[Run to Rund]

As others said, if the car is very clean and rust free, sell it to a collector and start with something you can buy that is part way toward where you want to be. You can end up with a lot of money in "stock" heads, etc. trying to get those last couple tenths. Check around that the expertise is out there to save yourself expensive development costs. Also, I know of a good stock racer who has put a lot of money into his 69 and still struggles; he did hold the record about 7-8 years ago but all it takes is a killer combination to make all your work ineffective. In his case, it was the HP rating on the Z28 combined with Stock allowed changes that allows them to run 9000 rpm. The situation pretty much ruined D/S for every other combination. Another guy ran an unusual car in D/S and it too has been rendered a garage potato by NHRA's HP factors and their focus on favoring certain combinations rather than actively promoting "diversity."