This sounds like a master plan for a snappy car on the street with no sweat. I agree, I gave mad respect to old C-bodies once when my friends 67' 100% all original down to the Carter four barrel New Yorker two door coupe (exactly like the one below, color and all) gave a 100% all original snappy 68' four door Plymouth Signet 230 HP small block a run for its money. It must have been 4000 Lbs + against 3200Lbs and it out gunned it at the lights after struggling to get its own weight moving from the hole. I always imagined it being all steel and tricked out at 3200 Lbs itself with the same combo and it would have been a terror.
You'd be WAAAAAY ahead ov the game with a Dodge/Plymouth C-body. Jump to Chrysler C's and the weight goes up... enough to matter. You'll also have an easier time finding a factory stripper. Take this from an absolutely die-hard Imperial fan. I have a cunning plan for a 69 Imperial someday... The only dream car i have yet to own. I figure i can get a race-ready mostly steel 69 Imp down to around 3900-4000lbs. Still too much for a sleeper... but i just happen to love that car.
If you just want to fool racers... then your average (or even educated) Chevy/Ford guy cant tell a 67 Fury/Polara from a 67 Imp anyways... so start with 900 less pounds.
