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Try the local footbrake cars, many are close to stock. Many with good parts( roll bar, rear) The later mailbus are reasonable and have full frames. Paint it yourself if your local comm. college has a night program. A solid color is easy to spray with guidance and a booth to bake it in. I do realize your situation and fully understand the high costs involved. Stay with a Chevy , as engine combos are readily available. You can go crate to traditional stock fairly easy. Also I.H.R.A. offers Stock G.T. as an option. Stacie Ridings runs Stock G.T., may want to talk to her. The standard in the quarter would be hard to run with a basically stock engine out of the box. The answer may be running eighth mile to start with. Limited work would run most indexes. Points Meets and Combo races offer lots of opportunities. I have been around class racing my entire life and I am at a crossroads. When I finish school I am probably going to run Stock. A good engine for our stick Vette would be at least 15,000, also high maintenance. A hydraulic cammed automatic Stocker is the ticket. Dad and I dont want an automatic in our old Modified car anyway,just wouldnt be right. Also consider the restoration side of an old car. Trim and interior add up quick. Good luck on your endeavors. As far as indexes, I was referring to crate motors out of the box.