One more bit of advice, loose the "kit" reference. There are a lot of guys who take that personally. Most rods you see, be it a T or what ever, are BUILT by a guy and not simply a bolted together "model kit". They are full of their own ideas and parts gathered from many sources over many years in most cases.

Many "Kits" are available and that would be a great start for you, but the term "Kit" really rubs a lot of guys the wrong way. As you will probably find out, when you start working on something like this you WILL get more creative and skilled as you are going and even your first "kit" rod will likely grow into a car that is much more a brain child of YOURS and not a "kit" at all.

Brian