Chris,
Can't disagree with anything Uncle Bob says, especially the advice that you can buy cheaper than you can build in today's market. The rest of that story is that you get to enjoy the car from day one of your investment (depending on what you're wanting to change to 'make it yours') as opposed to the build time. Now if you're more interested in the build just for the satisfaction of building, then it's another story, but having been through it I'd still think about buying a finished car and then doing any needed work yourself. If you're set on building I don't believe you will find a better value than the premium roller package you get from N&N in Arkansas. There may be better bodies out there, but when you look at quality vs price to determine value for the dollar I found them at the top of the heap. Just my $0.02 - the orange '34 coupe with the light multi-colored flames at Des Moines was Duane Noblett's (N&N Owner) personal car about five years back, and he sold it to a guy from Oklahoma who added the flame work and turned into an awesome bad-boy hot rod. http://www.clubhotrod.com/hot-rod-pi...es-2013-a.html