well.. man, ive been in your shoes.. when i was 17 i HAD to have a chevelle.. of course i picked a bbc, 456's, and th350.. i used every dime i had in gas, wore out tires, ragged on it, couldnt take the trips i wanted to.. my current daily driver at age 23 is a 69 camaro. there is no a/c, there is constant tuning, always scrounging up money to fix some trivial promblem. of course its cool, it turns heads, it makes me smile everytime i get in it.. .. im also trying to build a pro touring chevelle at the same time. STRAIGHT up building and driving your dream car at the same time IS NOT FUN. if i had to give you any advice it would be to buy a decent daily and save up money for the velle.. i say this for several reasons.. 1) gas is rediculous these days.. you could save a pretty penny putting gas into a honda compared to the all mighty v8. 2) your reliablity assumption is way off.. i cant count the number of times my chevelle and my camaro have left me stranded, u-joints, voltage regulators, starters, alternators, trash in the needle of the carb, over heating.. you name it.. i cant count one time any of my other "dailys" have left me hanging. 3) i promise you if you take the chevelle and "throw" a setup in it you will never be happy with your decision.. you need to think long and hard about exactly what you want out of your car and go for that goal.. nothing sucks worse than dumping money into something you really never wanted.. in the long run youll be happy you waited, saved up, and built your dream car.. take it from several ppl on here who have been there and done it.. you think any of the bada$$ cars on here were thrown together? buy you a daily and tinker with your chevelle.. just my 2 cents.. ramble off
