This is all good information and I thank you Mike and everyone else for the time and patience you are giving me with what most on this site would consider as pretty obvious questions. That said, please indulge me with a couple more since my selection of the type of hot rod I want to either build or buy is rapidly coming to fruition. Decidedly the choice has narrowed to the 32 Ford 3 Window Coup, the 32 Ford 3 Window Hi Boy Coup, or the 32 Roadster. The picture below represents what currently rings my chimes in this respect and my questions are, 1), what would be the best engine to put in each model: BBF or SBF? Decidedly I like the idea of having a visual engine, thus the question and 2), about coil over shocks. I have seen various pictures of both, the coils over look better in my opinion and I am wondering from a performance point of view what are the benefits of with, or without, this application?

BTW the picture below is in the public domain and is offered for sale and I am using it as reference only. Cheers, John, AKA, tin-man