[Dwight Southerland]

From Billy's original post on the other thread: "Billy Nees here, Dwight Southerland and I are going to share a few combos that we feel could be built for $5000 or less (or more) if you already have a body."

That was the position I was starting from. I understand and agree with you that the cost of the car is a factor that cannot be ignored, but I want to raise the awareness of racers and potential racers that there are lots of opportunities. Some combinations are better than others, some are easier to find than others and there is always the instance of "the deal" that could not be duplicated in the common market. There is no way to control what somebody might have to spend. The object here is to educate. If starting from scratch, this Pontiac combo could even be put into a Ventura 4-dr, which I doubt would bring a collector market price. Plus, we don't know what car somebody has access to that they never considered. I want those with the desire to race to be released to participate if that person has or finds a decent car with potential.

The pluses for this Pontiac are that all the cars have strong rear ends, transmissions are easy to adapt, suspensions are common and easy to make work and the engine has potential that can be attained while using basically core engine parts. I did indicate at the beginning that this one will not fit the top tier of el cheapo races cars, but it can be made to be competitive. If a 350 2-bbl Chev at 230 can be race successfully, this one can too.