if your going to do it with a classic car, then you need to start from the ground up. there are still plenty of a bodies and e bodies available for under 10k, that sure need some paint and body work, but at least you have somewhere to start. if your doing a road race car your not going period correct with alot of high dollar resto part either. there is tons of stuff that can be built, fixed, modded, whatever to look good for a fraction of the cost of reproduction items. now onto the suspension. so even if you drop 5k-8k on suspension pcs and wheels and tire, another 2k on brakes your your still going to be cheaper than a 35k stang.

you may not have ac or some of the new comforts but you'll have an awesome car that you can drive and be proud of. now throw in another 10k to get you on par with the mustang in cost and you can ac, a nice stereo, etc.