Very good friend of mine posts on here occasionally and is in the Woodlands (Nineball). He's working on a 69 SS Convertible. It's at GAP with mine getting the panel work done. Both our cars were originally hugger orange and going back the same.
SIXX your car sounds like my build
Definitely need to get together and scope the cars. Happy to have people in the area that are of similar interest and building these cars.
William