles, LeMans,Tempest and Cutlass models. NOT GTO's,442s, or SS396 / 454s-anyone who thinks of cutting up one of those-should have his entrails cut out and burned-but there are tons of base models out there-Chevrolet sold something like 400,000 Malibus in 1968 alone. A Tempest with a snarling 428 or 455 Pontiac under the hood with dual-quads, a straight front axle,radiused rear wheelwells with huge meats,and not even a paint job-just primer would be totally badass. Ditto for a Malibu with a Tunnel-Rammed Rat, or a Cutlass with a stompin' 425 or 455 Olds. Or-what the hell-their base-models that your modifying anyway-put a 572 inch Rat in one and get a vanity liscence plate that reads "KNG KONG".  I think that would be a lot cooler and way more fun to drive than doing the cookie-cutter GTO / SS / 442 clone job. You could also do a Dodge Coronet with a 440 or a Ford Fairlane with a 390. There's tons of possiblities.  # 2. Trans-Am Racing tribute cars. People have already done the obvious-Camaros, Firebirds and Mustangs-but what I think would be cool is alternative bodystyles. A 1967-70 Cougar looks evil in the old Trans-Am racing photos. Radiused wheelwells, Minilite wheels, side exit exhaust, a snarling 302 or 347 stroker under the hood,like Austin Powers would say-"Yeah Baby!!"  Or a '71-74 Pontiac Ventura with radiused and flared fenders,a Trans-Am style "Shaker" hood scoop, WS6 T/A sway bars front and rear and a thumpin' 400 under the hood would rock. You could do a '68-74 Nova the same way-I think Hot Rod featured one-that the guy built for less than 20 grand. A '67-69 Dart or Barracuda with a hot 360 crate motor would be cool in this vein. And there's plenty of '70-74 318 Challengers and Barracudas and Dusters and Darts that could use this style. # 3. Full-size '60's NASCAR tribute cars. High-Perfomance Pontiac featured a replica of Fireball Roberts' 1962 Catalina Daytona 500 car and it was way cool. Pontiacs would be the obvious choice because they all have at least 389 cubes under the hood. My next choice would be Fords-most of them have 390 cubes under the hood. I saw a '65 Galaxie NASCAR racer at the Monterey Historics one year and it was evil looking. Chevy Impalas are an obvious choice but most of them are small-block powered. Not that that's a bad-thing-but '60s NASCAR racers all had big-blocks-but again-it's a fake anyway so who cares?  Plymouth Belvederes and Furys and Dodge Monacos in this era usually had at least 383 cubes, so their players too.  All of these would be unique and cool. Mastermind