Dave, as much as I love the gasser style cars(and I plan to build one with the willys sedan that I have)
getting the chassis just right so it drives and handles good is a challenge.
if you already had a good driver streetrod and you wanted a cool gasser I would say go for it.
but if this is going to be your nice riding long distance driver I would say go with the streetrod style car.
now if you get another rod that you want as a driver friendly car then I would build the coupe as a gasser.
to make a axel car work good I would go with a cross steer set up like they do with all the ford rods out there.
these cars look cool but I bet they would not be so fun on a cross country trip, a cool trip, Yes but not so fun all the time..... Ron....
this is about as "GASSER" as you can get
willys sedan
my willys project that will be a GASSER
I think this would be a better choice for you