Quote Originally Posted by Deuce
Get out your checkbook ... then ...

1) buy a Wescott 32 3W body
2) buy a So-Cal frame or TCI chassis stage III
3) buy a new crate engine and transmission.
4) buy a Walker radiator
5) buy a Vintage Air Generation II mini air unit
6) Buy a Tea's seat
7) buy a wiring kit from Ron Francis

The above are some of the best known suppliers in the street rod world ... and have been so for a good while. They have earned a good reputation by selling quality parts.
They may have the name recognition, but I would not buy a So-Cal frame again. Mine was too narrow in the back for a stock tank or spreader bar; the driveshaft hits a crossmember on some bumps; even though it has a dropout trans mount you can't pull the 4-speed trans with the motor in place because of another crossmember; and with a manual trans the brake pedal hit the clutch throwout arm. I wasn't very impressed by those flaws, and they wouldn't respond to my complaints at all. That's just my story; others may have had more positive experiences.